Senior Manager, Social Impact

Who is Weber Shandwick?

At The Weber Shandwick Collective, you are welcomed, valued and empowered to grow and we believe that opportunity grows in a collective. We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team builds brands by finding connection points in the real world. We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world's leading brands and businesses.

We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy. We are known for:

• Developing data driven insights and strategies to drive measurable impact
• Creating impactful campaigns that tap into culture
• Creating channel and platform agnostic campaigns that grow organically
• Delivering integrated campaigns that are earned first but deliver for paid and owned

Senior Manager - Social Impact (London) Weber Shandwick is looking for a talented Senior Manager to join the Social Impact team in our London office. The opportunity involves working on a portfolio of impactful global organisations, executing integrated campaigns involving strategy, earned media, creative, social and digital. The candidate will lead day to day project management, provide counsel, support in the development of campaign and media strategies, manage budgets and contribute to the strong execution of activities.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following key skills and attributes: Client and Work

• Develop and draft media strategies, press releases, reactive media statements, talking points, FAQs, memos, crisis plans and other deliverables as needed
• Oversee and execute proactive media outreach and reactive media relations strategies
• Drive development of tactical plans, translating strategies into tactics, ensuring deliverables align with strategies
• Lead multiple integrated work streams and partner with clients to deliver on time/on budget work plans with minimal supervision on complex global Social Impact issues
• Serve as the day to day client contact flagging, triaging and managing client issues as they arise
• Oversee project management, maintaining overall account tracker and other trackers as needed

Self Leadership and Talent Management

• Demonstrate creative problem solving and teamwork
• Build and lead productive relationships internally, with interagency teams, and a diverse array of agency colleagues

Growth and Business Development

• Participate in brainstorms and planning
• Support new business pitch content creation and organic business growth efforts
• Hone presentation skills, participating in pitches when possible

Business Acumen

• Develop budgets, support analysis of budget and time entry, and account invoicing
• Assist in financial management for clients, including development of invoices and activity reports to maintain profitability of engagements

To be considered for this role, you must have experience delivering integrated communications strategies across topics such as global health, development, humanitarian and / or environmental issues.

Ideal Experience Required:

• Ideally you will possess many of the above skills and attributes
• A deep interest in international issues, whether global health, development, climate, environment or human rights
• Fluency in media relations with an instinctive understanding of what makes a good story and how to shape stories from our clients' activities
• Strong awareness of media in top tier and specialist UK/global/African media and an understanding of how journalists operate
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly the ability to digest complex information and turn it into crisp, compelling written copy
• Mastery in copywriting a range of external and media materials including press releases, key message documents, pitches, social media content, etc.
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment, juggling multiple projects and deadlines, adapting approaches when the needs of clients change
• Experience working with multiple disciplines and specialists to deliver integrated campaigns
• Strong presentation skills and a desire to be involved in new business pitching
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for the client, practice and team
• Attentive to detail and delivery of high quality work
• Fluency in Microsoft programmes and digital/social media platforms, tools and solutions
• Positive, problem solving attitude
• Ambitious with an entrepreneurial streak

Maybe you've worked in community organising, campaigning or journalism rather than PR or agency. If you bring sharp strategic thinking, curiosity and real world insight, we want to hear from you especially if you deeply understand media & storytelling, have a strong interest in global social justice and are excited by this role.

Core Benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Buy or sell holiday
• Additional life assurance cover
• Critical illness insurance
• Travel insurance
• Health screening
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health cash plan
• Flexible working with our 3:2 hybrid work model
• Equivalent of $250 USD for new joiners on 6 month + contract to support home working set up
• 25 days' annual leave (in addition to public holidays) plus 2 volunteering days, birthday day off work and discretionary festive closure
• Flexible public holidays
• Dedicated Business Resource Groups including Women of Weber, Decoded (Global Majority network), and PRISM (LGBTQIA+)
• Sweets and snacks in the office
• Exclusive shopping discounts and perks
• Season ticket loan
• Long service bonus
• Enhanced family leave
• Inclusive and invisible health policies

Note from the Talent Team: We appreciate the time taken to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick. We will review all applications within five working days and will be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume, we are not able to get back to everyone individually, so if you have not heard back from us, unfortunately, you have not been successful on this occasion and we wish you all the best in your search.

At Weber Shandwick we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Senior Associate - Digital Weber Shandwick is looking for a talented Senior Associate to join our Digital team. This is a client facing role where you will be exposed to a varied client portfolio and will play a key part in the delivery of high profile communications campaigns across multiple markets.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following key attributes: Client and Work

• Serve as key supporting strategist for digital/integrated clients, assisting in the development and execution of digital and social media programs
• Liaise with clients and assist in client communications, including developing and coordinating routine account management materials, including timelines, client documentation and project management support
• Draft and manage cross functional team briefs, independently partnering with creative, paid, and media relations team members on digital projects and collaborating on integrated deliverables
• Oversee digital and social content production from concept to execution, including social editorial calendar creation, creation of social media ad mockups, etc.
• Manage social content publishing models for clients, including educating (and selling) clients on content creation/syndication, paid promotion and platforms
• Understand interactive elements of complex digital/social media engagement campaigns, collaborating with traditional and digital media teams
• Identify ways in which to measure success against campaign goals and achievable outcomes

Self Leadership and Team Effectiveness

• Produce high quality work and continually update the manager on activity progress
• Proactively contribute to an inclusive team culture and consistently display behaviours that support integration

Growth and Business Development

• Leverage understanding of the client's business to share ideas to help grow the account organically
• Participate in meetings to support new business development/organic business growth opportunities as directed, including research, updating trackers and timelines
• Develop new business acumen through supporting the development of pitch materials and shadowing elements of a pitch

Business Acumen

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