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Vice President, Earned Media Strategy

Weber Shandwick
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/5/2026
Agency

Weber Shandwick

Job Function

Media

Job Subfunction

Earned Media

Job Description

The Weber Shandwick team is seeking an Vice President of Earned Media with exceptional earned strategy and media relations prowess to support Corporate clients in our Corporate Advisory Practice in Chicago. The ideal candidate will have experience in corporate and brand reputation-building communications, driving executive visibility and though-leadership and executing earned and integrated media strategy across various corporate sectors.

About you: Are you someone who tracks the changes happening in the modern media landscape and has unique experience telling stories for corporate brands and executives? Do you love the thrill of the pitch and building media relationships? If so, read on! We are looking for a highly collaborative, original thinker who is endlessly curious about the intersections of people, companies, culture, and media. We want someone who is able to frame a story, develop succinct insights, and explain what it all means in a compelling way. Come grow your career as part of our leading community of earned media strategists.

Responsibilities

  • Builds and maintains excellent relationships with key corporate, business and trade media
  • Understands industry landscape/issues that may directly and indirectly impact a client
  • Proactively and reactively crafts and tells compelling stories on behalf of clients
  • Leads the development of and is responsible for the execution of earned and integrated media programs
  • Develops strategies/plans and media materials
  • Brings a client-focused attitude that results in work being performed to the highest quality standards
  • Counsels and interacts effectively with clients and leaders at client organizations
  • Serves as key team member on client and inter-agency teams
  • Mentors, coaches and develops direct reports and more junior team members
  • Cultivates and participates in new business opportunities and pitches

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

  • 8 years of experience. Agency experience preferred.
  • Experience leading projects from start to finish, working with integrated teams across various disciplines.
  • Experience supporting corporate client or in-house
  • Earned strategy and media relations experience with relevant media relationships
  • Bachelor's degree

$119,000 - $160,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

For US Job Seekers

It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

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$119,000 - $160,000

Salary : $119,000 - $160,000

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