Vice President/Senior Vice President, Corporate Reputation
About The Position
FleishmanHillard’s Detroit office has an immediate opening for an energetic, self-starting senior counselor with a strong background in corporate communications and corporate issues management to join our Corporate practice. In this role, you will use your experience to support fast-paced global reputation accounts in the Technology, Manufacturing and Energy industries. FleishmanHillard values the importance of impact and inclusion to strengthen the bonds between us, grow our people and create spaces for everyone to thrive. We stay true to our commitment to our people and the communities in which we live and work. As part of our ongoing effort to be the world’s most inclusive agency, we are committed to seeking candidates who possess and demonstrate a profound interest in furthering our impact and inclusion goals.
Requirements
- A minimum of 8-10+ years of public relations agency or in-house experience, with an emphasis on corporate communications, issues management, and/or crisis communications.
- Experience in managing issues and reputation in the technology, manufacturing, industrial, and/or energy space.
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field.
- Excellent writing and editing abilities with extensive experience in all forms of corporate and executive communication, from corporate news releases to executive talking points.
- A proven ability to develop compelling, insight-based strategic proposals and present them effectively and persuasively.
- Experience with business media relations, executive visibility, thought leadership, executive branding.
- Advanced knowledge of top-tier international news and business media and well-developed skills in building and maintaining media relationships.
- Proven experience managing direct client interaction, providing strategic counsel, and facilitating weekly client status updates.
- Experience pitching issues, business and corporate stories to top-tier and trade media outlets.
- A detail-oriented approach, with the ability to meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.
- An ability to work well within a team environment, complementing senior leads and managing junior staff.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and tactical support to plan, develop and implement corporate communications and corporate affairs campaigns using an integrated mix of communications tactics.
- Work within a collaborative team on corporate positioning and reputation, issues management, crisis situations, executive visibility, internal communications, and CSR programs.
- High-level media relations, building and maintaining strong relationships with reporters, editors and third parties to build visibility for client news and subject matter experts.
- Development of strategic campaign plans, messaging, communications materials, and earned/owned/shared content for press and digital/social.
- Coordinate with the FH global network to develop and implement communication plans across a variety of sectors.
- Manage multiple client contact relationships and deliver according to individual contact needs.
Benefits
- A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off and/or other benefits also are available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
