Vice President, Multicultural

This role is open to be based from: New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA; Washington, D.C. 
Edelman is seeking a Vice President with a multicultural communications background to join our team!   We work with some of the world’s best-recognized brands across the food and beverage, tech, retail, financial services, B2B, and health sectors (among others). We help our clients communicate their most pressing business successes and challenges to a wide stakeholder set, ultimately expanding their corporate reputation.  Core to corporate reputation is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) communications, which we see as a business imperative for both our clients and ourselves. In order to remain competitive and build loyalty among internal and external stakeholders, DEI efforts must be seen in addition to being heard. At Edelman, we believe that diversity of all types—race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, background, experience, and more —and inclusion enhance our vibrant work culture and help deliver stronger business results. By establishing a more diverse workforce, we are better equipped to develop innovative, creative campaigns that reach and resonate with our clients' increasingly diverse customer and stakeholder bases.  At the core, you’ll be joining a team of dedicated professionals who equally enjoy being on the forefront of business challenges and driving client results as much as they do working with each other. This is a collaborative, supportive environment in which to develop the next phase of your career. At its core, Edelman is an entrepreneurial agency – a boutique at scale providing the opportunity to build your own career path within a diverse, global environment.  Overview of the RoleWe are seeking a Vice President of Multicultural to drive communications remits across multiple clients – a seasoned leader with a strong corporate communications or integrated marketing background from either an in-house setting or a communications agency with a proven track record of success. You will demonstrate the skills and behaviors needed to build culture, up-level client work, expand our collective capability, and drive growth. You are a big-picture thinker, but also able to turn big ideas into action. You’re comfortable leveraging any channel in the marketing mix and have proven expertise in media relations. You demonstrate superior communication skills, charisma, and executive presence. You are hungry to learn and evolve personally, and undaunted by change or complexity. You will work with your colleagues across Corporate as well as with your peers across the agency including our Brand, Digital, Planning, and Creative teams.  You should have a proven background in communications, with people management, business development, and budget management experience. You have a strong understanding of how to communicate with teams and work from both client and agency perspectives. You have a track record of leading profitable programs that have advanced client business goals. You are a superb people manager, enjoy coaching and mentoring junior staff, and have experience successfully managing resources and budgets as well as helping win new business. We're looking for a driven professional, who can provide expert and creative client counsel while inspiring and leading teams.

Responsibilities:

• Frequently advise and engage clients based on the external environment and their respective business goals; take immediate action on client feedback
• Research trends among Black, Latinx, AAPI, and other emerging majority audiences to counsel clients on their messaging to these audiences
• Help lead operational and financial performance of account teams, ensuring quality work, effective processes and that client requests are handled in a timely and strategic fashion
• Demonstrate advanced writing skills and supervise the writing of others
• Set and lead integrated traditional and social media relations programs
• Capitalize on, and contribute to, the Edelman global network to serve and grow business (particularly for Multicultural and/or DEI remits)
• Lead staff by mentoring, motivating, coaching, consistently providing feedback, holding them accountable and conducting their reviews, and overseeing their professional development
• Lead and/or participate in new business development, RFP responses, and client acquisitions

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 8 or more years experience in agency and/or in-house communications roles
• A bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent leadership skills
• Have a track record of leading profitable programs that have advanced client business goals
• Have experience successfully managing resources and budgets
• Passion for advancing the DEI efforts of