Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Highwire is a strategic marketing communications agency that partners with ambitious companies to navigate complexity and drive growth. They are seeking a Senior Vice President, Media Relations to lead earned media strategy for high-profile client engagements and serve as a senior media advisor, ensuring alignment with client objectives and enhancing agency growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead earned media strategy for Highwire’s most complex and high-profile client engagements, ensuring alignment with client business objectives and communications priorities
- Provide executive-level counsel on narrative development, media positioning, executive visibility, and integrated communications planning
- Champion media excellence by sharing best practices, strengthening journalist relationships, and helping teams deliver measurable client outcomes
- Stay ahead of emerging trends across business, technology, and industry media to inform client strategy and identify new storytelling opportunities
- Provide senior media counsel during crisis and issues communications, helping clients navigate high-stakes situations with confidence
- Serve as the agency’s senior media advisor, counseling C-suite executives on earned media strategy, executive visibility, reputation management, and thought leadership
- Build and maintain strong, active relationships with top-tier business, technology, financial, and trade journalists
- Oversee and contribute to high-impact media programs, including corporate announcements, executive thought leadership, product launches, funding announcements, M&A, and other strategic communications initiatives
- Maintain an active role across priority client accounts, partnering with account teams to develop media strategy and support exceptional execution
- Identify opportunities to strengthen client narratives and create meaningful connections between business objectives and media opportunities
- Partner with agency leadership on new business pitches and RFP responses, providing media strategy, industry insights, and a senior perspective that strengthens competitive pursuits
- Help shape compelling communications strategies that differentiate Highwire through creative, insight-driven media thinking and storytelling
- Leverage industry relationships and business development expertise to identify opportunities for agency growth and account expansion
- Contribute to the evolution of media-driven offerings that strengthen Highwire’s integrated communications capabilities and support agency growth
- Partner with senior leadership to position Highwire’s media expertise as a key differentiator in the marketplace
- Mentor and develop media leaders and team members across the agency, strengthening strategic thinking, client counsel, and media execution
- Partner with agency leadership on talent development, recruiting, and career growth initiatives for media professionals
- Lead media training and knowledge-sharing initiatives that elevate media expertise across client teams
- Collaborate closely with strategy, content, digital, creative, and account leadership to ensure earned media is fully integrated into client programs
Skills
- 12+ years of media relations, public relations, or communications experience, with deep expertise in B2B technology, professional services, and/or financial services media
- Demonstrated success leading media strategy for complex, high-profile client engagements
- Extensive experience contributing to new business pitches, RFPs, and agency presentations
- Robust, active relationships with top-tier business, technology, financial, and trade journalists
- Strong executive presence with the ability to counsel C-suite leaders, represent the agency externally, and influence senior stakeholders
- Proven ability to operate as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on media practitioner
- Experience leading media strategy across multiple complex client accounts in a fast-paced agency environment
- Experience mentoring and developing high-performing media professionals
- Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging media insights and performance data to inform strategy and demonstrate business impact
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package with medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Generous paid time off
- Competitive salary with merit-based opportunities for growth
- Flexible hybrid work model tailored to your schedule and lifestyle
- Generous vacation policy, including extended summer and winter breaks
- Early log-off on Fridays through our Empower Hours program
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus FSA options
- Paid parental leave benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Annual Growth Mindset stipend for books, events, or learning experiences
- Monthly technology reimbursement
- Wellness benefit program for mental and physical health
- 501c3 donation matching program
- Mentorship and ongoing professional development opportunities
- Monthly recognition and team celebrations
- Employee referral and new business referral bonuses
- Quarterly Highwire events and team gatherings
- Dog-friendly office environment
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative workplace where you can grow and do your best work
- Highwire offers both remote and hybrid work options, depending on where you live.
- Hybrid: Candidates located within commuting distance of our New York, NY or San Francisco, CA offices follow a hybrid schedule, with three in-office days per week.
- Remote: We hire for fully remote roles in the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Washington, D.C..
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