Gregory FCA, one of the nation’s largest PR firms, is looking for an Associate Vice President to join our team! We are looking for a someone who can independently oversee campaigns, with strong media relations and project management skills. This is a client facing role, with a focus on leading meetings, ensuring quality service delivery, and educationg and mentoring team members. Candidates must be in commutable distance to our Philadelphia, New York or Boston offices.

EDUCATION:

• An undergraduate degree in communications, public relations, journalism, English, or a similar major.

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• 7-8 years of PR experience
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and operational and productivity tools, including AI and how to use it with day-to-day work
• Team player
• Leader and mentor
• Detail oriented and organized
• Self-motivated
• Ability to flag issues and create solutions
• Mastery of communication skills
• Desire to learn
• Client service and goal oriented
• Adaptable to changing work demands and priorities
• Positive attitude
• Project management

• Manage and align daily activities to assure quality standards and to reach client expectations. They set the tone and pace of the day, prioritize objectives on a daily basis, and delegate work to other team members. Strong communicator - able to communicate account work direction to staff and make sure all team members are working collaboratively.
• Strong project management skills. Able to properly staff accounts, understanding the workload/team members need to complete SOW, and to see projects through, independent of VP or SVP.
• Conduct media outreach at a high level of impact. Oversee media strategy. They save difficult media assignments for themselves while delegating others to team members according to skills and abilities.
• Actively participate in the management of the team’s development of day-to-day work. Also manage team members (as directed by SVP), including a focus on career development, feedback and any performance issues.
• Senior level “go to” for client suggestions and inquiries and acting as day to day point person.
• Write strategic press releases, blog posts, media queries, and social media posts.
• Champion of the firm; providing ideas for firm training; leading training events.
• Stay current and add to personal understanding of issues, processes, terms, products, and regulations specific to clients’ industries.
• Provide feedback to VPs and SVPS on issues of strategic direction, competitive threats and changes in the public relations landscape.
• Participate in Gregory FCA marketing initiatives and play a key role in meetings and new business processes. Able to lead sales discussions, generate leads and maintain a sales goal each year, and attend industry events.
• All other tasks as assigned.