Account Director, Earned Media Strategy

Account Director – Weber Advisory

Weber Shandwick West

Weber Shandwick West is hiring an Account Director to join our Weber Advisory team, with a focus on corporate reputation, executive visibility, and thought leadership storytelling. This is a chance to help leading companies define their voice, protect and enhance their reputation, and connect with the audiences that matter most.

We’re looking for a media-minded communicator with proven success securing tier-one business, financial, and national media coverage. You should bring experience shaping executive platforms and narratives, translating complex issues into compelling stories, and guiding clients through today’s fast-moving reputation landscape.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the day-to-day lead on high-profile corporate, financial, and B2B accounts.
• Drive corporate reputation programs spanning executive visibility, thought leadership, media engagement, and issues management.
• Develop and execute integrated PR plans, setting goals and identifying stories that advance client reputation and business objectives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with tier-one media — from business press to national outlets — and deliver consistent, high-quality coverage.
• Shape executive platforms, from LinkedIn visibility strategies to keynote speeches and media profiles.
• Write, edit, and polish content including press materials, op-eds, key messages, blogs, briefing docs, and thought leadership pieces.
• Provide strategic counsel to senior clients, anticipating risks and opportunities in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Manage teams and projects with precision, ensuring flawless execution on time and on budget.
• Monitor industry trends, offering strategic insights that inform both client work and team recommendations.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of communications experience, ideally in an agency or corporate setting.
• Proven track record securing tier-one business and national media coverage.
• Experience developing executive visibility programs and thought leadership platforms.
• Excellent writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to distill complex topics into sharp, engaging narratives.
• Strong project management skills, able to juggle competing priorities and lead teams effectively.
• Media-savvy, digitally fluent, and comfortable navigating today’s integrated media environment.
• Experience in financial services, professional services, or corporate B2B a plus.

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

Salary range: $100,000 - $130,000

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 employee’s/applicant’s 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.

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