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Hill+Knowlton Strategies is an international public relations company with over 85 offices around the world.
We believe that every corporation, brand and client has a public, and today’s public is more powerful than ever before. They have the power to topple CEOs, reshape corporate and brand strategy, kill products and create unicorns. Today’s public demands truth, transparency and the highest behavioral standards.
Our US business combines six vertical sectors focused on deep industry knowledge, with an evolving number of specialist areas that work horizontally across those sectors. These specialists sit inside our our Innovation + Creative Hubs; 11 strategically located hubs around the network to support our client leaders, sector experts and specialist teams by providing the new types of strategic and communication services our clients have come to expect…
In each hub you will see a team of specialists working together…
Creative Strategists who build insights using data and research, developing them into platforms, causes and ideas.
Creative Directors who turn strategy into storytelling through campaignable ideas and the visual language of a campaign or brand
Content + Publishing Strategists who map audience behaviors and use them to plan the ideation, aggregation + delivery of content.
Digital Planning + Optimization experts who define the digital customer journey, developing paid media programmatic and partnership strategies.
Data + Analytics specialists who provide the right data to develop our insights as well as track the performance of our campaigns
Together, we can apply creativity and intelligence to all our clients…
We have a network of Studios around the globe that bring our ideas to life.
As we develop communications campaigns for our clients across the earned, owned, paid and shared spaces, we turn to the creative and design expertise in the Studio. From the creation of a visual identity, to a website, to a film, the Studio creates the content that carries our stories to audiences around the globe
What we are looking for:
We would like to appoint a I+C Hub Director to become an accelerant and further catalyst for the development of our innovation + creative hub and the Studio in the US.
Working alongside our I+C Hub Lead, Creative Director and other specialist leads, the person we appoint to this role will help drive this ambition and can;
- Act as a connecter between the I+C, our sector and specialist teams, and our clients – building trust and nurturing relationships within the agency and externally
- Be hands on in running a project or pitch, keeping everyone focused and on track. You’ll champion the team around you throughout the process, knowing how to balance everyone’s opinion and add value throughout.
- Bring commercial sense to identify opportunities for both our clients and the agency. Build and manage budgets and in partnership with other client leads, help open doors to new creative opportunities within an account.
- Manage the I+C hub commercially; oversee budgets, manage profitability and work with senior leads on the finance and resourcing side
- Be a partner to our Creative Director helping deliver the best possible level of creativity and craft in our campaigns.
- Working with client leaders and clients to guide, advise and manage expectations and timelines from brief to delivery.
- Leading and mentoring the studio project managers, producers, and I+C hub manager to drive logistics and delivery of a project
- Appreciate and understand the importance of strategy to the end product and be familiar with how to implement strategic frameworks into delivery of a campaign.
- Play a pivotal role in a team, you’ll be a true ‘people person’; you’ll connect, share ideas, inspire and mentor your peers and develop juniors, keeping an optimistic attitude and driving for the highest standard attainable.
- Deliver integrated campaigns and the elements that they include; from a shoot to a website, a social campaign to an event.
You’ll be
- Curious, brave and entrepreneurial
- Smart, direct and a clear communicator
- A thinker and doer, willing to roll up your sleeves and help the team
- A strong leader and optimist that’s calm under pressure
- Fresh thinker who embraces challenges and new methods of working
- Working in a fast-paced environment
Background:
- 10+ years’ experience in agency client service, production or operational role
- Proven track record of success leading large client programs across a wide variety of industry sectors and channels
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hill+Knowlton Strategies does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of their race, creed, color, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, national origin, or ancestry.
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