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Vice President, Group Manager, Strategy

Overview

Ketchum is looking for a Vice President, Group Manager – Strategy.This individual will work across the Ketchum portfolio and across North America, translating data and discovery work into human truths, tensions, problem-solving, and insightful thinking. Immediate focus will be to help solidify and grow the Strategy practice through great work with the right clients and internal partners.

This role requires the ability to inspire and collaborate with teams across multiple practices and sectors. In addition, this position will contribute to the growing Global Strategy Community and share best practices, contribute thought leadership, evolve strategic and creative processes and tools, and create visibility for Ketchum’s strategic function with current and prospective clients.

Are you someone that has spent their career at the intersection of creativity, analytics, and culture? Do you have a genuine interest in building a strategy practice from the ground up, as well as initiating agency thought leadership? Are you a jack-of-all-trades with a player/coach mentality?

About the Job

Responsibilities:

Strategy Development

Partner with account leads to develop programs that enhance / expand work with current clients and win new clients applying, among other skills: shaping the assignment, research briefs, trend, insight, & human truth identification, change challenges, strategic planning and creative concept development

Briefs, creative briefings, facilitation
Close collaboration with client, analytics, digital, media, influencer, and creative teams

Responsible for proactively driving and owning the work process to generate and sell-in creative, actionable and unique programs rooted in clear communication of ideas, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of client’s business and its end user

Senior Strategic Counsel

Assist client directors on key accounts / clients and new business pitches with

Planning process
Positioning and message development

Present and sell ideas to agency partners and clients
Develop and maintain excellent relationships with multiple clients, agency partners and internal stakeholders
Act as a catalyst to generate and embrace diversity of ideas and thinking across the team/client network
Work with account team to identify growth opportunities with client

Leadership Competencies

Shape a culture of respect and integrity, influence others to their best performance, and ensure compliance with agency policies. Lead strategic initiatives and encourage others to contribute and participate in agency programs.
Welcome debate and encourage constructive criticism. Communicate clear, progressive direction.
Contribute to the development of engaged and dynamic teams. Foster respect and collaboration within the team and/or agency partners. Identify issues within the team and drive to resolution.
Act as brand and talent ambassador internally and externally, participate in development of special practice areas.
Agency resource and industry / subject matter expert for the Strategy practice
Ability to lead and drive to the best client solutions through ambiguity, and be flexible amid changing priorities

Qualifications

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skills and knowledge for successful performance would qualify. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

At least 10+ years of experience of agency, and/or corporate public relations experience.
Proven track record in growing business.
Ability to solve complex brand/client challenges; strong balance of traditional, innovative, experimental, shopper and digital/social experience; proven ability to creatively problem solve.
Excellent facilitation and negotiation skills required to lead a room of people and align around a clear and singular point of view.
Desirable insights and strategic planning development and oversight.
Agency experience required (Advertising, PR, Marketing Communications, Consultancy) or comparable in-house experience working with Communications clients.
Proven experience in working with clients at the CMO, CCO and other C-Suite levels.
Ability to lead and drive to the best client solutions through ambiguity and adaptable to changing priorities
Experience in analyzing, distilling, summarizing, and making use of data, research, and analytics
Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit with vision and leadership to enact change
Proven ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships clients, colleagues and partners
Exceptional oral and written communications skills; captivating presenter, storyteller and great listener; strong negotiating, persuasion and diplomacy skills

About Ketchum

As a global communications consultancy with 100 years of experience, Ketchum is a trusted partner who is equal parts creative and analytical. Ketchum is a place where all perspectives and points of view are welcome and encouraged. We are a collection of communications specialists, content creators, creatives, researchers, data analysts, media pros, digital strategists, issues and crisis counselors, and tech nerds. And we love when those worlds collide to create the very best teams and solutions for our clients. We work with the world’s leading brands, emerging start-ups, and everything in between. We are beyond proud to have created some of the most celebrated and award-winning campaigns in our industry. We’re just crazy enough to think we can impact the world – and how it responds to ideas – through communication.

We encourage our employees to be curious, brave, inspiring, and a force for good. Let’s talk. Come belong at Ketchum!

What we offer

Workplace flexibility: work where you work best
Robust benefits program, effective within 30 days of hire
Paid maternity/paternity leave
Family Forming Benefits
Employee Recognition Program
Generous paid time off includes vacation, wellness, and extended holiday schedule
Various development opportunities to enhance personal and professional life
Tuition reimbursement
Monthly Cell Phone & Wi-Fi reimbursement

Interested? We’ve got an opportunity for you.

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The salary range for this position is $155,000 to $185,000. This position may be bonus eligible depending on individual employee performance and Ketchum business performance. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, years of experience, past training, skills and abilities of applicant, internal equity and local geographic market data. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available.This position may be bonus eligible depending on individual employee performance and Ketchum business performance.

By Ketchum

When asked what makes Ketchum special, we repeatedly hear “hands down, our people.” We have curated a culture that exemplifies the best in each of us, allowing employees to bring their whole self to work, which in turn brings our best work to our ...

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FUNDING

Private

INDUSTRY

Advertising & Public Relations

TEAM SIZE

1001-5000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in New York, NY

DATE POSTED

April 15, 2023