Senior Account Director, CSR & Social Good/Issues Advocacy

July 27

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Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis

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Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis is an independent full-service communications and narrative consulting firm$1. .$1

Media Relations • Brand Integration • Talent & Influencer Integration • Crisis Communications • Creative Services

201 - 500

Description

• Partnering with key strategic stakeholders and corporate clients to build CSR initiatives and full campaigns around these initiatives. • Leading national and local social good and issues advocacy campaigns that touch various client teams (consumer, non-profit, corporate, etc.) • Developing and executing comprehensive communications strategies that include taking complex issues and packaging them for general consumer. • Providing thought leadership opportunities for clients and serving as a senior leader within the agency • Managing complex client issues and will see the client through stressful situations that will require thoughtful counsel. • Leading client accounts and conduct media trainings for Sunshine Sachs clients, top executives and celebrities. • Partnering and collaborating with SADs and VPs throughout the agency on integrated (and bi-coastal) accounts. • Leading new business meetings, creating proposals as needed. • Training and mentoring junior staff on the inner workings and executions of current policies, social good movements and campaigns, PR, media relations, and overall work approach. This is incredibly important to us! • Responding to client requests and ensure requests are taken care of in an efficient manner. • Support administration of accounts including developing agendas, meeting recaps, activity reports, client status reports and budget trackers.

Requirements

• You have at least 8-10 years working in PR or media, specific experience in CSR, corporate communications, community engagement, non-profit, public sector. • You’ve managed a team with direct oversight for at least 3 years (of those 8 mentioned above). • You know how to navigate stakeholders, thought leaders, and media. • You are a strong writer – persuasive, concise, creative, and quick. • You believe yourself to be excellent at pitching new business – confidence is key! • You have established press contacts and have your “go-to” folks to get that important message out. • You are a strategic thinker, bring new ideas to the table, and love a good brainstorm. • You have strong decision-making abilities and accountability; this is an important role, own it! • You have an innate curiosity and an entrepreneurial spirit…have a suggestion on making something better? We encourage you to do it! • You are incredibly organized, detail oriented and able to excel at managing multiple projects simultaneously. • You’re willing to work select evenings/weekends and travel when necessary. • You enjoy overdelivering rather than meeting expectations and take genuine pride in being part of something good.