Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Praytell is looking to add a vice president to oversee our travel team!
As prweek’s north american agency of the year (2020) and best place to work seven years running, praytell is built on the spirit of partnership - with our clients, our weird and wonderful employees, and our communitiesEvery day, we work together on a diverse spectrum of clients focused on everything from creative big ideas that earn attention to thumb-stopping content on social media to strategy and insights for a breakthrough brand platformIf you’re looking for an opportunity to join a growing team who is passionate about an inclusive workplace, work for leaders who care and make your mark in an industry long overdue for a shakeup, we’d love to hear from you.
As vice president, you will be:
Partnering with top-tier, global travel clients to drive their business objectives with creative thinking, thoughtfully crafted insights, strategic recommendations and quality deliverables
Delivering senior strategy, creative ideas and plans to c-level clients and leading relationship development at that level
Proactively working with account, strategy and creative leads to sell incremental projects, spanning from earned media activations to creative campaigns to content creation
Collaborating with internal teams to maintain the health of your accounts and projects by managing budgets, staffing and time tracking
Negotiating contracts and partnerships when applicable
Identifying and developing new business opportunities to strategically grow our travel practice and overall agency with new accounts and projects
Collaborating with project worldwide partners and leveraging relationships to drive new business and upsell opportunities
Proactively focusing on agency growth, efficiency and profitability by developing culture programs for staff and competitive marketing opportunities
Please note, a priority client is based on the west coast, meaning meetings may occasionally (though not frequently) take place as late as 5pm pt.
Requirements
Experience: you have 12+ years of experience in public relations, communications, marketing, content distribution or a related field in an agency environmentTravel experience is a must! you’ve worked with high-profile clients in the travel industryYou’ve created and executed strategies, developed and pitched new business opportunities successfully, and managed accounts and led motivated teamsYou’re comfortable interacting with the most senior clients including c-level stakeholdersIdeally, you are based on the west coast (vancouver, seattle, san francisco, los angeles), although we are accepting applicants from all time zones.
Flexible & adaptable: you’re willing to jump in and help others no matter the task or level! while we aim for work-life balance, you understand at times you may work irregular hours as dictated by client deliverables and manage to achieve work/life balance with strategic time off.
Ethics & integrity: you approach all work ethically and honestly, setting an example for your colleaguesYou do the right thing, even when it’s hard taking responsibility and being accountable for actions and apply these standards to those around you.
Curiosity: you’re a curious person, dig in and interrogate assumptions and are committed to understanding our clients’ businesses.
Excellent communicator: you’re able to synthesize complex ideas and connect them to opportunities and solutionsYou can think on your feet and communicate effectively under tight deadlines and senior stakeholdersYou know how to stay positive, but be factual in your email communication and in person.
Relationship builder: you strive to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with others including colleagues, clients, vendors, and partnersYou work collaboratively with teammates and peers across departments to deliver the best quality work.
Motivated: while you can work successfully in a team environment, you’re motivated to work proactively and independently to identify growth opportunities for accounts as well as the agencyYou’re driven to stay up to speed on the changing landscape of content creation, public relations, and communications strategies.
Perspective: you are able to see the bigger picture of the work being done and understand how it will affect both the client’s brand and the agency long term, and build a path to get thereYou understand industry trends and keep tabs on the changing landscape of your client’s business as well as the evolving nature of pr.
Benefits
We take the responsibility of caring for our employees seriously and offer benefits that prove it - reinforced unlimited time off (we truly mean it!), flexible schedules, hybrid/remote work, wellness stipends, 401k program with employer match, a no-employee-contribution healthcare option, an employee stock ownership program, employee resource groups - and so, so, so much more.
