Weber Shandwick is seeking a Vice President, Corporate Social + Influencer Strategy to join our Washington, DC team. This leader will shape social, digital, and influencer strategy for high-profile corporate, public affairs, and regulated client engagements, helping organizations use social as a true reputation, stakeholder engagement, and business tool.
Requirements
- 10-12+ years of experience in corporate communications, public affairs, social strategy, digital PR, or integrated communications, with agency or in-house leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience providing senior-level counsel to clients or executives in complex, high-stakes, regulated, or similarly nuanced environments
- Deep understanding of the social and digital ecosystem, with a strong point of view on how platforms, creators, communities, executives, and employees shape corporate reputation
- Proven ability to lead large, integrated programs across multiple workstreams, disciplines, stakeholders, and approval processes
- Significant experience with executive social strategy and thought leadership, particularly on LinkedIn
- Experience designing and operating employee advocacy or employee creator programs, including governance, legal, compliance, training, and measurement
- Strong influencer and creator strategy expertise, with sound judgment about when creator partnerships strengthen a corporate objective and when they introduce unnecessary risk
- Working fluency across major social platforms, influencer and employee advocacy platforms, social listening, analytics, reporting, and client-ready presentation tools
- Experience collaborating across corporate, public affairs, earned media, creative, paid, analytics, and legal/compliance teams
- Strong business acumen, including experience with scopes, budgets, resource planning, and organic growth
- Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to turn complex ideas into clear, compelling strategy
- A people leader who develops talent, builds trust, raises the quality of the work, and knows the difference between delegation and development
- Culturally fluent, intellectually curious, resilient, and steady under pressure, with the judgment to know when bold is brilliant and when bold is a screenshot waiting to happen
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Employee Relocation Assistance
- Salary Range: $119,000 USD – $155,000 USD
