Senior Vice President, Higher Education

📋 Description

• Serve as a senior strategic counselor to clients on complex reputational and policy challenges.
• Lead cross-channel campaigns leveraging public affairs, earned media, social and digital.
• Directly manage and mentor staff, providing strategic direction and growth feedback.
• Draft high-level materials including strategy decks, plans, messaging and op-eds.
• Collaborate with management to inspire innovation and creative work.
• Drive new business by identifying opportunities, writing proposals and pitches.

🎯 Requirements

• 11+ years in strategic communications across PR, higher ed, nonprofit or related fields.
• PR agency experience with client management and business acumen.
• Strong news sense with relationships across key reporters.
• Experience handling rapid-response and long-lead media.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience managing and mentoring high-profile leaders.
• Able to multi-task in fast-paced environments and meet deadlines.
• Skilled at motivating and leading a diverse, world-class team.
• Strong business development skills; growing client relationships and pitches.

🎁 Benefits

• End-of-year bonuses based on firm, team and individual performance.
• Opportunities for advancement and professional growth.
• Hybrid schedule: three days in office.
• Collaborative, cross-firm environment within Orchestra network.