Vice President Advocacy

Job Description

Vice President, Advocacy

DESCRIPTION:

As Vice President, you'll help shape the direction of the team, champion great creative, strengthen client relationships, grow the business, and develop the people who make it all happen. You'll bring clarity to the complicated, momentum to the ambitious, and a healthy dose of curiosity to everything we do.

Our ideal candidate is someone who enjoys:

• Working in a space where creativity, advocacy, and the political landscape meet.
• Creative problem-solving and strategic thinking.
• Riffing with your colleagues
• Sharing with and learning from other people

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Partner with agency leadership to set the Advocacy function's strategy, budget, and team structure, including which client problems and opportunities we prioritize.
• Drive new business for the Advocacy practice by identifying prospects, building a pipeline, and leading pitches and proposals, while growing existing client relationships into larger, long-term partnerships.
• Oversee Advocacy client programs from conception to completion by anticipating challenges and ensuring deadlines are met both internally and externally.
• Build and maintain strong senior-level client relationships by serving as a day-to-day point of contact and ensuring clear, proactive, and polished communication.
• Manage workflow according to set procedures and timelines, including juggling multiple projects simultaneously and balancing Advocacy priorities in the context of agency and client expectations.
• Facilitate internal feedback and quality control across all deliverables.
• Ensure clear, actionable briefs for both internal and external audiences.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience
• Deep expertise with digital advocacy tools, platforms, and campaign workflows
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with executive presence
• Willingness to learn new things and new ways of doing things
• Experience owning a large budget and managing and developing senior team members
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining order
• Ability to adapt to new situations and solve complex problems on the fly with a team
• A shared passion and curiosity for making change and a commitment to quality that ensures we’re always making progress