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Brunswick Group

Global financial public relations advisory firm

Director, Financial Institutions Group

Strategy & Management ConsultingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNew York, NY, USA$190k - $250k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 15 years of experience advising financial institutions on strategic communications, corporate reputation, media relations, public affairs, issues management, or related stakeholder engagement matters.
  • Demonstrated experience developing communications strategies and managing media engagement for senior executives and organizations facing complex business, financial, regulatory, or reputational issues.
  • Experience managing teams of five or more people.
  • Strong existing network of financial institution and media contacts.
  • Proven ability to interact successfully with the media and external stakeholders in proactive and reactive situations.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, client service environment.
  • Exceptional research, writing, and communication skills.
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize.
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively.
  • Ability to exhibit discretion with confidential client and personnel matters.
  • Ability to navigate and succeed within high-performance environments.
  • Commercial acumen and professional polish.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver strategic advice to clients, drawing on specialist communications expertise and depth of professional advisory experience.
  • Demonstrate deep knowledge of business and strategic communications issues.
  • Engage influentially with key stakeholders.
  • Monitor account profitability and intervene as necessary.
  • Write thoughtful, well-structured content for senior-level clients, considering audience, style, and tone.
  • Express a point of view thoughtfully; analyze and distill complex information.
  • Exercise good judgment and discretion.
  • Question and challenge constructively and present unpopular ideas confidently.
  • Contribute to new business opportunities and lead new business development efforts, including pitches and proposal development.
  • Use deep knowledge of key sectors to promote new business approaches and ideas.
  • Identify opportunities to deliver other Brunswick expertise to existing clients and actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships.
  • Build and maintain strong external networks to deliver valuable insight to clients and the firm.
  • Actively and effectively manage account teams and drive day-to-day account management.
  • Keep the partner and other team members informed of account and project status.
  • Develop team members' skills and client-handling ability by identifying new challenges and encouraging them to stretch where appropriate.
  • Serve as a role model and mentor for junior team members, supporting colleagues' development across the firm.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience gained in a communications consultancy, agency, corporate communications function, financial institution, or other advisory environment.
  • Experience counseling financial institution clients on business-critical issues such as crisis, mergers and acquisitions, financial situations, or geopolitical issues.
  • Desire to mentor and willingness to train junior staff.

About the Company

Brunswick Group

Global financial public relations advisory firm

Brunswick Group is a global advisory firm that specializes in financial public relations and strategic communications. It helps clients navigate high-stakes moments such as mergers, acquisitions, crises, litigation, and regulatory challenges by providing expert messaging, investor and media relations, and crisis management. The company works through a partnership-based model that preserves ownership and independence, enabling long-term, client-focused counsel rather than short-term tactics. Its offerings include strategic communications planning, reputation management, crisis response, regulatory counsel, and stakeholder engagement across multiple geographies. Brunswick’s goal is to guide clients through critical business moments to protect and enhance value, maintain credibility with investors and the public, and manage complex conversations in the business and financial world.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$68.7M
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1987

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