Vice President, Director

Golin Chicago is hiring a savvy Vice President, Director to be a lead business strategist for a fast-paced, industry-leading retail brand.  

 

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, Director has an incredible opportunity to work as a trusted advisor to client leadership to deliver exceptional client service and sharp counsel 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 work with an integrated team of specialists to develop strategies and lead programs that generate strong results and drive the business. You’ll develop and motivate a best-in-class internal team to go above and beyond for one of the agency’s largest clients and one of the world’s most recognized retailers. 

 

We are looking for a strong leader and counselor with the ability to think cross-platform and contribute to an integrated team. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a day-to-day lead for a share of the client portfolio, representing a diverse mix of businesses to drive earned-first programming that deliver media and social results  

• Drive strategy and client relationships, leading projects, clients and team and providing ongoing counsel on business and media strategies 

• Showcase a strong command of both digital and traditional communication practices and strategies, focusing specifically on consumer media relations and influencer engagement 

• Partner directly with senior leadership to ensure cohesion in strategic planning across multiple portfolios under one master client account  

• Manage all respects of finance and staffing including budgets, forecasting, hiring and developing scopes of work 

• Bring contagious, positive energy to guide and motivate staff and supervising staff members, ensuring the team's success by managing work quality and productivity level  

• Lead, mentor, coach and support team members in their goals, development and career pathing 

• Harness skillsets across Golin’s G4 model to ideate and flesh out ideas as they relate to client objectives, bringing them to life in presentations and written proposals and sell them to our clients 

• Contribute to the growth of our client portfolio, both through organic business development for the account you will serve on, as well as for the agency as needed 

• Serve as a leader within the agency to further develop our offerings, capabilities and growth trajectory 

 

Growth Opportunities: 

• Direct access to a large team of seasoned and talented professionals who will not only help improve your work but establish a path for you to grow within Golin long term 

• Ability to work and learn cross-functionally within a large, diverse account with many different workstreams 

• Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hone and execute best-in-class media and client relations for a global retailer 

 

Qualifications: 

• 10+ years relevant experience in communications; earned media expertise and retail or strong CPG experience is a must. 

• BA/BS in Journalism, English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or related field is preferred  

• Strong hold of the consumer media landscape and a tactfulness for knowing what drives consumer news cycles 

• Ability to engage with and counsel senior level decision-makers across the client’s business, and deliver connective insights to assist clients in driving alignment and execution of cross-compan