Vice President

Golin is looking for a Vice President, client leader, to drive a global account that’s revolutionizing therapy and the global conversation on mental wellness.  

Golin has been on a winning streak of recognition: PRWeek’s Best Place to Work, Provoke Media’s Global Agency of the Year, PRWeek’s Large Agency of the year and winning two Grand Prix at Cannes.   

Riding the wave of recognition and award-winning work, the Vice President has an incredible opportunity to have day-to-day contact with our client, manage communications across a cross-functional agency team, and support flawless execution in the most efficient and productive way that helps promote and protect the brand in Chicago and keep Golin on top.   

It’s an exciting time for the agency to continue to deliver impactful earned work that builds brands and reputations, and we know other brands can benefit from the award-winning work we create.  

You will partner with a team of account pros, earned media specialists, influencer marketing specialists, creatives, analysts, and strategists to drive award winning, breakthrough campaigns. 

This role will be a trusted advisor to our client, across communications and marketing functions, providing strategic counsel and ensuring client satisfaction over programming across a global team.    

You have proven leadership and client service skills, and experience developing and managing integrated communications programs.  

Our ideal team member has experience as an integrated communications expert, with the ability to focus on the larger picture, drive thought leadership and enable effective decision making, to achieve client and business goals. You have B2C client experience, worked on large, integrated client accounts, in a client-facing role, presenting strategic marketing recommendations, addressing challenges and opportunities, and providing media ready solutions.   

Want to “Go All In” with us? Here are the details:   

What You’ll Do:  

• Responsible for client strategy and social/digital integrated media strategy and plans   

• Independently lead day to day account operations and serve as a primary client contact  

• Work in close collaboration with integrated Golin team leaders including earned media, influencer strategy, brand strategy and creative to deliver best-in-class work  

• Build relationships with key clients to ensure that client/agency relationships exist on multiple levels/points of contact and will grow over time   

• Provide client counsel on strategic and tactical matters, generating innovative ideas and opportunities that are linked to the development of strategic client plans  

• Stay atop of industry best practices, client, and competitor brand activity, and ensure we deliver game-changing ideas and solutions  

• Leadership experience as a people manager, collaborator, and advocate, a voice for the team and your direct reports  

• Stay ahead of trends, create story opportunities from real-time news events, identify and lead organic growth opportunities    

• Understand your clients’ business, industry competition, and relevant media   

• Collaborate with teams across multiple disciplines and geographies and successfully manage complex, fast-moving, and unexpected communications challenges  

• Interact with clients to present strategic recommendations, addressing challenges and opportunities, providing ideas/suggestions that align with business and client needs   

• Manage financials, including budgets and billing, projections and staffing  

What You Have:  

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in PR, social/digital, marketing communications, or related field  

• At least 10-12 years of PR agency or related professional communications experience necessary, experience working with B2C and startup clients a huge plus.   

• Extensive experience leading the developing strategic consumer campaigns, which has earned mass awareness, strengthened brand equity, and impacted business objectives  

• Proven experience as a client and team leader, a day-to-day client counselor, and strategic client partner  

• Deep expertise in product launches, branding and reputation campaigns, media integrations, influencer engagement, and creating deep brand footprints.  

• Demonstrated expertise and proven experience working on established consumer brands - A focus on consumer technology and/or mental wellness a plus  

• Extensive experience as a client leader and partner, with the ability to own multiple workstreams, building deep relationships and partnerships with client leads  

• Superior writing and editing skills, communicate creatively and in an engaging manner  

• Deep understanding of earned, digital, and paid and social media approaches  

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and superior client service skills  

• High passion and enthusiasm, a positive spirit, able to translate that energy into generating results  

• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with clients and teams at all levels  

• Strategic and creative thinking with an entrepreneurial, solutions-oriented, flexible mindset and ability to function in a fast-paced environment   

• Experience managing all financial aspects of client business and managing/achieving revenue goals internally at an agency important   

• Develop and manage multiple projects and programs including strategies implementation plans, staffing plans, budgets, and timelines    

• You have been accountable for producing and delivering high-quality work and impactful, measurable results, while ensuring team members do the same  

• Established leader who has managed and grown talent via mentoring, providing constructive feedback, and inspiring best in class work.  

About Us:  

Golin is a global public relations agency that helps companies create change that matters. Together, we discover powerful human truths that bind us, create with bravery and collaborate inclusively and obsessively. Golin’s 1700+ global employees operate across 50+ offices worldwide, allowing us to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions for multi-market, regional and global communications programs.  

Golin is a progressive public relations agency designed to reach a profoundly diverse market. Inclusion is a core value for Golin, and we are focused on establishing a culture that is intentionally inclusive, potently diverse, and uncompromisingly equitable.    

Our expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting-edge digital content to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative integrated team model.   

We tend to Go All In, in everything we do. We’re especially committed to going all in for our people, with a comprehensive benefits and time off program. Our culture is built around happy people who are the best at what we do!   

Salary Range: $120,000 – $219,000 

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.  

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.  

Golin is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.  

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