Weber Shandwick is seeking a Resource Manager to join our Resource Management team in Chicago.

 

What We Are Seeking

We’re seeking a Coordinator, Resource Manager to join the Central Market within the growing team in our Chicago office. You will work closely with our existing resourcing team in Central and across other offices, project managers (PMs), account teams and office/practice leads to gather forward-looking staffing projections for the office and key accounts, enter the data (or work with PMs to ensure that it is entered) into a centralized tool, analyze forward-looking and backward-looking data, and possess a strong grasp on details associated with overall staffing & capacity management.

Ideally, you’re a self-starter, a multitasker, a problem solver, and a quick thinker with a level head and excellent people skills. This important role keeps you on your toes with varying day-to-day work that is fun and challenging.

What You Will Be Doing

• Possess an analytical mindset and firm understanding of how to synthesize and apply learnings from backward-looking financial data provided by finance
• Demonstrate an ability to provide intel and answer high-level questions about what people are working on and where/why they have time, ensure that the perceived workload of the group aligns with the data being reported
• Identify and flag discrepancies, demonstrate an understanding of how to efficiently address them and remove hurdles
• Prepare for and meaningfully contribute to (and in some cases drive) weekly resourcing meetings/discussions, identifying resourcing issues, facilitating discussions and sending action-oriented recaps that keep people on task
• Assist with talent requests, recommending possible solutions (based on a deep understanding of needs, skillsets and bandwidth) and helping to facilitate conversations that will lead to strong utilization and the offset of unnecessary hires
• Proactivity build positive relationships with all levels of talent, account teams & project managers – act as a widely-known, helpful resource and problem solver
• Strategically match talent with needs, taking into account: requests/staff plans provided by account teams and project managers; a strong understanding of the skillsets, work product, style, development areas and interests of the talent
• Shadow the resourcing team as they facilitate discussions as a result of staffing decisions as needed to keep things moving to resolution

Basic Qualifications

• Two years of related professional experience
• Proficient in MAC and PC, Microsoft Office
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Agency, recruiting and/or equivalent environment experience preferred
• Utilize company tools to enter allocation data, track staffing trends and summarize results
• Ability to manage a project from beginning to end
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects and adapt to shifting priorities
• A proven upbeat, enthusiastic and self-starter attitude with the ability to inspire and motivate a variety of team members
• Possess strong sense of curiosity, solution-oriented mentality, and critical thinking skills as they will be central to general approach to day-to-day needs

Additional Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with various project management tools

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick is seeking an Account Director to join our Integrated Media team within our New York Consumer Practice.

We Are Seeking

We are seeking a strong Account Director to join our Media Relations team within our Consumer Practice. You love the thrill of the pitch, building relationships with media, and constantly immersing yourself in pop culture/trends. As an Account Director, you will have the opportunity to work on various top tier brands in various consumer categories.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business and target audience, and work with strategists and creative team members to deliver solutions that meet program objectives
• Monitor media outlets, understand industry issues that directly and indirectly affect the client, and analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage
• Generate story ideas and topic angles, draft media materials, and pitch media to land earned coverage
• Support executive visibility efforts for clients including identifying, pitching and securing interviews and speaking engagements for C-suite
• Develop strategic messaging for clients and support creation of media plans and proposals that take an integrated approach to driving awareness with target audiences
• Provide thoughtful recommendations for content creation and distribution across multiple channels to support paid, owned and earned channels
• Support creative ideation on a consistent basis
• Serve as a role model to team members
• Participation in office-wide initiatives, seminars and meetings to further professional learning and development
• Actively participate in agency development and assist with new business

Competencies

• Business Acumen– align talent strategies to drive business goals
• Client Service– client focus and ability to build trust and rapport across all levels
• Proactivity – exhibit relentless pursuit for new and innovative talent strategies
• Collaboration– build strong relationships at all levels across the organization
• Critical Thinking– ask probing questions; anticipate and address critical talent gaps and needs
• Conflict Resolution– possess sound judgment and savvy in navigating and resolving complex talent and organizational issues

Basic Qualifications 

• 7-8 years of communications experience, preferably in an agency environment, travel and hospitality experience is a must
• Strong media relations skills and relationships
• Excellent communication/presentation skills; verbal and written
• Strong attention to detail and project management skills
• A Bachelor’s degree preferably in communications, journalism, international relations, or a related field 
• Social media literacy with the ability to identify and recommend social program elements
• Ability to multi-task effectively and work within tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet deadlines and client expectations
• Confident and comfortable presenting in front of groups

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $100,000 – $130,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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You are an experienced professional who can bridge the worlds of quantitative analysis and senior account leadership with an integrated approach to media research, insights, analytics and data for a existing and new portfolio of clients. This position will lead a portfolio of clients across a regional capability.

Weber Shandwick seeks an experienced SVP to champion, advance and accelerate the use of data and bespoke advanced analytics in communications both within Weber Shandwick and for our clients.

This position will sit on New York’s Analytics team but will work hand-in-hand with client experience leaders across the global network. The role will partner closely with brand strategists and creative teams to drive strategy and insights for our brands. The ideal candidate for this position will have prior experience selling or marketing scaled custom analytics solutions to sophisticated audiences.

The position will directly report to the Head of Analytics for the East region and will support teams across all North American practice areas and lead Weber Shandwick’s most complex analytics work.

Responsibilities

Lead Quantitative Regional Analytics Team

• Maintain deep knowledge and points-of-view on cutting-edge technologies, tools, platforms, and partners relevant to integrated media analytics—including overseeing and/or participating in the rollout of new technologies and partnerships to relevant teams.
• Provide hands-on consultancy, collaboration and support to clients and project teams in designing, staffing, and delivering analytics work.

Engage Client Experience Leads

• Work closely with firm, regional, practice and other discipline leaders in identifying opportunities and reducing barriers to advancing the use and sophistication of analytics across all offices.
• Contribute to business development and growth (both new client and organic growth) through the use of analytics in proposal development, as well as by designing and selling specific analytics solutions to clients.
• Lead thought-leadership efforts around the use of analytics in communications and marketing, both inside and outside of Weber Shandwick.
• Contribute to the development of new analytics tools and techniques/methodology.
• Engage as an active participant in product development work with data science, data engineering and product management organization.

• Be the voice-of-the-customer as company seeks to break new analytic ground.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• 12-15 years of related professional experience within an agency, consulting or corporate setting
• Talent development experience and skill in building, leading, coaching, and motivating analyst teams
• Ability to derive relevant insights from diverse sources of data, both qualitative and quantitative, including published sources, syndicated data, and proprietary data, and then translating those insights into specific media strategies and recommendations
• Ability to design research and analyses to test specific hypothesis around optimal communications creative and channel mix

Preferred Requirements

• Working knowledge of advanced statistics and data modeling techniques, including regression and classification techniques, as well as use of techniques and tools appropriate for analysis of both structured and unstructured data.
• Experience using media/marketing intelligence, social listening or other research tools such as: Brandwatch, GlobalWebIndex, NewsWhip, Meltwater, Cision, Quid, Affinio, Simmons/MRI and Comscore.
• Experience using desktop applications and software used for data/statistical analysis, manipulation and visualization including Tableau, SAS, SQL, MS Office Excel and PowerPoint.
• Hands-on experience in managing data and data mining.
• Ability to develop frameworks for steering complex insight/analytics projects.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $180,000 – $245,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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