Senior Manager - INTEGRATED MEDIA
POSTION PROFILE
Our Toronto office is looking for a Senior Manager - Integrated Media, who is a seasoned public and media relations consultant responsible for providing strategic client counsel around media and influencer engagement, helping plan media events, leading announcement activations, securing media stories and guiding and mentoring an internal team.
The ideal candidate will have experience that encompasses media relations, influencer engagement, event planning, program execution, leadership of the inter-agency marketing mix as well as client counseling.
With 5-7 years of experience, you'll help us create campaigns that drive earned media coverage and activate influencer and social programs that generate meaningful and measurable results.
If you've got a passion for PR, here's an opportunity to advance your career at a forward-thinking, award-winning and globally leading integrated communications agency.
Weber Shandwick Canada is PRovoke Media's Canadian Agency of the Year, IABC Canadian Large Agency of the Year (five years running) and boasts the most exciting client list of any agency in the country.
We're a passionate and diverse team that protects and promotes some of Canada's most iconic and beloved brands - and has fun while doing it!
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop strong client relationships and provide counsel / strategic direction related to media / influencer relations programs and related events
- Proactively bring media-related ideas and points of view to clients to assert agency leadership and push the boundaries of traditional media relations
- Develop strong media and influencer relationships that can pay off with media and social coverage
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and integrated agency team colleagues to integrate media relations efforts into campaigns
- Work directly with clients to resolve problems
- Oversee client activations and activation teams
- Counsel, coach and develop junior staff
- Lead logistics planning for media and other influencer events
- Support the development of KPIs to maximize media relations impact
- Develop program staffing plans and budgets and work directly with clients and finance team to address related deliverables and questions
- Highlight results, measuring success and promoting wins and key learnings to client
CORE REQUIREMENTS
- Demonstrate end-to-end expertise in media relations and event planning, including :
- Strong existing media and influencer relationships
- Working knowledge of and comfort executing new media forms
- Ability to develop new media and influencer relations and turn those relationships into coverage
- Drafting media materials, including pitches and press releases
- Optimizing programs in real time to maximize success based on preliminary results
- Amplification of strategies, including paid, owned and earned
- Demonstrated expertise in media relations and event / logistics planning
- Ability to plan, organize, monitor and control projects and programs, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and creative resources
- Ability to counsel clients on media relations activities and present plans in a convincing manner
- Strong team leadership abilities
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
- Public relations experience of approximately 5-7 years
- Ability to work effectively with integrated agency teams and diverse range of internal stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Strong negotiation, presentation, collaboration and problem-solving skills
The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- RRSP (with employer match)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) - $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
- MyDays - Flexible time off
- Short-Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave Policy
Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.
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