Vice President/Account Supervisor, Corporate Sustainability

An innovator in communication since 1923, Ketchum delivers seamless service around the globe through its 23 offices and 44 affiliates and associates in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. With its 5 global practice areas, Brand Marketing, Corporate Communications, Healthcare, Food & Nutrition, and Technology, Ketchum offers clients a unique breadth and depth of marketing and corporate communications expertise. A leading global public relations firm and the PRWeek 2002 Agency of the Year, Ketchum is a unit of Omnicom Group Inc.

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Position Overview:

Ketchum West is looking to add a Vice President to our growing team to act as a senior corporate counselor within the sustainability specialty area. The Vice President will provide oversight of sustainability programs for multiple high-profile clients. This individual will serve as a senior counselor to clients on sustainability matters and work with local account teams to build and implement campaigns, ensuring client satisfaction and bringing a value-added approach to all projects.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute in the areas of thought leadership, visibility, business development, and internal and external networking in the sustainability arena across the agency.
• Serve as senior contact and counselor for clients, demonstrating creativity and in-depth knowledge of clients' business; develop strategy for implementing successful PR and marketing programs.
• Exhibit strong communication and presentation skills to effectively articulate ideas and present programs to clients, colleagues and other marketing partners.
• Take a leadership role in prospecting and new business proposal development and presentations; work with account teams to build incremental business.
• Troubleshoot clients' problems as they arise; seek senior management and other innovative resources' input whenever appropriate for gold-standard client service.
• Contribute creativity in developing new approaches to sustainability programming.
• Motivate team members, providing coaching and mentorship.
• Encourage teams to take advantage of training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for managing account financials.
• Stay on top of sustainability trends in the industry; bring them to the attention of clients and associates, as appropriate.

Qualifications:

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skills and knowledge for successful performance would qualify. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

• At least 8 plus years of agency and/or corporate PR experience with a specific focus on sustainability issues/practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Marketing or a related field. Master's degree in a communications field desired.
• Proven abilities in developing thought leadership materials and participating in sustainability conferences, panels, etc. Wide-ranging industry connections in sustainability and PR worlds.
• Experience with social media and a successful track record of effectively counseling and selling social/digital media concepts to clients.
• Ability to quickly become knowledgeable of Ketchum's proprietary tools and develop clear understanding how to apply tools and technology to client work.
• Proven track record in growing business.
• Strong quantitative and analytical abilities to define measurable objectives, assess campaign metrics and reports.

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