Directors at DGA Group are the backbone of our teams and lead the development and implementation of crisis management strategies for our clients on a day-to-day basis. They manage junior team members' work and learn to be trusted client counselors by engaging around high-stakes, event-driven, matters in a fast-paced environment. They are excellent project managers, skilled writers and editors, collaborative teammates with extensive experience overseeing content development and making the trains run on time. Our team operates a flat organizational structure and relies on our directors to work collaboratively with a group of global experts and across a number of critical engagements.
LocationNew York, NY / Washington, DC (hybrid, mixture of 3-4 days between in-office and periodic on-site client obligations).
Responsibilities- Help Fortune 500 companies and multinational organizations navigate significant threats to their enterprise value and reputation
- Work in teams that may include international political risk and policy experts, legal experts from DGA's partner firm and members of our international offices
- Serve as a primary project manager and oversee junior team's work product on simultaneous engagements that are complex and multijurisdictional
- Turn 'big picture' strategies for managing complex engagements into actionable plans
- Serve as a primary day-to-day client contact on sensitive matters
- Manage matters with senior support, and help drive engagement objectives
- Manage DGA team members, support team members' professional development and work to identify additional development opportunities
- Run firm development initiatives and certain client workstreams with limited supervision
Expectations of a DGA Director- Contribute to and drive crisis management strategy for clients
- Develop junior talent and provide support and mentorship to junior team members
- Collaborate with wider DGA colleagues in other offices.
- Be intellectually curious, eager to learn from coworkers, and excited to teach new skills to the team
- As a key client-facing team member, can expect periodic travel for specific client meetings and events (2 to 5 days per month)
- Bring DGA's full potential to engage with clients on their most complex issues
- Think and act in a collaborative, creative, and integrated way
- Consistently display excellent project management and organizational skills
- Manage the delivery of large suites of documentation, being accountable for consistency and quality of other team members' work
- Be comfortable in a start-up environment
- Understand confidentiality and act with integrity at all times
- Effectively utilize research and innovative tools to the benefit of clients and the team
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent and relevant work experience; legal training is a plus
- 6+ years of experience in crisis management, crisis communications, or providing strategic advisory services in a legal environment, or in a crisis and/or litigation focused communications role, from a consultancy or in-house position, or the capabilities of someone of that level of experience
- Experience being part of a team that counsels senior management teams and engages with lawyers on the communications processes
- Highly collaborative working style
