Associate Director, Corporate - London, United Kingdom - LEWIS

LEWIS

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job title Associate Director (Corporate)

Reporting to Director

Based London HQ

To help develop and grow its new global reputation and purpose practice, VIVID, TEAM LEWIS is looking for an experienced corporate Associate Director.

The role will lead global reputation programmes for clients across numerous sectors.

A strong leader, with a track record in innovative corporate communications campaigns and an interest in purpose and ESG, the Associate Director will work with colleagues across the TEAM LEWIS network to conceive and run campaigns and activations.

This is an opportunity that will suit an ambitious and motivated professional - a confident "go-getter" who is keen to make their mark in a global business.

With a strong entrepreneurial spirit, you thrive on challenges and working in a fast-paced, international environment.

About TEAM LEWIS

We are an independent global marketing agency that has gone from start-up to multi-national in a little over two decades.

Our success is due to a combination of factors:
talented people delivering award winning campaigns; expanding client relationships into new markets and services; making strategic acquisitions.

The agency, its people and client campaigns have won many prestigious awards, including Cannes Lions, PRovoke Media, ICCO, European Excellence, PRCA Digital, Digital Impact, Global Digital Excellence.

About VIVID

In response to the rapidly changing, fast-moving digital-first world, VIVID injects creativity, visual thinking and pace into reputation management and purpose campaigns.

The practice combines brand consultancy with creative engineering and real-time reputation management to craft powerful, emotionally moving and memorable stories.

The team has delivered game-changing and award-winning work for clients such as Schneider Electric (one of the world's most sustainable corporations), SkyScanner and OKX.

VIVID has been inspired and influenced by the work done around the world by the TEAM LEWIS Foundation (TLF). Story-telling skills, and millions of dollars, have been donated to important community causes nominated by employees. The TLF provides VIVID with a plethora of experience in purpose-driven causes and charities.

Purpose of the role
The Associate Director will lead, drive and manage clients and specific client campaigns. They will drive cascading of business across the network and help identify and engage with prospects.

In working on multi-market credentials, RFIs and pitches, the Associate Director will forge strong relationships with senior colleagues across the network to marshal regional knowledge and expertise.

A member of the UK senior team, the Associate Director is an active contributor to the success of the business and will champion a collaborative, positive culture.

Providing leadership and hands-on development of our people are important in this role.

Core responsibilities

Develop strong relationships and trust with clients, providing strategic and creative counsel, and initiatives for retention and organic growth; manage programme delivery start to finish
Develop and run ESG and Purpose strategies and campaigns for clients
Brief the creative engineering team to bring concepts to life for multichannel campaigns
Run executive media relations programmes, including media training, for senior/csuite clients
Ensure the delivery of excellent, consistent service and results to clients; bring rigorous evaluation and measurement to campaign planning and reporting
Grow client revenues, identifying and securing upsell/cross sell opportunities
Participate in, or lead, credentials and pitches for multimarket prospects, developing the strategic insight, strategy and messaging
Recommend prospects to be targeted and actively network to engage these prospects; build relationships with key intermediaries and influencers
Retain a highcalibre and motivated team inspire and nurture a firstclass culture in which people can thrive and grow professionally and personally
Manage and motivate direct reports, setting and reviewing goals; work to maximise strengths, improve weaknesses and support career development
Lead and participate in UK and regional training as a trainer and by contributing curriculum ideas
Interview key potential hires. Help onboard and mentor these hires, setting them up for success
Overall, be a collaborative, encouraging, supportive member of the agency's management team.

About you

Working for a PR agency, you are a strategic thinker who enjoys counselling clients and devising and running stakeholder engagement campaigns that build trust and drive change.

With rounded corporate communications experience across a variety of sectors, you are passionate about the role of business in society and operate at the forefront of developing communications programmes to show this.

Mission focussed and commercial, you have a "sleeves rolled up" mentality and like