What You’ll Do
- As Account Director, you’ll play a key role in our integrated team. Your responsibilities will include:
- Building and nurturing strong client relationships while leading strategic planning and execution across multiple accounts.
- Anticipating your clients’ needs by identifying opportunities, mitigating risks, and providing proactive, forward-thinking counsel.
- Acting as a champion for your clients within Edelman, ensuring their business goals are understood and aligning them with Edelman’s expertise, insights, and best practices.
- Leading and inspiring integrated account teams, including specialists across disciplines like digital, earned media, crisis management, and more.
- Overseeing budgets, forecasts, and account operations with confidence, while proactively managing challenges.
- Staying on top of industry trends and market developments to keep your strategies fresh, relevant, and impactful.
What You’ll Bring:
- We’re looking for someone with:
- 8–10+ years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, or integrated marketing, ideally within an agency setting.
- A strategic mindset and a strong track record of success in corporate reputation management, executive profiling, digital/social media, and advocacy programs. Bonus points for experience in corporate branding, employee engagement, or broader marketing initiatives!
- Exceptional relationship-building skills, especially with executive-level stakeholders.
- Proven ability to mobilize and inspire multidisciplinary teams across planning, creative, analytics, and media specialties.
- An understanding of the unique roles of marketing (CMO) and communications (CCO), with the ability to navigate and integrate both effectively.
- A “hunter” mentality when it comes to identifying opportunities, building client trust, and driving growth.
- A strong network across industries, media, and business to keep your strategies cutting-edge.
Why Edelman?
- You’ll be joining a team of innovators and collaborators who are passionate about what we do. We value creativity, curiosity, and courage, and we’re committed to helping our people grow. This role is your chance to build a rewarding career with the support of a global network and a world-class team.
Ready to Apply?
- If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, send us your résumé and cover letter. While we’ll only contact shortlisted candidates, we truly appreciate your interest in Edelman Canada.
Edelman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Edelman and has not been reviewed or approved by Edelman.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with health plans commonly framed as a strong part of the overall package. Mental and physical well-being programs are also emphasized as meaningful support.
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Flexible Benefits — Work flexibility is positioned as a standout, including hybrid routines and a “Work From Anywhere” option for part of the year. Flexible public holidays are also highlighted as adding practical choice to how time is used.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings such as a 401(k) match (and pension-style contributions in some markets) are consistently presented as a solid component of total rewards. This tends to improve overall package value even when base pay feels less competitive.
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