FGS Global is hiring a
Senior Associate

Summary

Join FGS Global as a Senior Associate in our Strategic Communications team, working with clients across industries on communications assignments and special situations. This hybrid role requires at least three days per week in the office, based in New York.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in communications, finance, law, or related field
• Strong knowledge of, or experience in, strategic communications, client service, financial services, and/or investor relations
• Strong time management and organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and an ability to balance multiple assignments and client situations
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including excellent proofreading and grammatical skills
• Strong research skills, including critical thinking and ability to analyze broad scope of information
• Highly collaborative, with an ability to work well in teams
• Well-honed project management skills
• Mature, with good judgement with the ability to engage with people at all levels
• Well-rounded, adaptable, and detailed-oriented individual comfortable working through challenges
• Solid judgment and the capacity to accurately assess complicated situations and ask the right questions
• Highly motivated and calm under pressure
• Technological proficiency, well versed in Microsoft Office, experience with Bloomberg a plus
• Ability to work diligently under time constraints
• An interest in business, public policy and regulatory issues
• A quick learner, who is prepared to jump in at a moment’s notice

Responsibilities

• Serve as an important member of the account staff team, providing both strategic and tactical support to senior staff members
• Act as the account project manager assigning responsibilities and ensuring activities are completed on-time
• Be the focal point for information on his/her accounts, knowing everything that is going on and anticipating the client and team’s needs
• Develop first drafts of communications materials (for example, strategic communications plans, press releases, investor presentations, talking points, Q&A documents, etc.) and managing the review process
• Integrate strategic messages into written work
• Oversee research assignments, media coverage compilations and various other projects assigned to junior staff members, providing guidance, support and instruction, and carefully reviewing final products before sharing with senior staff members and clients
• Build and manage media relationships, including responding to inbound inquires
• Interface with clients

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Great health benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with a 50% matching program
• Generous time off benefits
• A collaborative group of smart, passionate and highly motivated people
• Team-oriented work environment structured to provide opportunities for professional growth and development