Senior Manager, Catalyst

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Catalyst to join our Golin Chicago team! The ideal candidate has a strong interest in home, tech and food & beverage PR. 

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 Senior Manager, Catalyst has an incredible opportunity to work with an integrated team of specialists to champion brave, earned-first ideas that drive business and media results and helps promote and protect the brand in Chicago 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. 

You’ll work as a trusted advisor to client leadership across communications and marketing functions in a fast-paced environment to counsel and ensure client satisfaction over programming for numerous consumer electronics categories. You’ll develop and motivate an inclusive, best-in-class internal team that rolls up their sleeves and goes above and beyond to deliver for the agency’s largest client and one of the world’s most recognized brands. 

We’re looking for someone who knows how to champion brave, award-winning work, and then see it through. This person will be comfortable serving as a day-to-day lead throughout the campaign process. You can drive earned media strategies and executions with autonomy that keep our clients relevant with top media and consumers. You understand what it means to EARN attention and you’re comfortable rolling up your sleeves on all tactical matters from media to digital, collaborating closely with other agency partners. You can apply client feedback into actionable next steps, working with a rockstar, A-List team to get the job done.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Serve as day-to-day client lead on campaign programming, particularly culturally relevant event activations, product launches and always on cultural integration 

• Develop an intimate knowledge of your client’s brands 

• Lead day to day communications with clients on strategic and tactical campaign matters, helping to connect strategic dots across all aspects of the business 

• Champion the use of new technologies and tools, including AI  

• Stay at the forefront of the intersection of culture and your client’s brands 

• Be comfortable generating new ideas and opportunities for the development of strategic client plans and assist with the creation of related budgets 

• Partner with key team members in the other g4 communities to develop, sell-in and execute traditional media and social media plans 

• Partner with IAT agencies and develop integrated communications plans 

• Manage up to senior account leads with autonomy and assist with supervision and development of junior team members 

• Successfully develop and manage client program budgets, with large account financial experience a plus 

• Work well with a variety of key internal and external stakeholders 

• Excel at verbal and written client, interpersonal and intra-team communications 

• Pitch, WIN and execute award winning work with an incredible team! 

Growth Opportunities: 

In this role, you will have direct access to seasoned professionals who - will not only help improve your work - but establish a path for you to grow within Golin long term. One thing you’ll learn about Golin is people stay for both the people and the agency’s willingness to be flexible with career pivots and explorations. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline 

• 5-7 years mid-level PR agency or related professional communications experience at a mid to large sized agency, including IAT integration experience 

• A proven track record in account management, account growth, and leadership of integrated teams 

• Excellent writing, copy-editing, and proof-reading skills 

• A sharp mind, a good memory, positive, can-do attitude and an attention to detail are absolutely key in this position 

• Experience leading coordination with external vendors, production teams, and suppliers 

• Strong program management experience (planning, execution, budget management) 

• Proven ability to execute programs with large budgets and keep clients and leadership updated on budget trends 

• Experience working on large consumer, consumer electronics or lifestyle brands a plus! 

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment 

• Excellent writing, copy-editing, and proof-reading skills 

About Golin  

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: $70,000 – $130,000 

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.