Vice President, Earned Media

Zeno Group is the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our "Fearless Pursuit of the Unexpected", we push the boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2024 PRWeek U.S. Outstanding Large Agency of the Year, 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America and a three-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work.

Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.

Are you the friend who’s always first to share breaking news alerts? Do you wake up each morning scrolling through your newsfeed on your phone? Do you send placements you secure to your family… and they (still) do not know what you do for living?

As a Vice President, Earned Media at Zeno, you will have a proven track record of delivering top-tier coverage, an impressive sense of storytelling and a brag-worthy contact list of business media. You are a strategic and creative thinker who applies an earned media mindset to all client work. You have a strong roster of top media contacts across business, financial and mainstream media.

Additionally, you have an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to manage multiple, simultaneous assignments while balancing internal (Zeno) and external (client) expectations.

• Media Strategy Development and Execution - Support the development and execution of client storytelling in earned media.
• Pitch and Deliver Results – Work in the trenches with media and expected to deliver results across the board, securing media coverage while also helping strengthen media savviness of account teams and clients.
• Strong Media Contacts – Bring a strong roster of top-tier and cross-category media contacts to Zeno and builds new relationships where needed.
• Leading Member of Zeno’s Media Network – High visibility role across the agency, educating colleagues across the agency on earned media best practices, the changing media landscape and POVs for navigating the news cycle.
• Deep Knowledge of the Media Landscape – Have a pulse on the daily media landscape, insider knowledge and ability to unearth media opportunities for our clients across the board.

• At least 10+ years of experience at an agency or in-house, with primary expertise in business media, securing interviews for executives and the ability to help clients of all businesses.
• A robust portfolio of secured recent media coverage across national, local, broadcast, print, and online mediums.
• An ability to conceptualize media-worthy stories from initial ideas and brainstorms – and the ability to weigh in quickly on what is considered “mediable”.
• Demonstrated excellent writing and editorial skills as well as the proven ability to make clear, convincing presentations to clients and senior leaders.
• An innate and natural ability to multi-task and juggle different client projects and internal Zeno priorities.
• A leading-edge knowledge of how media works today – and a point of view on the future of earned media as a tool within the communicator’s toolkit.
• Solution-oriented, collaborative, go-getter mentality.

Pay Range: $115,000-$135,000 USD/yr.

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An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel…