Senior Associate, Client Experience

Agency:

Weber Shandwick

Job Function:

Communications and PR

Job Subfunction:

Public Relations

Job Description:

Who We Are
Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency were an engagement agency working at the cutting edge of the new media landscape. Were storytellers and content creators who engage people IN the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service creativity collaboration and our people. We engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations that last.

About the Role
Weber Shandwick is seeking a curious creative and collaborative Senior Associate to join our Brand this role you will focus on executing multi-channel campaigns robust media relations experiential event activations and earned-first storytelling for some of the worlds most iconic retail home and consumer brands. You will be a vital engine for our account teams driving projects forward from ideation to execution while helping bring to life the best in-culture ideas. Operating at the fast-paced intersection of consumer lifestyle media and pop culture you will develop a deep understanding of our clients business objectives to deliver high-impact results.
This position will be based in our Atlanta office on a hybrid schedule.

About You
You are a proactive self-starter with a passion for consumer lifestyle categories event planning and a knack for organization. Highly detail-oriented and obsessed with keeping up with pop culture you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can connect the dots that others miss while managing complex logistics. You are known for bringing good energy and being a highly reliable partner driven by a collaborative desire to create work that makes everyone proud.

What Youll Do

Media Relations & Strategy: Proactively monitor the media landscape build and maintain strong relationships with journalists craft compelling pitches and conduct outreach to reporters across consumer lifestyle and trade publications.
Content Development: Draft high-quality earned-first storytelling materials including press releases pitch angles messaging frameworks client emails and social media copy that people cant help but pay attention to.
Strategic Ideation: Actively participate in team brainstorms bringing fresh actionable and culturally resonant ideas to the table to advance client priorities.
Cultural Intelligence: Constantly observe what brands are doing in the space; synthesize cultural trends and competitor activity into digestible insights to inform and optimize client strategy.
Event Planning & Activations: Support the logistics vendor coordination and on-the-ground execution of consumer-facing events media mailers and brand experiences ensuring every physical detail aligns with the broader campaign strategy.
Client Experience & Account Support: Support account management by coordinating team and client meetings developing detailed recap reports and proactively managing and tracking deadlines to keep projects on track.

What Youll Bring

Basic Qualifications:

35 years of experience in communications or public relations specifically with a background in consumer brand retail home/lifestyle or consumer PR and/or event management.
Proven experience assisting with event coordination managing vendor relationships and supporting on-site activations.
A strong understanding of the consumer media landscape and an inherent sense of what makes a story pop.
Strong writing editing and proofreading skills with the ability to translate brand priorities into clear compelling narratives for broad audiences.
Bachelors degree in a relevant field.

Competencies:
Collaboration & Teamwork: A proven ability to collaborate seamlessly with colleagues clients and agency partners bringing positive energy and serving as a highly reliable partner.
Cultural Acumen & Earned-First Mindset: A relentless drive to stay abreast of fast-evolving pop culture trends and lifestyle moments combined with an intuitive understanding of what drives earned media and cultural traction.
Proactivity & Agility: A self-starter mentality with the ability to anticipate needs before they arise manage multiple projects under tight deadlines and maintain a positive solutions-oriented attitude.
Detail-Oriented: A strict commitment to delivering flawless precise and accurate workwhether its a client-facing strategy deck a storytelling narrative or a quick Teams message or a minute-by-minute event run-of-show.
Technical Proficiency: Strong foundational skills in Microsoft Word PowerPoint and Excel. (Experience with media databases and social tracking tools is a plus).

Salary Range: 59000.00 - 65000.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on among other factors actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employees/applicants background pertinent experience and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender age ethnic or national origin protected veteran status physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity marital status or citizenship status.

$ 59000.00 - 65000.00

Omnicoms 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 Omnicoms 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 were 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 uswe look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race religion color ethnic origin gender gender identity age marital status veteran status sexual orientation disability or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal state or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

Omnicoms 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 Omnicoms 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 were 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 uswe 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: US Job Seekers:

It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race religion color ethnic origin gender gender identity age marital status veteran status sexual orientation disability or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal state or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.