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Vice President - Public Relations

Corporate Connections·Posted 1 month ago

Location

All India, Delhi

Experience

10–14 years

Required Skills

strategic thinkingbusiness acumenclient managementleadershippeople managementreputation managementcrisis communicationpresentation skillswriting skillsstakeholder influencemedia landscape understandingstorytelling skillspriority management

About the Role

As the Vice President - Public Relations at our leading integrated communications consultancy, your role will involve strengthening the PR practice across marquee clients, high-impact mandates, and strategic growth initiatives. You will need to provide strong counsel-led thinking, foster deep client trust, and have the ability to build scalable teams in a dynamic agency environment.

Key Responsibilities: - Act as the senior-most strategic advisor for marquee and complex client mandates. - Lead integrated communication strategies covering corporate reputation, brand PR, leadership positioning, crisis communications, and stakeholder engagement.

  • • Build strong relationships with CXOs, senior leadership, and decision-makers across client organizations.

  • • Oversee crisis management situations and provide calm, strategic counsel during high-risk scenarios.
  • • Drive new business acquisition through pitches, proposals, and strategic presentations.

  • • Identify opportunities for account expansion, cross-selling, and upselling across existing clients.

  • • Partner with the leadership team to shape the agency's PR offerings and go-to-market strategy.

  • • Contribute to revenue targets, forecasting, and profitability of the PR vertical.
  • • Lead, mentor, and develop senior account leaders (Directors, Associate VPs, Group Heads).

  • • Build high-performing teams with strong strategic thinking, execution excellence, and client orientation.

  • • Create a culture of learning, accountability, and collaboration.

  • • Play an active role in hiring, succession planning, and leadership development.
  • • Maintain strong relationships with senior journalists, editors, and influencers across business, mainstream, and sector-specific media.

  • • Provide guidance on media strategy, narratives, and message frameworks.

  • • Stay updated on media trends, newsroom dynamics, and evolving storytelling formats.
  • • Work closely with digital, social, content, influencer, research, and analytics teams to deliver integrated reputation and communication solutions.

  • • Champion counsel-led, insight-driven storytelling aligned with client business objectives.

  • • Encourage innovation in narrative building, media engagement models, and measurement frameworks.

  • • Support the evolution of modern PR offerings including reputation intelligence, leadership positioning, and purpose-led communications.
  • Key Skills & Competencies:

  • • Strong strategic thinking and business acumen

  • • Exceptional client management and stakeholder influence skills

  • • Proven leadership and people management capability

  • • Deep understanding of media landscape and reputation management

  • • Crisis communication expertise

  • • Strong presentation, storytelling, and writing skills

  • • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced agency environment
  • Preferred Background:

  • • Extensive experience in a reputed PR or integrated communications consultancy (agency background mandatory).

  • • Proven experience working with large Indian and global brands, promoters, and senior leadership teams.

  • • Strong exposure to corporate reputation, policy/regulatory communication, brand trust, and crisis management.

  • • Experience working in a high-growth, entrepreneurial agency environment is highly preferred.
  • In this role, you will be expected to act as a trusted strategic partner to clients and internal leadership, drive sustainable growth across key accounts and new business wins, build future-ready leadership teams with strong retention and engagement, and elevate the agency's positioning as a thought leader in strategic communications and reputation management.

    The compensation for this position is competitive and aligned with industry standards, including performance-linked incentives and leadership benefits. As the Vice President - Public Relations at our leading integrated communications consultancy, your role will involve strengthening the PR practice across marquee clients, high-impact mandates, and strategic growth initiatives. You will need to provide strong counsel-led thinking, foster deep client trust, and have the ability to build scalable teams in a dynamic agency environment.

    Key Responsibilities:

  • • Act as the senior-most strategic advisor for marquee and complex client mandates.

  • • Lead integrated communication strategies covering corporate reputation, brand PR, leadership positioning, crisis communications, and stakeholder engagement.

  • • Build strong relationships with CXOs, senior leadership, and decision-makers across client organizations.

  • • Oversee crisis management situations and provide calm, strategic counsel during high-risk scenarios.
  • • Drive new business acquisition through pitches, proposals, and strategic presentations.

  • • Identify opportunities for account expansion, cross-selling, and upselling across existing clients.

  • • Partner with the leadership team to shape the agency's PR offerings and go-to-market strategy.

  • • Contribute to revenue targets, forecasting, and profitability of the PR
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