Vice President, Public Relations

Orchestra • Waltham, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Inkhouse is seeking a Vice President to serve as the strategic lead for a portfolio of client accounts. The role acts as a trusted senior advisor and executive-level client contact, providing strategic direction, quality oversight, and team leadership. The Vice President owns high-level strategy across accounts—including media, amplification, integrated campaigns, messaging, and go-to-market strategy—while ensuring teams execute effectively and advance client goals.

The ideal candidate is a strategic, creative, and confident communications leader who can build trusted relationships with senior client executives, including VPs of Marketing and CMOs, and provide counsel on complex communications challenges and opportunities. The role oversees client work, develops and pitches new business, identifies ways to strengthen client relationships, and champions Inkhouse’s values and collaborative leadership. It also contributes to practice development, employee development, thought leadership, and the continued growth and evolution of Inkhouse.

The position is based in the New York, NY or Waltham, MA office on a hybrid basis, with in-office work 2–3 days per week.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in public relations, communications, or a related field, with increasing responsibility, strategic leadership, and senior-level client ownership.
• Expertise and enthusiasm for working with healthcare and technology clients, with a strong understanding of the media landscape and the ability to translate industry and market trends into communications strategies.
• Ability to advise senior executives, including VPs of Marketing, CMOs, and other executive stakeholders, on complex business and communications challenges.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including developing narratives, strategic recommendations, client communications, presentations, and other high-impact materials.
• Strong media relations expertise and a strategic approach to media, thought leadership, speaking, awards, social, amplification, and integrated communications strategies.
• Ability to identify compelling stories, creative angles, business opportunities, and ways to create client value and grow relationships.
• Ability to oversee multiple client accounts and teams, balance strategic perspective with strong execution, exercise sound judgment, and uphold quality standards.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop teams, delegate effectively, provide thoughtful feedback, and foster a collaborative, high-performing environment grounded in shared accountability.
• Business development experience, including preparing new business presentations, pitching prospective clients, evaluating competitive opportunities, and identifying opportunities to expand client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Own overall strategy across a portfolio of client accounts and provide high-level counsel on communications, messaging, media, amplification, and go-to-market strategy.
• Develop and oversee high-level media and amplification strategies that build client visibility, influence, and business outcomes.
• Serve as a senior client contact, building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and advising on communications challenges, opportunities, and business priorities.
• Maintain oversight of strategic priorities and day-to-day account activity, keeping teams focused on client objectives and addressing issues proactively.
• Lead and contribute to new business efforts, including developing presentations, pitching prospective clients independently without SVP oversight, and screening and vetting prospects with senior leadership.
• Apply integrated communications capabilities to develop cross-program campaign strategies for clients with large or complex budgets and identify opportunities to coordinate capabilities across channels.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams, model Inkhouse values, and foster shared success and accountability across levels.
• Support employee growth through regular check-ins, performance conversations, coaching, feedback, and development planning.
• Oversee the quality of client work and maintain a high standard of execution.
• Identify opportunities to grow and strengthen existing client relationships.
• Contribute to practice development, thought leadership, and the continued growth and evolution of Inkhouse.

Benefits

• Vice Presidents are eligible for end-of-year bonuses based on firm, team, and individual performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed