Director, Media Strategy
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia
As Director, Media Strategy, you will serve as a senior media strategist and client advisor across Highwire's portfolio of clients in a variety of industries including technology, healthcare, energy, financial services, professional services, and cybersecurity, with a primary focus on developing and executing C-suite thought leadership platforms that drive awareness and impact. You will own the development of executive visibility strategies that span high-stakes financial communications, corporate milestones, and evergreen thought leadership that sustains CEO and C-suite presence in top-tier media across all mediums.
You bring deep fluency in both B2B and B2C media landscape and storytelling, with a sharp instinct for how emerging media outlets, formats, and platforms are reshaping how enterprises tell their stories. You are a voracious consumer of media, news, and culture, you have journalists and producers on speed dial. You lead by doing, and you actively invest in building learning and development programs to enhance media strategies and pitching outcomes across the broader agency.
Key Responsibilities
- C-Suite and SME Thought Leadership & Executive Visibility
- Financial Communications & High-Stakes Media Programs
- B2B & B2C Technology, Healthcare & Emerging Media
- Agency-Wide Upskilling & Media Excellence
- Integrated Media Strategy & Client Leadership
- Team Development & Agency Leadership
Success Factors
- 7+ years of media relations experience with at least 4 years within a PR agency, with demonstrated expertise in business, technology, financial, and healthcare media.
- Proven experience developing and executing C-suite thought leadership programs for major technology, financial and/or healthcare companies, with a track record of securing placements in top-tier business, technology, and health media.
- Direct experience with financial communications — including earnings media programs, IPO communications, or related high-stakes corporate milestones — is required.
- Deep fluency in the B2B and B2C technology and healthcare media landscapes with a strong understanding of how emerging media outlets and formats are reshaping storytelling.
- Established relationships with reporters, editors, and producers at leading national print/digital and broadcast, and trade media outlets.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver training, workshops, or internal capability-building programs that elevate team performance at scale.
- Strong strategic leadership and senior client management experience, with the ability to serve as a trusted advisor at the executive level.
- Experience managing and developing high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment.
Director, Media Strategy
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia
As Director, Media Strategy, you will serve as a senior media strategist and client advisor across Highwire's portfolio of clients in a variety of industries including technology, healthcare, energy, financial services, professional services, and cybersecurity, with a primary focus on developing and executing C-suite thought leadership platforms that drive awareness and impact. You will own the development of executive visibility strategies that span high-stakes financial communications, corporate milestones, and evergreen thought leadership that sustains CEO and C-suite presence in top-tier media across all mediums.
You bring deep fluency in both B2B and B2C media landscape and storytelling, with a sharp instinct for how emerging media outlets, formats, and platforms are reshaping how enterprises tell their stories. You are a voracious consumer of media, news, and culture, you have journalists and producers on speed dial. You lead by doing, and you actively invest in building learning and development programs to enhance media strategies and pitching outcomes across the broader agency.
Key Responsibilities
- C-Suite and SME Thought Leadership & Executive Visibility
- Financial Communications & High-Stakes Media Programs
- B2B & B2C Technology, Healthcare & Emerging Media
- Agency-Wide Upskilling & Media Excellence
- Integrated Media Strategy & Client Leadership
- Team Development & Agency Leadership
Success Factors
- 7+ years of media relations experience with at least 4 years within a PR agency, with demonstrated expertise in business, technology, financial, and healthcare media.
- Proven experience developing and executing C-suite thought leadership programs for major technology, financial and/or healthcare companies, with a track record of securing placements in top-tier business, technology, and health media.
- Direct experience with financial communications — including earnings media programs, IPO communications, or related high-stakes corporate milestones — is required.
- Deep fluency in the B2B and B2C technology and healthcare media landscapes with a strong understanding of how emerging media outlets and formats are reshaping storytelling.
- Established relationships with reporters, editors, and producers at leading national print/digital and broadcast, and trade media outlets.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver training, workshops, or internal capability-building programs that elevate team performance at scale.
- Strong strategic leadership and senior client management experience, with the ability to serve as a trusted advisor at the executive level.
- Experience managing and developing high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment.
