Executive Vice President, Financial Communications

ABOUT ORCHESTRA

Orchestra is a new communications company that helps brands and organizations reach audiences in a more effective and precise way. Its growing team of 700+ storytellers and strategists is shaping what's next in communications, with experience that spans consumer, technology, climate and sustainability, education, healthcare, philanthropy, real estate, travel, hospitality, and arts and culture, to name a few. Since 2022, it’s acquired nine firms, including: BerlinRosen, Civitas Public Affairs Group, Derris, Glen Echo Group, Inkhouse, M18, Message Lab, Onward and Small Girls PR. It also launched Brightmode, a talent acquisition firm for communications professionals. Learn more at: www.orchestraco.com.

People of color, people with disabilities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. Orchestra is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff, and recognizes that its continued success depends on hiring and retaining high-quality creative professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Opportunities for advancement exist, and we are committed to helping all staff develop and grow.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Orchestra is seeking its first-ever Executive Vice President, Financial Communications. This is a brand new role that will work directly with leadership across BerlinRosen, Derris, and across Orchestra to build and scale a full-service financial services communications practice and manage high-level strategy on a variety of existing clients in the financial services space. This person will manage and help scale key platform clients and work hand-in-hand with Orchestra leadership on stakeholder relationships.

This is an opportunity for someone with deep communications expertise and client and financial services experience—inclusive of financial institutions, asset management and investment companies—to work with innovative clients and build a growing team of communicators.

Role location: This role is based in our New York, N.Y. office on a hybrid basis.

ACCOUNTABILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS

As the EVP, Financial Communications, you will…

• Drive an integrated communications approach for clients across owned, earned, paid media and other channels and drive overall cross-functional collaboration inside the team and across the firm
• Drive business growth of a financial services team and the firm as a whole, using an entrepreneurial spirit to expand a growing number of clients into a full service practice
• Leverage your high-level reporter and editor contacts at the Journal, FT, New York Times, Bloomberg and others on behalf of clients
• Manage our financial communications work and ensure the team is organized, aligned and motivated to achieve revenue, profitability and efficiency goals. Support a strong team culture, with a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Serve as a senior leader in the practice and the firm as a whole, increasing the agency’s strategic communications and digital fluency and capabilities
• Understand capabilities and skill sets of team members, foster and manage opportunities for professional growth and identify needs for additional firm or practice-wide trainings
• Evaluate and stay on top of industry trends and leverage audience-first channel strategies
• Measure ROI for projects or clients, streamlining approaches as needed to ensure we are investing in the appropriate tools and resources

Essential skills:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in communications, including deep expertise in the financial services industry, including investor relations, private equity, fintech, and/or asset management
• A track record of business origination, effective sales, client development and a deep network to leverage for future business development and partnerships
• Have an established list of contacts at leading media outlets
• Experience and understanding of the agency business model(s), including strong client management experience; experience at an earned/traditional media agency is a plus
• Extensive experience managing a team and aligning staff around company goals and priorities
• Direct team management experience, and a commitment to staff development, professional growth and mobility and building a diverse and in