Vice President

About the role

• Agency: FleishmanHillard
• Job Function: Consulting
• Job Subfunction: Business and Change Consulting

About the role

Vice President - Corporate

FleishmanHillard is a global integrated communications agency delivering transformational outcomes for some of the world's biggest brands. The New York office is seeking an experienced and versatile communications professional to join the firm as a Vice President sitting in FleishmanHillard's Corporate Affairs practice on the Financial & Professional Services team.

This is a hybrid role that involves going into the New York office weekly. This position provides a fantastic opportunity for a mid-level communications professional with a background in financial and professional services, fintech and/or insurance, who also ideally has a passion for financial products and markets. In this role, they will work with collaborative teams on communications strategy and campaigns, media relations, corporate positioning, business development and content creation on behalf of our industry-leading clients.

In this role, you will serve as a primary day-to-day client contact, leading account activities and managing client workstreams, project oversight and media relationships. You will develop and drive strategic communications campaigns that highlight clients' financial products, services and market position, while helping shape service offerings and thought leadership that differentiate clients in a competitive marketplace.

You will create and edit high-quality communications plans, media materials and narratives around proprietary research, translating complex financial concepts into clear, accessible messages for diverse audiences.

You will also build relationships with financial, business and trade media, clients and executive spokespeople; support team member development; and collaborate with senior colleagues to deliver integrated campaigns on time and within budget.

A strong understanding of the financial services landscape, regulatory environment and client reputational objectives will help you represent the agency and its clients effectively, including at industry conferences and media engagements.

FleishmanHillard is intentional about using diversity, equity, and inclusion to strengthen the bonds between us, grow our people and create spaces for everyone to thrive. Staying true to our commitment to our people and the communities in which we live and work, we do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of any characteristic protected by law. 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 DE&I goals.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary day-to-day client contact, managing workstreams and teams and providing oversight of account activities, projects and media relationships.
• Develop and drive strategic communications campaigns that highlight clients' financial products, services and market position.
• Help shape the strategic direction of key service offerings and develop thought leadership that differentiates clients in a competitive marketplace.
• Develop and edit high-quality client deliverables, including communications plans, media materials and narratives around proprietary research.
• Translate complex financial concepts into clear, accessible messages for diverse audiences.
• Lead communications outreach to financial, business and trade media, and build strong relationships with journalists, clients and executive spokespeople.
• Manage and develop team members while collaborating with senior colleagues to execute integrated campaigns on time and within budget.
• Demonstrate resourcefulness and a commitment to client success in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the financial services landscape, regulatory environment and clients' reputational objectives.
• Represent the agency and clients effectively at industry conferences and during media engagements.

Qualifications

• Ability to join us in a hybrid model of working in-person in the office at least 2x a week.
• A minimum of 8+ years of public relations agency experience, with an emphasis on corporate communications, financial services, executive positioning and message development.
• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field.
• Knowledge of media trends and issues and strong understanding of media environment.
• Strong media relationships with tier 1 business and tech reporters.
• Excellent writing and editing abilities.
• Energetic, self-starter and problem solver; gets things moving, keeps them on track and understands how to switch gears when needed.
• Strong strategic planning and demonstrated client counsel capabilities.
• Analytical thinking and an ability to understand complex industries and business concepts quickly.
• Firm understanding of multichannel editorial content creation, development and distribution in order to manage editorial content and campaigns for client teams.
• An ability to work well within a team environment, complementing senior leads and managing junior staff.
• A proven ability to manage large projects.
• Committed to cultivating diverse teams and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

Additional information

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.