Senior Manager (Account Supervisor)

Senior Manager, Catalyst  

 

Please note: This a hybrid role located in Chicago, IL. You will have an opportunity to collaborate in-person two to three days a week at our Chicago office while maintaining flexibility for remote work.  

 

Golin Chicago is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager, Catalyst! 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 Senior Manager, Catalyst has an incredible opportunity to undertake a client facing and commercial role that is synonymous with culture. You will work in partnership with a cross-functional team across your client’s business and will help promote and protect the brand in Chicago and keep Golin on top.   

 

You’ll be a part of big-picture strategies for systems and orchestrate cross-channel, multimedia marketing and communications campaigns that keep our client relevant and a step ahead of their competitors. In addition to leading award-winning consumer brand campaigns, you will also have an important focus on driving deeper storytelling that breaks through in culture with diverse audiences.  

 

This person understands what it means to EARN attention and have the capes and intuitive “know-how” to lead strategy and execution of large, high-profile PR campaigns for one of the most iconic QSR brands in the world, with a critical focus on consumer PR. 

  

What You’ll Do:  

• Work with senior team and media specialists to devise programs that are focused on earned media and other holistic comms efforts  

• Conduct research on relevant media contacts and track competitor announcements 

• Recommend and track measurement KPIs for earned media and influencer efforts 

• Contribute to insights and analytics efforts that tie to the business imperatives and provide media monitoring 

• Develop comprehensive strategic integrated communication plans  

• Partner with IAT agencies to develop integrated communications plans  

• Develop an intimate knowledge of your clients’ business and audiences   

• Design and execute mid to large scale client events and PR programs and activations  

• Provide leadership and executional excellence to agency team and clients during program implementation  

• Develop a deep knowledge of relevant industry events  

• Work well with a variety of key internal and external stakeholders  

• Pitch, WIN and execute award winning work with an incredible team! 

  

Qualifications:    

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of PR agency or related professional communications experience   

• A strong understanding of traditional media, digital and event marketing strategies, how to integrate campaign strategies and tactics across earned, owned and paid media and apply analytics to measure results and provide insights 

• Strong interpersonal skills and superior client service skills 

• Be proactive and highly motivated; demonstrate the ability and desire to work independently and confidently, but as part of a team 

• Be detail oriented with an ability to focus on the larger picture 

• Provide sound counsel and be comfortable providing editorial and response recommendations to clients 

• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and client teams at all levels 

 

  

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