Director, Catalyst

Golin is hiring a Director, Catalyst! The Director position leads relationships with clients to deliver against our agency objectives of growth, quality, innovation and profitability. You conduct yourself in an expert, inspirational way. As the AD role is the step from management of clients to directing and leading accounts, this role has a great deal of autonomy and leadership skills required for success.  

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 Director, Catalyst has an incredible opportunity to undertake a client facing and commercial role, working in partnership with a cross-functional team across your clients’ businesses that helps 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.  

The Director leads and directs, not just manages. They help to establish the vision and goals of their businesses, and they lead internal and external teams to success. They are able to run things autonomously.  

Please note: This position will be based in our agency office in Dallas or New York 

Qualifications:  

• Motivated by developing strong relationships (internally and externally)  

• Natural leader, capable of identifying problems and creative solutions  

• Experience leading a successful IAT and managing overlapping campaigns at once time  

• A passion for modern, integrated marketing with proven experience in the industry  

• Strong project management experience with strong attention to detail and ability to manage many workstreams, timelines and channel teams  

• Experience working with production teams and third-party vendors and managing budgets  

• Commercially orientated – for both revenue and profit  

• Ability to think strategically about clients’ needs and turn these into actionable work  

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills  

• Motivated to actively contribute to the wider agency  

• An entrepreneurial spirit, always looking to develop your skills, thinking and value to the agency and to clients. Will not settle for the status quo.  

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in related field  

• 7+ years' experience in an advertising agency or similar setting  

Responsibilities:  

• You are an expert in your client’s business  

• Effectively, and autonomously, not just progresses, but leads and directs the execution of the projects  

• Ensures clear client aligned direction is delivered to the cross-functional team  

• Quality controls all final client deliverables  

• Able to navigate difficult conversations with the clients and with the internal team for the outcome of successful results  

• Drives alignment on project goals with client and internal teams at each stage of the process  

• Can set up a business to operate in a way that ensures the work is getting done efficiently, and can oversee that process  

• You are aware of, and working towards the agency’s goals  

• You effectively seek, and close new opportunities for the client that will expand our remit on the business  

• You find opportunities to engage with and build the right relationships on the client side that will open up new opportunities  

• You bring in the right people to support you in making these opportunities a reality  

• You build strong trusted relationships with senior clients on the business  

• Your clients see you as an integral part of the team  

• Proven ability to consistently grow organic growth on the businesses you work on  

• Partners with PM/client finance to put together profitable staff plans, and scopes of work for our client work  

• Actively works towards closing important opportunities of growth for all our clients  

• Seeks out, listens for, and finds ways to continue to work towards client growth  

About Us:  

Golin is a global public relations agency that helps companies 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.  

Golin is a progressive public relations agency designed to reach a profoundly diverse market. Inclusion is a core value for Golin, and we are focused on establishing a culture that is intentionally inclusive, potently diverse, and uncompromisingly equitable.  

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 integrated team model.  

We tend to Go All In, in everything we do. We’re especially committed to going all in for our people, with a comprehensive benefits and time off program. Our culture is built around happy people who are the best at what we do!  

Salary Range: $94,000 – $165,000  

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.  

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.  

Golin is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.