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Vice President, Corporate Communications
Edelman Digital
Detroit, MI, United States
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About Edelman’s Corporate Practice
Edelman’s corporate practice is a vibrant, global community of professionals helping evolve, promote and protect corporate brands and reputations. We apply breakthrough strategies to reputation management, b-to-b marketing, employee engagement, crisis and financial communications. At the heart of our unique market approach – and a rewarding factor for our practice members -- is our understanding of how entities drive business value by stewarding stakeholder trust.
Vice President, Corporate Communications
For over six decades, Edelman has helped to build and position some of the biggest corporate and product brands in the world. Edelman pioneered the concept of public engagement – the intersection of public affairs and public relations that shifts perceptions and changes behavior. Today, Edelman is recognized as a leader in communications marketing helping clients to engage in constructive social dialogue on some of the most critical issues of the day. We help our clients navigate their institutional relationships, engage constructively in policy discussions, and build meaningful public/private partnerships to drive their solutions for the most important societal issues.
Edelman Detroit has an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications leader. We are seeking a Vice President for our corporate practice, which offers its clients seasoned expertise in strategic communications planning, crisis and issues management, thought leadership, overall corporate reputation management and more. This is a great opportunity to bring your corporate affairs expertise to Edelman.
Our Detroit office is one of the newest in the network and is growing quickly. We are excited to add to a senior leader to our growing office.
• Some of the responsibilities of the Vice President
• Manage the overall quality of work on accounts by demonstrating professional and team leadership
• Coach and mentor staff
• Participate in new business pitches and play a leading role in prospecting and business development
• Financial responsibility for accounts including forecasting and account profitability
• Lead the research, planning and development of comprehensive public relations programs
• Address client issues thoughtfully and effectively
• Train company spokespersons
• Generate media outreach strategies and demonstrate a superior understanding of media relations
• Superior writing and editing skills on all tasks including press releases, plans, speeches, emails and pitch letters both formal and informal
• Final editing responsibility for all agency- and client-generated documents
• Develop network of industry clients; participate in relevant professional organizations
• Manage/coordinate all aspects of a large account, project or event and/or manage multiple small accounts
• Drive the central idea for programs and projects, including creative platform, copy strategy and visual execution
Qualifications we are seeking in a candidate
• The Vice President should have at least eight years' public relations experience with people management and budget management experience
• The Vice president should have at least 8 years agency experience and/or strong corporate experience, relevant to more than one incident and industry
• The Vice President should have a bachelor’s degree, a solid grasp of public relations tools, superior research, writing and editing skills
• We’re looking for someone who can generate creative ideas, provide client counsel and be a respected manager
• Qualified candidates must be up for the challenge of defining the undefined and being motivated by the mutual success of their clients and their career