Senior Communications Strategist

A Senior Communications Strategist consistently exhibits strategic thinking with ease and proficiency; navigates gray areas well; adapts to client personalities; delegates well to team members; and possesses a breadth and depth of experience that translate into strong strategy guidance for the client. A Senior Communications Strategist demonstrates the ability to see various aspects and needs of a client’s account, and the interdependencies among them; exhibits strategic thinking; is able to drive work forward; leads effective meetings; and serves as a trusted advisor to the client.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Ability to interact and gain the trust of clients
  • Exhibit initiative in onboarding into and launching efforts supporting new sophisticated or complex clients
  • Build relationships with reporters, partners, and other community representatives that ultimately reflect well on the company and clients
  • Demonstrate commitment to industry, company, and clients by seeking and mastering industry knowledge and trends
  • Ability to think creatively and share creative ideas with clients
  • Identifies opportunities to expand client relationships through cross-servicing
  • Coordinate all assigned client accounts, ensuring quality, timeliness and client satisfaction
  • Supervise multiple account and project teams
  • Research, develop and execute complex public relations and marketing plans
  • Participate in the senior management team of clients, as needed
  • Conduct and facilitate media interviews
  • Secure and manage television and radio client appearances
  • Provide strategic input to client management and client services challenges and opportunities
  • Keep projects on schedule and on budget; update delegated tasks to ensure progress to deadlines
  • Participate in client contract renewals and estimate project fees
  • Lead the strategic public relations and marketing planning process with the client
  • Prepare, finalize strategic plans with client and implement the plans through effective utilization of client/team members
  • Understand the broader context of the client’s business objectives and goals, and anticipate needs or potential conflicts
  • Effectively delegate tasks while maintaining an overall high caliber of work product
  • When sensitive issues arise, bring immediately to the management team
  • Thorough understanding of media relations strategy and implementation for a single news item or a complete campaign
  • Thorough understanding of social media marketing strategy and implementation in support of a client’s brand, or in a specific campaign or promotion
  • Ability to identify strategically beneficial third-party relationships, such as media sponsorship opportunities or marketing partnerships, and develop a strategy to secure involvement
  • Analyze and document client services processes, developing solutions to enhance efficiencies
  • Support the CEO and management team in the marketing and online presence of the company
  • Actively participate in new business development
  • Possesses more than 12 years of relevant experience
  • Media relations experience required
  • Prior agency experience preferred
  • Strong writing skills required, proficiency in AP style
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Demonstrates Elmore’s core values of Listening, Clarity, Curiosity and Supportiveness with colleagues and clients

Salary is dependent upon experience. To apply for this position, email resume and a cover letter to resume@elmorepr.com.

Interviews are by appointment only. No telephone calls, please. Finalist candidates will be asked to provide writing samples.

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