VP - Account Leader (Dallas)

Golin Dallas is looking for a strategic VP, Director Catalyst (Account Leader) to guide business direction for one of the food industry's most dynamic and innovative brands. 

Golin has been on a winning streak of recognition: PRWeek’s Best Place to Work, Provoke Media’s Global Agency of the Year, PRWeek’s Large Agency of the year and winning two Grand Prix at Cannes.   

Riding the wave of recognition and award-winning work, the VP, Director Catalyst has an incredible opportunity to work as a trusted advisor to client leadership across communications and marketing functions to counsel and ensure client satisfaction over programming for numerous business categories that help promote and protect the brand in Dallas and keep Golin on top. 

It’s an exciting time for the agency to continue to deliver impactful earned work that builds brands and reputations, and we know other brands can benefit from the award-winning work we create.  

You will work with an integrated team of specialists to develop media strategies and champion brave, earned-first campaigns that drive business and media results. You’ll develop and motivate an inclusive, best-in-class internal team that roll up their sleeves and go above and beyond to deliver for one of the agency’s largest clients and one of the world’s most recognized brands. 

We are looking for a strong leader and counselor with the ability to think cross platform by contributing to an integrated team. 

You will: 

• Provide strategic leadership to evolve our agency’s offerings, strengthen capabilities, and accelerate growth 

• Serve as the day-to-day lead for a proportionate share of the client portfolio, representing a diverse mix of businesses to drive earned-first programming that deliver media and social results 

• Drive strategy and client relationships, leading projects, clients and team and providing ongoing counsel on business and media strategies 

• Showcase a strong command of both digital and traditional communication practices and strategies, focusing specifically on consumer media relations 

• Partner directly with senior and executive directors to ensure cohesion in strategic planning across multiple portfolios under one master client account 

• Manage all respects of finance and staffing including budgets, forecasting, hiring and developing scopes of work 

• Bring contagious, positive energy to guide and motivate staff and supervising staff members, ensuring the team's success by managing work quality and productivity level 

• Lead, mentor, coach and support team members in their goals, development and career pathing 

• Harness skillsets across Golin’s G4 model to ideate and flesh out ideas as they relate to client objectives, bringing them to life in presentations and written proposals and sell them to our clients 

Growth Opportunities: 

• Direct access to a large team of seasoned and talented professionals who will not only help improve your work but establish a path for you to grow within Golin long term 

• Ability to work and learn cross-functionally within a large, diverse account with many different workstreams 

• Opportunity to help build and lead a new remit from the ground up including directing annual strategy and plan, developing processes and growing the team 

• Career-defining opportunity to execute premier media and client strategies for a globally recognized food brand 

Requirements: 

• 10+ years relevant experience in communications; earned media expertise is a must – food experience a plus! 

• BA/BS in Journalism, English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or related field 

• Strong hold of the consumer media landscape and a tactfulness for knowing what drives consumer news cycles 

• Proven ability to engage with and counsel senior level decision-makers across the client’s business, and deliver connective insights to assist clients in driving alignment and execution of cross-company initiatives 

• Demonstrated experience working directly with clients on day-to-day activities, managing teams to execute public relations plans effectively, and drafting and implementing communications programs within budget 

• Expert problem-solving skills and an ongoing sense of resourcefulness to address multiple competing issues under tight deadlines 

• Advanced knowledge of top-tier business and national consumer media, and well-developed-skills in building and maintaining traditional and digital media relationships 

• Superior writing skills, expert in Associated Press style with the ability to develop and edit high-quality materials including; communications plans, media POV’s, press materials, fact sheets, bylined articles, trend analysis summaries, executive correspondence, and presentations 

• Ability to motivate and lead a team with experience fostering team growth and development 

• Collaborative spirit and ability to mobilize others to achieve a common goal, while also recognizing when it’s needed to roll up your sleeves and do the job yourself 

• Willingness to challenge clients and team members, recognizing when and how to resolve, gain consensus and move forward 

• Experience managing all financial aspects of client business with creative ideas on how to achieve revenue goals internally 

• A “make it possible” attitude that propels you to find an answer or solution, no matter the circumstances 

• Knack for building trusted relationships with clients and prospects that lead to additional, incremental new business opportunities. 

• Open to travel 

About Golin:   

Golin is a global, award-winning public relations agency that helps the company create change that matters. Together, we discover powerful human truths that bind us, create with bravery, and collaborate inclusively and obsessively. Golin's 1700 global employees operate across 50+ offices worldwide, allowing us to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions for multi-market, regional and global communications programs.  

Every agency is talking about AI. At Golin, we are using AI to rewrite the rules of PR. We’re even promising to become the first fully AI-integrated agency by 2026. We are committed to upskilling our workforce, democratizing access to tools, and integrating AI into our daily work to maximize the value we deliver to our clients.  

We're especially committed to going all in for our people. We challenge our employees to be courageously happy and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. LifeTime offers flexible time off, enhanced family care, generous health and wellness benefits, workplace hybrid flexibility, and a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies.  

Our expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting-edge digital content to corporate reputation, healthcare advocacy and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative G4 Model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest CPG, retail, food, healthcare, technology and consumer service companies in the world.  

Please note: This is a hybrid role located in Dallas, TX. You will have an opportunity to collaborate in-person two to three days a week at our Dallas office while maintaining flexibility for remote work.   

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations. Salary Range: $120,000 - $219,000 

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.  

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.