Vice President Public Relations

Cogent Strategies, a boutique, bi-partisan strategic communications, digital advocacy and government relations firm is seeking to hire a client-facing vice president who expresses a strong interest in supporting the firm’s collaborative team and its diverse client roster to achieve winning results and grow the business. The ideal candidate must have experience in writing and media and possess a sense of humor, entrepreneurial spirit and attention to detail.

Qualifications for the position are as follows:

Capacity to develop and execute campaigns on behalf of clients including messaging and collateral development, advertising/paid media and social media, and media outreach. Understanding of client’s business and competitive landscape.

Excels at strategic and persuasive writing; capable of developing creative written and visual content. Demonstrates writing excellence when crafting strategic work plans and business development proposals.

Experience in writing press releases, speeches, newsletters, op-eds and social media posts.

Ability to create opportunities to position issues leveraging the full spectrum of communications and engagement channels and tactics.

Possesses strong and numerous contacts with journalists, media and news organizations.

Ability to lead strategy, planning, coordination and management of events including vendor management, budget management and onsite execution and support.

Experience in driving conversation and engagement across all social channels.

Works well in a collaborative team environment.

Capability to keep lines of communication open regarding all client projects (proactively report out on current projects without being asked about status).

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s degree

5+ years of working experience in PR agencies, Congress, executive branch and/or politics

Deadline-driven, detail-oriented, and resourceful

Strong writing and client management skills

Sense of humor, entrepreneurial spirit and attention to detail

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

Prior firm/agency, Hill or campaign experience

Degree in marketing, communications, political science or related field

TO APPLY

Please submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to with “Public Relations Vice President” in the subject line.