VP Partnerships

Summary

Join C.A. Fortune as the VP Partnerships, a leadership role managing and growing a team of PR and Influencer Marketing experts. You will lead the agency's Partnerships practice, overseeing PR, influencer, celebrity, and brand partnerships. This fully remote or hybrid position (Chicago-based) offers a competitive salary ($160,000-$200,000) and requires 5+ years in a Director role managing traditional PR and Influencer teams within CPG, brand, and agency settings. You'll be responsible for client-facing work, team motivation, strategy guidance, and new business pitches. C.A. Fortune values a healthy work-life balance and offers various benefits.

Requirements

• Exceptional writing, communication and presentation skills, a charismatic presence, and an ability to sell concepts and ideas at an executive level
• Strong work samples showcasing placements in consumer and lifestyle publications, earned media integrated into large-scale programs, best-in-class influencer campaigns and successful celebrity partnerships
• A positive energy and a communication style that inspires others
• 5+ years in a Director role managing a team across traditional PR and Influencer work; 10+ years in CPG, brand and agency settings

Responsibilities

• Lead SRW’s PR, Influencer and Partnerships efforts across all client accounts on a day-to-day basis; client-facing on key accounts and others when needed
• Motivate and empower the cross-functional team (Client Services, Strategy, Paid Media, Creative) to think outside the box and create work that garners earned media attention
• Offer guidance and mentorship for various strategies and tactics to get media hits and influencer participation
• Bring expertise on identifying and executing large-scale celebrity partnerships, brand activations and sponsored opportunities
• Provide oversight and lead: brainstorm sessions, integrated campaign ideation, building connections with consumer and lifestyle publications, and negotiations with high profile influencers
• Cultivate ideas for integrated campaigns and participate in selling them in with clients; bring earned media ideas that make our clients’ brands and SRW famous
• Participate in new business pitches and ensure that our Partnerships practice is positioned and tailored for our prospect's needs; bring new business, media connections, and influencer/celebrity connections where appropriate
• Network and participate in industry events to build and maintain relationships for current and future earned media, influencer and partnership opportunities
• Proactively stay up to speed on industry trends, social media platforms, competitive landscape and pop culture
• Ensure the team applies consistent rigor across all of our clients and on every project; outputs should be well written and map back to client goals
• Guide the training, mentoring and development of your team across senior, mid-level and junior contributors

Preferred Qualifications

• Zero hubris
• An entrepreneurial spirit and the motivation to implement new and better ways of thinking and working
• A strong business sense, with an understanding of how to sell ideas to drive business

Benefits

• At least 16 days of PTO
• Bonus eligible
• 11 paid company holidays per year
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• 3 months fully paid parental leave (regardless of gender)
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Paid company life insurance
• 401k with company match
• Summer hours (half day Fridays from Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
• Work from home flexibility