Harrison and Star

Vice President, Public Affairs

Harrison and Star$115K — $150K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10 years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, social media, campaign or political communications.
  • Experience managing a team of mid-level managers and junior staff efficiently under pressure.
  • Ability to interface directly with clients, preparing and staffing senior executives in dynamic settings.
  • Strong project management skills with a track record of meeting goals, deadlines, and budgets.
  • Experience in multichannel communications strategies, including earned media and event execution.
  • Proficiency in developing and editing high-quality written materials across various formats.
  • Account and budget management experience with understanding of agency billing practices.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with senior leaders to develop and manage communications and advocacy campaigns.
  • Support clients across diverse issue areas through multifaceted communications strategies.
  • Oversee the production of high-quality deliverables, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Lead a team, fostering a collegial environment and focusing on quality outcomes under tight deadlines.
  • Interface directly with clients, providing strategic support and preparation for senior executives.
  • Manage project timelines, budgets, and objectives, ensuring successful campaign execution.
  • Implement multichannel communication tactics, adapting strategies to meet client needs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) matching plan to support retirement savings.
  • Generous paid time off to encourage work-life balance.
  • Access to a dynamic workplace culture and collaborative environment.
Full Job Description
Agency:
Omnicom Public Relations

Job Function:
Communications and PR

Job Subfunction:
Public Relations

Job Description:

Overview

This position will work with senior leaders at the firm to build, support and manage communications and advocacy campaigns for clients across issue areas.

A successful candidate will have experience supporting clients and/or multifaceted campaigns, excellent interpersonal skills and will possess strong project and team management skills. Experience creating and overseeing high-quality deliverables, ensuring the accuracy of details. Willingness to be an agile, flexible team player is a must. The ideal candidate will have a public affairs, public relations, nonprofit or political background and experience managing multichannel communications and advocacy campaigns.

The position will be based in Washington, DC, where our culture includes being in the office 3 days a week.

Qualifications
  • 8-10 years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, social media, campaign or political communications.
  • Experience managing a team of mid-level managers and junior staff under tight deadlines while displaying strong people skills and ensuring quality deliverables.
  • Experience interfacing directly with clients in a fast-paced environment and preparing and staffing senior executives.
  • Strong project management skills and ability to ensure teams are meeting established goals, timelines, and budgets
  • Experience with multichannel communications strategies and tactics, including earned media, social and paid media, and event execution.
  • Proven ability to develop and edit high-quality written materials, including press releases, executive thought leadership (including bylines), social media copy, talking points, executive briefing materials, analytical pieces, website/creative copy, and more.
  • Account and budget management experience - familiarity with agency billing practices, scoping projects and managing budgets.


The anticipated salary range for the Vice President level is $115,000-$150,000.

Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off and/or other benefits also are available.

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

About Harrison and Star

Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
1986
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