Senior Associate, Client Experience (Automotive)

Weber Shandwick • Detroit, MI

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About The Position

The Detroit office of Weber Shandwick is looking for an account specialist to join our automotive practice to drive key client business. In this role, you will be responsible for thinking across channel and discipline to manage integrated engagements that are strategically rooted in our clients’ business and brought to life through unique activations and opportunities.
Our client (major automaker) is seeking a motivated, detail-oriented Senior Associate to support storytelling and media engagement across its Design Comms function. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of design, innovation, and brand storytelling — helping to shape how the automaker’s cutting-edge design and technology come to life for internal and external audiences.
The ideal candidate is a creative communicator with strong organizational, event planning and writing skills, a passion for storytelling, and an interest in automotive design. This position requires collaboration across various teams to help facilitate site visits at the Design campus in Michigan, identify great design stories and support the company’s broader technology and innovation narrative.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field
• 2-3 years of relevant experience in communications, events or media relations, roles
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
• Strong writing, research, and story development abilities
• Demonstrated interest in design, creativity, and innovation
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with oversight in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to learn, take initiative, and collaborate across teams
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Interest or experience in event planning and coordination

Responsibilities

• Visitor and Content Facilitation: Manage and facilitate requests for visits to the automaker’s design center, including senior executive visits as well as media programs - ensuring alignment with design, communications, and security protocols.
• Content Capture Approvals: Coordinate and manage necessary approvals for photography, video, and content capture at Design facilities.
• Story Development: Actively story mine for interesting and relevant stories that highlight the automaker’s Design’s creativity and connect to the automaker’s overarching technology and innovation narrative.
• Communications Support: Assist in developing and executing communications strategies for Design in partnership with the Global Design Communications team.
• Brand Support: Provide communications and logistics support to a couple of the automaker’s vehicle brands, as requested.
• Project Coordination: Support the planning and execution of design-related media opportunities, events, and internal activations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level