VP - Account Leader Dallas

Role Overview

Golin Dallas is looking for a strategic VP, Director Catalyst (Account Leader) to guide business direction for one of the food industry's most dynamic and innovative brands.

Golin has been on a winning streak of recognition: PRWeek’s Best Place to Work, Provoke Media’s Global Agency of the Year, PRWeek’s Large Agency of the year and winning two Grand Prix at Cannes.

• Provide strategic leadership to evolve our agency’s offerings, strengthen capabilities, and accelerate growth
• Serve as the day-to-day lead for a proportionate share of the client portfolio, representing a diverse mix of businesses to drive earned-first programming that deliver media and social results
• Drive strategy and client relationships, leading projects, clients and team and providing ongoing counsel on business and media strategies
• Showcase a strong command of both digital and traditional communication practices and strategies, focusing specifically on consumer media relations
• Partner directly with senior and executive directors to ensure cohesion in strategic planning across multiple portfolios under one master client account
• Manage all respects of finance and staffing including budgets, forecasting, hiring and developing scopes of work
• Bring contagious, positive energy to guide and motivate staff and supervising staff members, ensuring the team's success by managing work quality and productivity level
• Lead, mentor, coach and support team members in their goals, development and career pathing
• Harness skillsets across Golin’s G4 model to ideate and flesh out ideas as they relate to client objectives, bringing them to life in presentations and written proposals and sell them to our clients
• Direct access to a large team of seasoned and talented professionals who will not only help improve your work but establish a path for you to grow within Golin long term
• Ability to work and learn cross-functionally within a large, diverse account with many different work streams
• Opportunity to help build and lead a new remit from the ground up including directing annual strategy and plan, developing processes and growing the team
• Career-defining opportunity to execute premier media and client strategies for a globally recognized food brand

• 10+ years relevant experience in communications; earned media expertise is a must – food experience a plus!
• BA/BS in Journalism, English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or related field
• Strong hold of the consumer media landscape and a tactfulness for knowing what drives consumer news cycles
• Proven ability to engage with and counsel senior level decision-makers across the client’s business, and deliver connective insights to assist clients in driving alignment and execution of cross-company initiatives
• Demonstrated experience working directly with clients on day-to-day activities, managing teams to execute public relations plans effectively, and drafting and implementing communications programs within budget
• Expert problem‑solving skills and an ongoing sense of resourcefulness to address multiple competing issues under tight deadlines
• Advanced knowledge of top‑tier business and national consumer media, and well‑developed skills in building and maintaining traditional and digital media relationships
• Superior writing skills, expert in Associated Press style with the ability to develop and edit high‑quality materials including communication plans, media POVs, press materials, fact sheets, bylined articles, trend analysis summaries, executive correspondence, and presentations
• Ability to motivate and lead a team with experience fostering team growth and development
• Collaborative spirit and ability to mobilize others to achieve a common goal, while also recognizing when it’s needed to roll up your sleeves and do the job yourself
• Willingness to challenge clients and team members, recognizing when and how to resolve, gain consensus and move forward
• Experience managing all financial aspects of client business with creative ideas on how to achieve revenue goals internally
• A “make it possible” attitude that propels you to find an answer or solution, no matter the circumstances
• Knack for…