Associate Vice President

Gregory FCA, one of the nation’s largest PR firms, is looking for an Associate Vice President to join our team! We are looking for a someone who can independently oversee campaigns, with strong media relations and project management skills. This is a client facing role, with a focus on leading meetings, ensuring quality service delivery, and educationg and mentoring team members. Candidates must be in commutable distance to our Philadelphia, New York or Boston offices. 

Responsibilities: 

• Manage and align daily activities to assure quality standards and to reach client expectations. They set the tone and pace of the day, prioritize objectives on a daily basis, and delegate work to other team members. Strong communicator - able to communicate account work direction to staff and make sure all team members are working collaboratively.  


• Strong project management skills. Able to properly staff accounts, understanding the workload/team members need to complete SOW, and to see projects through, independent of VP or SVP.  


• Conduct media outreach at a high level of impact. Oversee media strategy. They save difficult media assignments for themselves while delegating others to team members according to skills and abilities.   


• Actively participate in the management of the team’s development of day-to-day work.  Also manage team members (as directed by SVP), including a focus on career development, feedback and any performance issues. 


• Senior level “go to” for client suggestions and inquiries and acting as day to day point person.  


• Write strategic press releases, blog posts, media queries, and social media posts. 


• Champion of the firm; providing ideas for firm training; leading training events. 


• Stay current and add to personal understanding of issues, processes, terms, products, and regulations specific to clients’ industries.   


• Provide feedback to VPs and SVPS on issues of strategic direction, competitive threats and changes in the public relations landscape.   


• Participate in Gregory FCA marketing initiatives and play a key role in meetings and new business processes. Able to lead sales discussions, generate leads and maintain a sales goal each year, and attend industry events. 


• All other tasks as assigned.  

Education: 

• An undergraduate degree in communications, public relations, journalism, English, or a similar major. 

Experience/Skills: 

• 7-8 years of PR experience 


• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and operational and productivity tools, including AI and how to use it with day-to-day work


• Team player 


• Leader and mentor  


• Detail oriented and organized 


• Self-motivated  


• Ability to flag issues and create solutions 


• Mastery of communication skills 


• Desire to learn  


• Client service and goal oriented 


• Adaptable to changing work demands and priorities 


• Positive attitude 


• Project management 

Compensation and Benefits

Salary commensurate with experience. We offer our employees a competitive compensation and benefits package, including health insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and paid holidays, life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance, among other benefits.

Gregory FCA is an equal opportunity employer, and will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination on account of a person’s sex, age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual preference, or orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability, or any other protected group or status.