VP, Communications OLAY

Small Girls PR is looking for a Vice President to inspire and guide day-to-day strategy, lead a small team and oversee media relations for a major beauty brand. The work coming out of this team drives major pop-culture conversation and is a mix of quick-turn, of-the-moment genius and fully integrated, strategic programming.

As the team lead, the Vice President will also help inspire and lead an incredible team that is eager to continue to grow and deliver.

Note: Small Girls PR is currently in the office on a hybrid basis, working two days a week in the office, but employees at this level do have some additional flexibility available to them.

What you'll do day-to-day:

• You'll act as a strategic lead directing high-level media strategy, brand messaging, narrative storytelling development, when and how to roll out news as well as identifying and mitigating risks, etc.
• As one of the senior-most client contacts, forge a strong relationship with brand stakeholders and personally manage select high level client communications.
• Support and guide the team including junior staff to reach their goals and challenge the team to create enticing, timely and creative pitches.
• Craft PR strategies aligned to marketing and business objectives.
• As a creative thought leader, you'll see your wildest ideas turned into strategic campaigns and pull out the strongest story narratives from your reports - this position identifies relevant trending conversations, reverse engineers virality, and maps out brand campaigns.
• Lead the team in executing with excellence ensuring KPIs are thoughtfully set and then exceeded, completing work with a strong attention to detail and always applying past learnings to future projects.
• You will be training to become a business manager of your team, including high level support in terms of profitability, staffing matrixes, planning, and budgeting, in partnership with the account's SVP.
• You will manage 2-3 direct reports within a larger matrixed hiring system while also playing a leadership role on a team of ~10 people including cross functional internal teams within the influencer and experiential space.
  
  

Why we'll love you:

• You have around 10+ years of directly relevant experience
• You have showcased strong client management skills including the ability to build and troubleshoot with the client to ensure all ideas are newsworthy and pressworthy
• You're a project management expert, able to keep integrated teams and multiple projects prioritized, organized and on track in a fast-paced environment.
• You keep your finger on the pulse of how the media landscape is changing and are excited to proactively adapt your approach in real-time to stay ahead of the curve
• You have experience working on all aspects of press beyond media relations including awards programs, evergreen product pitching, product launches, press mailers, press events, etc
• You've demonstrated the ability to develop strong press relationships and have successfully taught this skill to junior staff
• You have vision, thinking through where the brand lives in the world and what key messages and story devices help support that house
• You've showcased excellence in partnering with multiple agency partners across various marketing channels to develop integrated brand campaigns
  
  

Why you'll love us:

• Atypical Time: a generous PTO plan that scales with tenure in addition to both Summer Fridays and Winter Fridays, Day of Rests for mental health, Caregiving days, and time off for Unsick Days dedicated to preventative care.
• Dedicated Time Each Day for Deep Work: Our unique Smalls In Sync program carves out daily time for you to collaborate with colleagues as well as have the space to do get your strategic, solo work done
• We invest in you: We have 100% employer covered medical leave, contribute to your 401k (whether you decide to contribute or not), in addition to contributing towards your gym memberships, dental, vision, data plans / home WiFi, and daily commute. We budget for you to network each month as well as reimburse professional development as it applies to roles, from InDesign to public speaking.
• A strong culture: We have an employee-led committee that determines company policy together and another dedicated to planning our weekly celebrations and quarterly outings (virtual or otherwise), book clubs and employee-coached trivia & intramural activities, a pet-friendly office when we're not remote, a penchant for karaoke, and we've even taken our staff on vacations overseas.
  
  

At Small Girls PR, fairness and equity are incredibly important factors throughout our hiring process. As a result, we work within salary bands to ensure our teams are compensated fairly. As a result, we have a set salary threshold for each role to ensure our teams are compensated equitably. For this role, employees are eligible for a variable bonus in addition to the salary threshold, therefore the pay range for this role is $163k - $183k.

Our senior level roles are accompanied by a compelling total compensation package. The variable bonus is inclusive of several performance targets which are outlined in an offer letter. If you feel strongly that we are not aligned in terms of compensation, we highly recommend applying and discussing further with our Talent Acquisition team should we determine there could be a mutual fit!

Don't meet every single requirement for this role? Studies have shown that women and BIPOC are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every single qualification listed. At SGPR we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We are a diverse and high performing company that is dedicated to creating an inspiring workplace for all. It is the policy of Small Girls PR to provide equal opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.