Vice President, Health and Beauty

Stagwell Global•New York, NY

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

HUNTER is searching for a Vice President of Public Relations to manage a sizeable portion of the agency’s health + wellness business, including development of strategic PR plans, providing strategic counsel to clients, and management of accounts to ensure agency profitability. Vice Presidents also manage account teams to maximize each team member’s performance while driving accountability and fostering respect and collaboration.

Requirements

Successful history of managing health, wellness and/or lifestyle-oriented brands
Eight (8) to ten (10) years of experience in a public relations agency or similar position
Three (3) or more years of supervisory experience
B.A. in Public Relations, Journalism, Communications or the like
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and budget management

Responsibilities

Lead health + wellness client PR programs from concept/planning through completion/evaluation
Develop and propose strategic, creative ideas and tactical elements for client programs; demonstrate an ability to autonomously handle these responsibilities when needed
Ensure that direct reports manage account teams and programs to deliver high quality results on-time and on-budget
Anticipate issues; recognize potential fiscal challenges and take action early to remedy them
Make recommendations for ways to meet client needs; demonstrate an expertise and understanding of the clients’ marketplace and business
Serve as a representative of the client and agency on-site at client events
Manage account financials: develop and manage budgets, fee estimates, out-of-pocket expenses, team hour allocations, billing, invoicing, etc.
Provide analysis to clients of program results
Sustain accounts, minimize and limit account turnover
Serve as primary client contact and build/maintain strong relationships with key client personnel
Recognize and seek opportunities to grow client accounts; utilize relationships with clients to sell in incremental opportunities
Develop a vision for each account’s direction and work with team members to achieve goals
Take strategic risks to push accounts to the next level, in an effort to secure incremental business opportunities
Recognize and pursue opportunities to introduce clients to the agency’s specialized services, in an effort to secure incremental business opportunities
Build, lead and develop engaged and successful account teams
Maintain relationships with key editorial contacts at traditional and emerging media outlets; leverage those relationships to obtain desired coverage on behalf of clients
Compile presentations for new business and business renewal proposals; participate in new business and/or business renewal pitches
Participate in agency brainstorm sessions for client programs