Associate Vice President, Comms Focused

Precision is an award-winning integrated strategy and marketing agency based in Washington, DC and New York, NY. Powered by data, we bring world-class experts in each of our service areas to conceive, develop, and run campaigns that help our clients seize opportunities and solve their biggest challenges. We're at the center of today’s biggest debates and defining moments, inside the Beltway, across New York’s media and financial worlds, and in state capitals across the country. Our work sits at the intersection of politics, business, and culture, helping leaders and organizations make an impact when it matters most. We hire people who are the best at what they do, and who like to have fun doing it; we don’t just break through. We break new ground. Our team is seeking an Associate Vice President to join our Strategic Communications team in New York, NY or Washington DC executing cutting-edge communications strategy for clients ranging from nonprofits and advocacy groups to media start-ups and industry leaders. What You Will Be Doing: Client Management Owns client relationships and serves as the day-to-day lead across multiple small accounts or large workstreams. Manages timelines and deliverables for multiple clients with minimal oversight, proactively addresses issues, and builds trusted client partnerships. Comms Specific Content Creation: Leads the development of high-impact communication materials, including message frameworks, strategy memos, presentations, press releases, talking points, op-eds, and speeches. Ensures all content drives strategic goals, resonates with key audiences, and reflects deep understanding of the media landscape and stakeholder priorities. Media Engagement: Strategically uses media tools and networks to shape storylines, provide counsel, and identify high-value opportunities. Cultivates and deepens media relationships, guides teams in engagement strategies, and ensures alignment with client and organizational goals. Strategic Messenger: Strategically anticipates evolving storylines and is able to oversee the implementation of multiple narratives, targeting different stakeholders at the same time. Edits and finalizes narrative content drafted by junior staff. Effectively leads cross-functional collaboration across communications, data, creative, and paid media teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact work. Builds strong internal networks and plays a key role in fostering alignment on behalf of clients. Leads productive internal and external meetings and tailors messaging to the audience. Communicates effectively up, down, and across teams. Provides strategic guidance to junior staff, delivering clear, actionable feedback that sharpens thinking and strengthens execution. Actively mentors team members to support their growth and development. Project & Time Management Drives projects efficiently and independently, managing small teams and overseeing multiple initiatives from start to finish. Recognized by client leads, managers and overall client teams as a critical contributor. Crafts clear work plans and delegates effectively. Drafts and oversees development of clear, strategic, and persuasive content across projects. Provides guidance and editorial oversight, elevating team outputs through thoughtful feedback and mentorship. Leverages tools and sources to generate insights that shape strategy, applying seasoned judgment rooted in client and stakeholder priorities. Ensures deliverables drive long-term goals. Anticipates gaps or misalignments before they arise, guides teams to course-correct, and ensures alignment with strategic objectives. What We Are Looking For: 8+ years working in a communications role in an in-house, government, consultancy environment. Experience managing strategic communications programs and sensitive communications issues. Wide-ranging relationships with the media. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Creative and energetic approach to solving client issues. Experience working with multiple clients at the same time. Meticulous attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Creativity, energy, detail-orientation, and an entrepreneurial spirit. What We Will Give You: Annual bonus opportunity Flexible hybrid remote/in office plan Retirement plan with automatic 3% safe-harbor contribution from Precision Healthcare coverage - medical, dental and vision with 90% of costs covered by Precision Paid vacation and sick leave Paid parental leave The salary range for this role is $105,000-130,000. We are currently working in a hybrid model and require staff to work in the office 50% of working days per month. Precision is committed to building a diverse team that will positively and authentically impact the communities we serve. Centering our strategies around the authentic voices and cultures of the communities we are engaging with is paramount to our work - and our work can only be as inclusive as our team is representative. We strongly encourage women, Black, Latino, Hispanic, AAPI, and Indigenous people, LGBTQ+, gender expansive or GNC folks, people of all ages, disabled people, and veterans to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Precision