Responsibilities include but are not limited to
- Proactively consult clients on integrated marketing and communications strategies
- Effectively manage account teams to service the scope of work with outcomes that meet and exceed client expectations
- Building strong relationships with clients to retain and grow a portfolio of accounts
- Leading and participating in all stages of new business pitches
- Counseling clients in one-to-one settings as a primary strategic partner
- Helping lead planning and strategy workshops with clients to map business/comms goals
- Mentoring and training junior team members, and identifying areas for growth and mentorship
- Overseeing and supporting programs and projects from kickoff through goal achievement
- Understanding and leading teams to apply traditional and emerging tactics and tools across the communications spectrum to execute client plans
The ideal candidate will
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of the overall financial services industry, spending at least 7 years working with financial services clients
- Has an in-depth knowledge of Public Relations and the earned media space and understands how different channels can be applied to meet objectives
- Exhibit superb organizational and time management skills
- Can hold honest, “tough” conversations with client contacts to ensure the client is happy and the account is retained or growing
- Maintain a professional decorum at all times and act as a brand ambassador for the agency
- Can manage up and down to ensure that teams are meeting their deadlines and goals
- Has a passion for creating excellent and high-quality deliverables
- Maintain a strong spirit of collaboration and encourage teamwork across their accounts
- Be a Vested ambassador and contribute to agency culture
Top Skills
What We Do
Vested is a world-leading integrated marketing and communications consultancy focused exclusively on the financial services industry. We were founded in 2015 with a mission to help shape a better financial services system that is more accessible, transparent, and sustainable. Today, Vested is the world's fourth-largest financial services agency, comprising over 100 employees widely recognized for their industry expertise, creativity, and passion for financial services. Our team is proud to do work that drives our mission forward - from uncomplicating finance through creative advertising campaigns to raising awareness of fintech disrupters working to make finance more accessible. From branding to social to creative to PR and more, we’re in the business of solving problems for the world’s most important financial brands. Group Vested encompasses a prestigious portfolio of companies, including the cutting-edge tech platform Qwoted, the global network of 1,000+ senior financial marcomms leaders Financial Narrative, investment fund Vested Ventures, and our content and design hub, Finance Studio. Recognized as one of the industry's Best Places to Work, our unwavering goal is to become the most valued and sought-after brand in financial marketing and communications. With our own in-house Chief Economist and proprietary educational program, VestED, every team member, at any level, has continuous learning and up-skilling opportunities. As a “Vestie”, you become an owner, an entrepreneur, a builder, and a value creator. At Vested, we are proud to do the right thing, even when it's hard. We are relentlessly curious and consistently challenge the status quo. Join us as we lead the way in transforming the industry and delivering exceptional results for our clients.
