Head of West Coast – Executive Vice President – Edelman Inte…

Edelman Intelligence is a global research and analytics consultancy. We work across the world with some of the largest and most admired companies. We are a global team of naturally curious, passionate and strategic thinkers who strive to understand brands and the ways people interact with them. We are not bound by traditional research templates and believe in the value of “Big Insights” more than “Big Data.” We want to ensure research, data analytics, and insights are an integral part of our client counsel and underpin the way clients communicate with their key audiences.

As a boutique inside of a larger agency we have the resources we need to make a difference while remaining nimble enough to do fun, creative work. We are trusted consultants leveraging research to make a lasting mark on our clients and their strategy.

Our West Coast business based in San Francisco and Seattle has more than doubled in the last two years as we have built significant relationships with some of the world’s top technology and social media companies. In order to support our growth to date and continued expansion goals in 2019 we are looking for a Executive Vice President to lead our team in the San Francisco and Seattle offices.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage your combined experience in research and communications strategy to build credibility and partnerships within the Edelman team on the west coast.
• Help drive continued revenue growth for the West Coast.
• Creative researcher, approaching client challenges with the assumption that everything has a solve and thinking of new ways to increase the impact of our research.
• Leverage their deep research experience and innovative approach with clients.
• Motivate, mentor, develop and retain a high performing team of consultative, smart and ambitious researchers at all levels by being a hands-on educator and manager. Continue to develop a strong team bond and positive team culture on the West Coast.
• Operational leader and champion the West Coast as it scales – budget and resource planning.
• Accountable for the operational and financial performance of account teams, set timelines and ensure they are met, and quickly and appropriately address client requests.

About You:

• You are a creative, consultative research expert with a 15+ year background in both primary and secondary research including research design, proposing methodology, and sample schemes.
• Trusted client adviser. Turning data into a compelling story is second nature to you.
• Experience as an adviser to the C-suite of large technology organizations is a huge plus.
• You have a creative streak and are happiest when you are engaged on bespoke work that doesn’t follow standard templates.
• You are invested in their clients. This individual will be a highly skilled client manager and have a background in relationship building, business development, and client management.
• You bring a unique point of view on the future of our research methods and data visualization.
• You are fluent in the language of marketing, public affairs, branding, communications, and business strategy – equally comfortable analyzing data and suggesting marketing strategy changes to a CMO.
• You get excited by the business development process and are ready to grow relationships and find new clients that could use our expertise.
• You have a track record of hiring and retaining high quality team members at the leadership (VP) level. You have a track record of inspiring loyalty and trust on their teams and can point to individuals that they have managed who are now leaders at other organizations.
• You have made the case for resources for the region while taking the needs of a global organization to account. You have experience with budget management and have helped manage a team to meet profitability goals.
• You are invested in your team’s success and have the ability and desire to mentor and teach the next generation of leaders at Edelman Intelligence.
• You understand what it means to be in an agency setting – you are excited by growth and ready to be busy.

About Us

Edelman Intelligence (EI) is the global research and analytics consultancy of Edelman, a leading global communications marketing firm. Headquartered in New York with 12 offices globally, EI houses more than 250 consultants, strategists, researchers, data scientists, data visualization specialists, and analysts worldwide. Our specialists are method-agnostic and leverage the best of primary research, secondary research, advanced analytics, and business science to solve business and communications issues for our clients. As reported by the American Marketing Association (AMA) in their 2018 Gold Report, Edelman Intelligence is a top 50 U.S. market research and analytics firm.

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Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age’s 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report’s 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Intelligence (research) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).

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