SVP

Golin New York is looking for a SVP, Catalyst to join our growing team!

Golin is a progressive public relations agency with expertise ranging from brand-building and cutting- edge digital content, to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey, to deliver maximum impact for clients and reach a profoundly diverse global market. “Go All In” is the agency’s ethos and commitment to bravery over mediocrity.

We Go All In, in everything we do. We’re especially committed to Go All In for our people. We challenge our employees to be Courageously Happy, and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. Lifetime offers unlimited time off, enhanced family care, ridiculously good health and wellness benefits, and a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies. We really do want you to play as hard as you work!

Ready to go all in with us?

As a leader of your team, you are a trusted advisor to client Senior team and you have an influential relationship with key client executives

What You’ll Do:

• Lead new business initiatives, proactively identifying and seeking opportunities for the agency.
• As a leader, are a key contributor in new business opportunities, identifying new business leads and taking an active role in driving a pitch.
• Proactively communicating all budget or staffing changes to both the leadership and finance teams, offering solutions and recommendations
• Excel at verbal and written client, interpersonal and intra-team communications
• Stay on top of industry best practices, client and competitor brand activity, and ensure Golin delivers game-changing ideas and solutions
• Stay ahead of trends in social impact and sustainability and create story opportunities from real-time news events
• Collaborate with teams across multiple disciplines and geographies and successfully manage complex, fast-moving and unexpected communications challenges
• Interact with clients to present strategic recommendations addressing challenges and opportunities, as well as in “think on your feet” situation

What You’ll Have:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 15 years of PR agency or related professional communications experience
• Proven experience working in media relations and communications, with an emphasis in issues management and corporate reputation communications.
• Demonstrated expertise in social purpose and sustainability topics.
• Superior writing and editing skills that can communicate creatively and in an engaging manner
• Understanding of earned and paid media approaches
• Proven experience working on CSR and sustainability campaigns that have generated earned media results
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and superior client service skills
• Be proactive and highly motivated; demonstrate the ability and desire to work independently and confidently, but as part of a team
• Be detail oriented with an ability to focus on the larger picture
• High passion and enthusiasm, a positive spirit, and are able to translate that energy into generating results
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and client teams at all levels
• A high degree of professional polish, and a drive to bring your “A” game to work every day

 Salary range: $150,000- $260,000

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.

Golin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.