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Public Relations Vice President – Technology PR (Boston)

LOCATION: The Public Relations VP will be based in our Boston office. This is a hybrid role, working 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely each week. It is a full-time, direct-hire position. (There is one open VP position in our Tech PR practice, which can be filled in either Boston or NYC. This is the VP ad for Boston. Please refer to our other ads for the other location.)

Applicants must have extensive (8+ years) of PR agency and professional public relations experience to effectively manage and grow B2B and B2C Tech PR client campaigns. This position will also support developing new business presentations, manage and cultivate PR staff members, and help set the tone for how the business is managed.

Finn Partners is an award-winning, global, integrated marketing and public relations agency. We are a bold collective of communications advocates who steward brands, protect reputations, promote thought leadership, and leverage data and analytics to shape the most important conversations of our day. Finn’s technology public relations practice is one of the best in the industry! We seek a PR Vice President who is passionate about public relations, is ready to jump in to enhance our team's continued success and loves working with leading national and international B2B and B2C technology clients. The PR associate VP is an essential client contact who ensures our team develops and executes high-quality strategic communications campaigns that exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Be a strategic PR counselor to clients who can manage the art (creative recommendations) and science (KPIs and results) of PR campaigns and programs

• Recommend insight-driven strategic programs and media activations that meet the client’s business and communications objectives and goals

• Serve as day-to-day client contact managing overall program responsibilities and deliverables and establishing a position as the client’s “go to” person in all matters related to program execution

• Develop media strategy documents, goals, media targets, pitch angles, and media materials that are strong in both structure and AP style, and require minimal input from senior team leadership

• Leverage existing relationships and create new relationships across technology trade and business media to drive coverage on behalf of clients.

• Demonstrate ability to develop strategies/content platforms and concepts that simultaneously leverage traditional and social media for our clients

• Productively provide ideas to clients to maximize communications results and/or anticipate issues.

• Manage professional development of team members as assigned.

• Play a pivotal role in business development, both net new and organic, including soliciting new business, creating presentations, sharing the agency’s vision, and point of difference

  Requirements:

• 8+ years of prior work experience directing public relations teams and client campaigns. Prior PR work experience specializing in technology clients is highly preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, or a technology field.

• Deep understanding of public relations and media relations based on prior years of relevant work experience; agency experience preferred.

• Experience thinking creatively and planning strategically and globally.

• Experience assessing, pursuing, and winning new client opportunities.

• Adept at developing and delivering presentations/pitches to current and prospective clients.

• Ability to understand the experiences of other FP employees and incorporate them into successful business strategies.

• Strong verbal, writing, and editing skills.

• Ability to motivate and lead others.

• Superb interpersonal skills.

• Availability to travel as needed to off-site meetings and/or client events.

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  Salary range is $120,000-$150,000. The salary offered will be commensurate with the selected candidate’s experience and is dependent upon the workplace.

  To Apply:

  Please upload your resume and cover letter and indicate your target salary in US Dollars that aligns with our stated salary range budget. While we appreciate the interest of all candidates, we will only respond to those with whom we have the greatest interest.

  About Finn Partners:

  FINN Partners was launched in 2011 to realize Peter Finn's vision to create a leading communications agency dedicated to shaping a bold new future in which innovation and partnership are strong drivers of the brand. Finn Partners specializes in the full spectrum of communications services, including digital and social media. Practice areas include arts, consumer lifestyle & sports, corporate social responsibility, education, health, manufacturing, technology, travel, and public affairs.  We are entrepreneurial-minded, global, and focused on integrated programs that bring to life the world-changing technologies, products, and services of our client partners.  Our company culture celebrates delighting our clients with innovative and creative campaigns and programs, and we provide opportunities for our employees to conduct career-meaningful work in a creative, fast-paced, collaborative, and fun environment. We work hard and play nice.

  Headquartered in New York City, the agency has 1,300+ employees with offices in 32 cities around the world: Atlanta, Bangalore, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fort Lauderdale, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jerusalem, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Madison (Wisc.), Manila, Mumbai, Munich, Nashville, Paris, Portland (Ore.), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamuning (Guam), Vancouver (Wash.) and Washington D.C.

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