Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Location: New York

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.

Job Description:

Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs As a Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Zeno, you will have the opportunity to support existing clients and lead efforts in new business opportunities. You will be engaged in a broad range of client programs, including reputation management, executive leadership, internal communications, and financial PR. You must think and do. We’re looking for masters of the craft, who are excellent people leaders, client counselors and will roll up their sleeves and stay close to the work.

About the Role:

Commit to continuous learning and improvement of leadership skills; set and pursue stretch goals.

Develop media relations strategy and conduct outreach for programs/projects.

Develop strategic, visionary plans for clients and communicate them. compellingly with supporting recommendations and substantive logic.

Drive learning and ongoing education with direct team and across agency through trend watching and general knowledge management.

Effectively manage staff utilization to meet profitability targets.

Foster and maintain relationships with client contacts and internal agency partners.

Grow business prospects with existing clients; expand scope of work using network capabilities; lead new business outreach process and win business.

Maintain financial responsibility for accounts including forecasting and account profitability.

Mentor, coach and support team members ensuring constant development of their skills.

Provide strategic counsel, guidance and leadership, supervising several staff members, and ensuring the team's success by managing work quality and productivity levels.

Secure, maintain and grow the business.

Understand key client industry issues relating to products, product categories, technologies, primary and potential competition and general issues facing the industry.

About You:

15+ years of experience in Corporate PR in an agency or similar environment.

A history of success in providing sound creative and strategic counsel to clients and building credibility with senior level client contacts.

Collaborative spirit, results driven with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work against deadlines.

Demonstrate the ability to think strategically, creatively and holistically about client programs.

Excellent writing skills, solid presentation skills, experience developing and delivering client presentations, including new business.

Must have an in-depth knowledge of reputation management and a working knowledge of traditional and non-traditional media. A current track record of success in building relationships with national business media and driving results for clients.

Must have a strong background in corporate communications and solid corporate media relations contacts.

Proven leadership experience, mentoring and developing junior talent.

Pay Range: $150,000-$ 200,000 USD/yr.

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 requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual…