About us Our Employee Experience practice is one of the fastest growing at Edelman. Our dedicated team, located in major hubs across the U.S., as well as offices around the globe, has deep expertise in driving sustained behavior change om support for culture and business transformations to the development and implementation of strategic communications campaigns and talent recruitment and retention programs.
We apply our user-centric and data-driven approach to all engagements, creating strategies that are tailored to deliver on our clientsjectives, content that resonates with employees and experiences that inspire engagement.
About you Weseeking a flexible, adaptable and high-energy Vice President to join our growing Employee Experience team in New York. As part of our dynamic team, youcontribute to the success of several major accounts across a variety of sectors. But wenot just looking for seasoned employee experience/internal communications professionals, weseeking candidates with diverse backgrounds and skill sets to push our thinking, share fresh, innovative ideas and elevate the quality of programming we deliver for our clients. If you have a passion for helping people and organizations reach their maximum potential a keen eye for design, a desire to deliver breakthrough experiences to employee audiences, weove to speak with you!
Day-to-day responsibilities
Youlead and contribute to employee engagement projects for large, global brands and apply change management process and principles to our work in a fast-paced environment; lead operational and financial performance of account teams, ensuring quality work, effective processes and that client requests are handled in timely and strategic fashion; thoughtfully counsel clients based on employee engagement/internal communications landscape and business goals; take immediate action on client feedback; capitalize on, and contribute to, the Edelman global network to serve and grow business; supervise staff by mentoring, motivating, coaching, consistently providing feedback, holding them accountable and conducting their reviews and overseeing their professional development; manage billing; lead RFP response and pitching; and ensure that you and your team understand the general business strategy, products and services offered by your clients, as well as issues relating to products, product categories, technologies, primary competition and general issues facing their industries.
Qualifications More specifically, welooking for someone who:
- Has at least 8+ years of relevant experience in corporate transformations, change management, employee engagement communications strategy, internal communications, or public relations.
- Experience with internal digital/social platforms (e.g., internal mobile apps, social/collaboration platforms, internal messaging platforms) is a plus but not required.
- Has experience strengthening corporate cultures and helping employees connect meaningfully with their companies' vision, mission, purpose, and strategy.
- Has experience with talent attraction, recruitment, retention strategies and programming.
- Earned a bacheloregree in a related field and strong understanding of how to build executive-level relationships, communicate with teams and work from both client and agency sides.
- Has a track record of leading profitable programs that have advanced client business goals Is an empathetic people manager, with the confidence, professionalism and entrepreneurial spirit necessary to manage a team.
- Demonstrates advanced writing, editing and presentation-development skills; project management skills; and consultative skills (including effective questioning, critical thinking, client management and framework and methodology application).
- Is passionate about client service, new ways of thinking and team work
- Brings a commitment to advancing the vision of the Edelman Employee Experience practice both internally and externally.
- Loves to pitch, present and win new business
