Resolute Digital, a Weber Shandwick Company is hiring: Account Director, Client

Weber Shandwick is seeking a curious, creative, and media-savvy Account Director to join our team in Washington, D.C. This role is based on our Social Impact & Sustainability team, part of Weber Advisorya unit delivering trusted, agile Csuite counsel by blending communications expertise with cultural insights to accelerate stakeholder and organizational value. This role will focus on executing communications, reputation and earned media strategies for nonprofit, foundation, corporate and public sector clients at the intersection of business, policy, media and culture.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned media strategist with a passion for policy, advocacy, and communications that make a realworld impact. They bring a proven track record of delivering effective integrated media campaigns and experience thriving on highperforming teams in a fastpaced environment. In addition, candidates should have experience working with organizations operating in the social impact, philanthropic, and on inclusive finance and wealth gap issues.

This position will be based in our Washington, D.C. office on a hybrid schedule.

About you

You live for a great story and have the strategic savvy to shape and deliver stories across media platforms. With deep knowledge of toptier business and lifestyle outlets, you know how to get stories placed and noticed. You move seamlessly between legacy media and emerging platforms like Substack, podcasts, and content creators. Fluent in internet culture and always ahead of the trends, you know whats trending, whats next, and how to help organizations break through.

Youre a strategic thinker who thrives in fastpaced environments and knows how to manage multifaceted, integrated campaigns without missing a beat. You bring structure to ambiguity, all while juggling deadlines, media moments, and client needs with calm confidence. Youre immersed in public policy and culture and know how to turn insights into earned impact. A creative storyteller and collaborative partner, you bring curiosity, originality, and drive to everything you do. Ready to drive highimpact communications? Lets talk.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute integrated communications strategies in partnership with agency and client teams
• Counsel and interact effectively with clients and leaders at client organizations
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with toptier media across business, national/local broadcast, multicultural and lifestyle verticals
• Maintain a strong understanding of the media and cultural landscape, as well as emerging issues that may impact clients directly or indirectly
• Approach client work with curiosity always seeking to understand the brand, its competitors, and the broader industry context
• Proactively and reactively craft compelling, newsworthy stories that drive earned coverage
• Develop strategic earned plans and write highquality media materials, including pitches, press releases, and messaging documents
• Deliver consistently highcaliber work with a clientfirst mindset and sharp attention to detail
• Collaborate with agency and interagency partners, serving as a key contributor across teams to drive alignment and deliver cohesive, largescale campaign work
• Mentor and develop junior team members through handson guidance, feedback, and professional development
• Cultivate and participate in new business opportunities and pitches
• Business Acumen accelerate work to meet client and agency objectives
• Client Service build trust and deliver results across engagements
• Proactivity exhibit relentless pursuit for new and innovative ideas
• Collaboration build strong, highimpact relationships that deliver results
• Critical Thinking ask probing questions; anticipate and address gaps and needs
• Conflict Resolution possess sound judgment and savvy in navigating and resolving issues

Basic Qualifications

• 7-9 years of experience
• Experience leading integrated media projects from start to finish, working with teams across various disciplines
• Robust earned strategy and media relations experience
• Experience providing counsel to senior leaders

Benefits

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Washington DC Salary range: $95,000 $125,000

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.

We make our careers website accessible to any and all users. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at JobAppAccommodation@ipgdxtra.com . This email address is not for general employment inquiries or vendors; rather it is strictly for applicants who require special assistance accessing our employment website. Due to volume, messages sent to this email address that are not related to an accommodation cannot be answered.

Vice President, Consumer Team

Weber Shandwick is looking for a dynamic Vice President to join our Consumer team in our New York office supporting iconic global consumer brands.

We are looking for a driven, selfmotivated and culturally fluent, Vice President to join our Consumer team, working across global lifestyle and CPG brands. As Vice President, you will be responsible for leading daytoday business and spearheading highprofile, awardworthy, earneddriven integrated campaigns for some of our top client brands. This is a highvisibility leadership role in a fastpaced, integrated environment with crossfunctional collaboration across channels and partners. Youll work closely with clients, and integrated agency teams to deliver socialfirst, earnedled programs that drive engagement and buzz, while guiding a team of rising talent.

What the Role Entails

• Lead multichannel campaigns with an emphasis on earned media, cultural storytelling, and social/digital engagement
• Collaborate within IATs, working alongside creative, paid media, influencer, and experiential partners
• Oversee campaign launches from start to finish inclusive of planning, event/activation production, management of talent partner(s), and development of media materials and social briefs
• Ability to turn ideas into workable plans and presentations via decks
• Build trusted relationships with senior clients, offering strategic POVs and counsel
• Ensure programs are rooted in insights and measured against KPIs
• Manage diverse internal teams and SMEs with clarity and organization
• Lead by providing mentorship, fostering growth and innovation

Who You Are

• Must have a strong passion for lifestyle and beauty brands, with a sharp awareness of emerging cultural and consumer trends
• Proven experience executing successful campaigns that generated earned media, drove social engagement, and made a cultural impact
• An expert in navigating Integrated Agency Teams, juggling multiple workstreams, and managing multiple clients
• A strategic thinker with strong instincts for what drives earned media and social buzz
• Strong ability to remain nimble and counsel clients through conflict
• Aptitude for financial analysis
• Confident working with senior clients and leading large teams
• A natural leader with strong presentation skills who pays attention to detail
• Sharp writing skills and a creative mindset
• Commitment and dedication to the agencys success as well as individual career

Benefits

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $125,000 $165,000

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.

We make our careers website accessible to any and all users. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at JobAppAccommodation@ipgdxtra.com . This email ]]> <