We’re Precision – an integrated strategy and marketing agency working with companies, causes, and candidates that change people’s minds and move them to action. We’ve won presidential elections, defined Fortune 50 brands, shaped public opinion, and created movements from the ground up. Don’t just break through. Break new ground.
Precision is committed to building a diverse team that will positively and authentically impact the communities we serve. Centering our strategies around the authentic voices and cultures of the communities we are engaging with is paramount to our work – and our work can only be as inclusive as our team is representative. We strongly encourage women, Black, Latino, Hispanic, AAPI, and Indigenous people, LGBTQ+, gender expansive or GNC folks, people of all ages, disabled people, and veterans to apply.
Our team is seeking a communications professional who can help lead our team. We are looking for candidates that possess excellent writing and oral communication skills, client management experience, and a strong network of relationships that can join us as a Senior Vice President in our Washington D.C. office. This person should thrive in a fast-paced environment, want to work in a team-oriented environment, and be inclined to seek out challenges and opportunities.
The primary responsibilities of the Senior Vice President include, but are not limited to:
- Running large client engagements, including providing executive level support for multiple communications and cross team accounts, serving as a strategy lead, project manager, and point person responsible for client successes.
- Helping manage the communications team by streamlining processes, identifying and proposing solution to staffing problems, and ensuring tools that assist the team in its work.
- Be a trusted advisor, demonstrating the experience, knowledge, and subject matter expertise to diagnose and resolve client problems and create value.
- Providing the communications team, as a group and as individuals, with leadership that maintains morale levels, encourages collegiality and nudges people to be the best they can be day to day.
- Supporting the Partners in the strategy for the growth of the team and ensuring that processes, norms, and practices are in place to deliver on our client contracts.
- Setting strategic vision for client engagement, projects and content.
- Overseeing content creation including review, edit, and providing feedback on materials from junior staff.
- Work with agency leadership to evolve and execute its business strategy and be willing to take ownership of company wide initiatives that support that strategy.
- Building and maintaining media relationships.
- Owning the business development process from brainstorm to completion for cross team proposals.
- Developing leads for additional work with existing clients and new projects and securing new business.
Experience and Qualifications
- 12+ years or excellent experience in communications role in an in-house, agency, political campaign, government or consultancy environment.
- Experience managing strategic communication programs and sensitive communication issues.
- Ability to motivate colleagues and develop junior staff.
- A strong track record for managing high profile, multifaceted projects/campaigns.
- Wide-ranging relationships with media.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Creative, energetic, detail-oriented and possesses an entrepreneurial spirit.
Salary range for this role is $170,000 – 210,000.
Due to the pandemic, we required all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We are currently working in a hybrid model and require staff to work in the office 50% of working days.