Director - Corporate Affairs

Corporate Affairs Director, Catalyst

Do you want to work with an agency team and clients who are ahead of the curve? Do you have experience creating powerful campaigns and programs to create positive change that matters?

Golin is hiring an experienced Director with strong corporate affairs expertise across external communication audiences and channels. We are looking for a dynamic and driven account leader to lead day-to-day work, operations and corporate communications counsel for a roster of historic and iconic global brands. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic about the work and leading team members, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), a trusted and confident client relationship leader, and a collaborative partner.  

Please note: Preferred location is Chicago  

What You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field with 8+ years’ experience. Must have worked in an agency in a client-facing role and welcome in-house corporate communications background  
• Experience in financial services a must
• Passion for client service and an ability to juggle multiple projects and changing priorities
• Proven ability to lead an integrated team and drive development of integrated ideas/business solutions
• Background developing and executing corporate reputation programs, including corporate positioning, business media relations and executive communications
• Ability to partner with team to execute and measure multifaceted creative PR campaigns and day-to-day communications initiatives
• Experience managing influencer programs, including identifying and vetting, project managing and reviewing content
• A strong understanding of traditional media, and ability to integrate campaign strategies and tactics across earned, owned and paid media
• Superior writing skills to creatively problem-solve and tell captivating stories, with the ability to develop and edit high-quality materials
• Ability to stay poised and calm under pressure and a desire to immerse yourself in a client's business to become a true partner
• A willingness to foster a strong, diverse and inclusive workplace culture and advocate for and contribute to efforts that enhance the environment for all 
• Ability to identify and drive opportunity for growth with existing clients and participate in new business pitches with strategy, creative counsel and presentation support

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the day-to-day account management of corporate clients, ensuring integrated teams (traditional media, social media, creative, analytics) provide a high standard of client service
• Maintain a big-picture strategic view of client business and help to develop programs that support client business goals
• Help to lead account planning, reporting, budgets, resource management and client satisfaction/feedback
• Develop integrated communication strategies and tactics
• PR Campaign management to ensure operational excellence (oversee the project management from creative concepting to execution, delegating work to account associate as needed, coordinated integrated earned and social media specialist teams)
• Influencer program management (administrative and contract management of influencers, coordination with creative/influencer specialist team on execution)
• Provide outstanding client counsel to all client levels on a regular basis, thriving in a hands-on, collaborative environment
• Provide effective counsel (written and verbal), manage expectations against results, troubleshoot and be proactive in identifying industry trends, challenges and opportunities, and ensure flawless execution of day-to-day client activities
• Write, review and edit client deliverables
• Provide inspirational leadership to team members by helping to develop their skills and expertise through coaching
• Manage team members’ time against client work scope and budget
• Responsible to oversee billability and client profitability 

Why Work for Us?  

We are 1,600 bright and eager individuals collaborating in more than 40 cities around the globe. Some in offices, some working remotely. Regardless of our geographies, our passion for collaboration is the #1 reason clients and colleagues enjoy working with us.  

Collaboration isn’t new for us…it started 60 years ago when our founder insisted that personal egos be set aside for the greater good of the agency. He knew great work starts with inspired teamwork. And inspired teamwork is how we get clients and colleagues to join us and stay for decades, and how we launch brands, build careers, win awards like PR Week’s Global Agency of the Year – three years in a row - all while creating everlasting friendships.  

Together, we will make the best work of our lives and create change that matters. If this mission sounds like something you could wake up to every morning, then read on.  

About Golin 

Golin is a global public relations agency that helps companies create change that matters. Together, we discover powerful human truths that bind us, create with bravery, and collaborate inclusively and obsessively. Golin’s 1700 global employees operate across 50+ offices worldwide, allowing us to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions for multi-market, regional and global communications programs. 

Recently named 2024 PRWeek’s Agency of the Year, we tend to Go All In, in everything we do. We’re especially committed to going all in for our people. We challenge our employees to be courageously happy and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. LifeTime offers flexible time off, enhanced family care, generous health and wellness benefits, workplace hybrid flexibility, and a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies. 

Our expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting-edge digital content to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative G4 Model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest CPG, retail, food, healthcare technology and consumer service companies in the world.   

Salary range: $94,000 - $165,000

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.

Golin is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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