SVP, Strategic Communications / Digital Focused

Precision

$170K — $200K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in marketing communications or related fields; agency experience preferred.
  • Direct client management experience, especially with large organizations.
  • Proven leadership in managing and mentoring junior team members.
  • Ability to handle multiple clients and projects simultaneously.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • High attention to detail and organizational skills.
  • Creative mindset with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage large client engagements, ensuring high-quality work.
  • Lead resolution of complex client challenges through innovative solutions.
  • Set the vision for storytelling and strategic messaging across all channels.
  • Strategically direct digital capabilities for innovation and compliance.
  • Define measurement standards and leverage analytics for client impact.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams to advance client priorities and foster collaboration.
  • Execute and oversee complex projects with minimal guidance.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model requiring 50% in-office presence.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Exposure to high-impact clients and innovative digital strategies.
Full Job Description
Our team is seeking a Senior Vice President to join our Strategic Communications team in New York, NY or Washington DC to lead in crafting and executing cutting-edge digital strategy for clients ranging from corporate leaders to advocacy groups.

Client Management
  • Owns large client engagements (e.g. oversees relationship with clients and partners; runs and manages workstreams).
  • Leads the structured resolution of complex, high-stakes challenges across clients and internal teams (e.g. bringing clarity to ambiguity, balances strategic vision with executional detail, offers innovative approaches that challenge conventional thinking, and leverages deep knowledge of Precision's capabilities).
  • Follows Precision client management process. Ensures staff have the resources and support to exceed expectations and expand scopes. Ensures staff are delivering high quality work to clients. Keeps to the client budget.

Digital Specific
  • Sets the overall vision for content excellence at Precision. Defines how storytelling, creativity, and strategic messaging power the agency's reputation and results. Shapes the agency's voice, frameworks, and standards for content across all clients and channels. Serves as a thought leader both internally and externally, guiding innovation in creative formats, technology, and emerging storytelling platforms. Partners with senior leadership to connect content to business development, brand growth, and organizational culture.
  • Sets the strategic direction for Precision's platform capabilities, ensuring the agency remains at the forefront of digital execution, innovation, and compliance. Defines the systems, tools, and training that enable operational excellence across all digital work. Partners with senior leadership to align platform expertise with business strategy, service offerings, and new client opportunities.
  • Defines the agency's philosophy and standards for measurement, reporting, and performance storytelling. Oversees how Precision leverages data and analytics to demonstrate impact, drive business growth, and enhance client confidence. Aligns measurement strategy with the agency's broader communications, marketing, and policy objectives.


Collaboration & People Management
  • Orchestrates cross-functional integration across strategic communications, data, creative, and paid media to deliver work that advances client priorities. Works to align leadership and teams around a shared vision. Serves as a central point of coordination and clarity-ensuring transparency, consistency, and adaptability in internal communication as priorities evolve. Commits to build knowledge across teams and share best practices.
  • Keeps the internal team updated on changes and abreast of developments (e.g. leads productive internal meetings, clearly communicates deliverables and deadlines, brings in other teams when needed).
  • Leads and manages mid level staff through 1:1s, goal setting, feedback, and performance reviews; effectively manages teams during periods of change; fosters a high-morale, accountable culture; provides clear, constructive feedback across account teams; elevates issues to leadership.

Project & Time Management
  • Executes complex projects from end-to-end with limited guidance and high-quality outputs (e.g. anticipates shifts in client direction and scope; crafts clear work plans, delegates effectively, and oversees project budgets).

Strategy
  • Owns and advances the firm's content strategy across high-impact, multi-channel initiatives; sets the standard for strategic, compelling storytelling that drives client outcomes. Provides editorial leadership, developing frameworks, mentoring senior staff, and embedding a culture of excellence in content across the organization.
  • Shapes and drives an innovation culture across Precision; anticipates future challenges and market shifts to design transformative solutions; leverages deep cross-functional and industry expertise to create new opportunities and strategic advantages; aligns innovation efforts with Precision's long-term vision and full range of capabilities.

Business Development
  • Actively looks for new business opportunities within their network; lead pitches and presentations from brainstorm to delivery; drive organic growth by expanding client work and proposing new ideas; identifies ways to support firm marketing efforts.


What We Are Looking For:
  • 12+ years of relevant experience in marketing communications, marketing performance analytics, digital media measurement (earned or owned), social media measurement, market research, or other related fields. Prior agency experience a strong plus.
  • Direct client management experience. Experience with large organizations and multiple stakeholders a plus.
  • Experience managing and guiding junior talent.
  • Experience working with multiple clients at the same time.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Creative, energetic, and possesses an entrepreneurial spirit.

Salary range for this role is $170,000 - 200,000.

We are currently working in a hybrid model and require staff to work in the office 50% of working days in the month.

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