Associate Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Around 8 years+ of corporate communications experience in consultancy or in-house roles.
• Experience working with technology companies and/or investors.
• Demonstrable ability to take a strategic approach to reputation challenges, rooted in research, data, and insight.
• Experience building advisory relationships with senior stakeholders and delivering strategic counsel in high-pressure situations.
• Experience taking an integrated approach to communications campaigns, engaging with a range of audiences and channels.
• Track record of developing media strategies and maintaining an active network of media contacts.
• Existing network within technology, policy, media or investor communities.
• Experience managing and developing others through coaching and feedback.
• Strong grasp of AI tools and their application in advisory work, with ability to drive adoption across teams.
• Intellectual curiosity to develop expertise in new areas.
• An entrepreneurial approach to building networks.
• Commitment to seeking feedback and contributing to an inclusive culture.
• Excellent command of written and verbal English.

Nice To Haves

• Experience advising on technology regulation or emerging technology challenges.
• Experience working within scaling teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead client work, taking strategic responsibility for clients' most important communications challenges, such as navigating policy debates, preparing for major announcements, or protecting reputation in high-stakes situations.
• Build trust to deliver impactful advice, utilizing the firm's resources to help clients build and defend their reputations.
• Drive teams and develop colleagues by structuring work clearly, delegating effectively, and holding self and others to high standards.
• Coach colleagues, sharing experience to help them develop advisory instincts.
• Lead and inspire colleagues across the US team, fostering a culture of exceptional advice, continuous learning, and collaboration.
• Contribute to AI-enhanced advisory by driving the use of AI to transform work quality and precision.
• Guide colleagues in developing AI capabilities, documenting and sharing best practices, and pushing the boundaries of advisory work through technology.
• Support business development by identifying and contributing to converting new opportunities and extending existing client relationships.
• Cultivate an external network useful to clients and the firm.
• Bring an entrepreneurial mindset to growth, identifying new ways to help existing clients or contributing to pitches and proposals.
• Shape company culture by giving and receiving feedback, demonstrating allyship, actively seeking input, and supporting team wellbeing.
• Contribute to a culture where brilliance, restlessness, comradeship, inclusivity, and integrity are daily operating principles.

Benefits

• Competitive, transparent pay with open salary bands
• Twice-yearly bonuses
• 401(k) with company match, eligible from day one
• Robust healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Dedicated mental health support
• 26 days PTO
• 10 sick days
• 10 public holidays
• Two-week company-wide winter break
• Paid parental leave
• Sabbatical leave
• $100/month commuter benefit
• Hybrid working model with three days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
• Structured career development with clear progression pathways and a defined career framework