Senior Vice President, Account Manager

Are you always in pursuit of amazing results and killer business outcomes? Do you have a knack for thinking like a client and anticipating their needs? Do you thrive in complex, multi-disciplinary teams? Can you nurture both client and team relationships? And do you relish building efficient processes, driving change and championing award-winning campaigns? 

If so, then we’re excited about our possibilities together. 

Golin Dallas is looking for an experienced Senior Vice President to join our world-class team. We call this account-focused position a “Catalyst” – a client relationship leader who is passionate about driving change and delivering results for our world-class clients. 

We’re looking for a Catalyst who is passionate about earning attention for some of the world’s most beloved and iconic CPG brands. Our Golin Senior Vice President-Catalyst will have a meaningful seat at the table, leading and shaping strategy with an integrated team and mentoring the growth of junior team members. You’ll help develop and oversee earned-first creative campaigns, branded influencer campaigns, celebrity spokesperson programs, as well as traditional media campaigns.

You’ll work with smart, collaborative “Go All In” team members who roll up their sleeves at all levels to produce great work for amazing clients! 

What You’ll Do:

• Lead a portfolio of brands and accounts within a multi-brand structure, managing integrated teams across earned media, influencer, social, strategy, analytics, and creative 

• Partner with agency and client leadership on organic growth and new business opportunities 

• Independently lead day-to-day account operations and serve as a primary client contact, ensuring clarity, consistency, and agility in execution 

• Provide financial oversight across multi-million-dollar budgets, including forecasting, utilization, and vendor management 

• Make proactive, thoughtful resourcing decisions across pods and teams, balancing business needs and internal collaboration 

• Offer strategic counsel and generate creative, culturally relevant ideas tied to the client’s broader business goals 

• Promote a “what’s next” mindset—driving innovation, responsiveness, and momentum across workstreams 

• Mentor and lead large account teams, offering support, feedback, and development opportunities 

• Lead and contribute to high-impact deliverables, including client plans, collaborative inter-agency decks, real-time response strategies, and RFP presentations 

• Maintain a deep understanding of your clients’ business, category landscape, and the competitive and cultural context in which they operate 

• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams across geographies to manage complex, fast-paced, and evolving communications efforts 

What You Have: 

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in PR, marketing communications, or a related field 

• 12+ years of PR agency or integrated communications experience, including team and client leadership 

• Big agency background with complex, multi-brand accounts 

• House of brands familiarity — someone who understands how to shift tone, strategy, and stakeholder needs across different products under one corporate umbrella 

• Demonstrated experience managing CPG and/or food & beverage brands at scale 

• Proven track record developing strategic, earned-first consumer campaigns that drive visibility, relevance, and results 

• Deep knowledge of influencer engagement, media relations, social listening, and integrated campaign strategy 

• Experience leading fast-paced accounts with shifting priorities and multiple brands, balancing big-picture strategy with day-to-day execution 

• Strong financial management skills, including overseeing budgets, forecasting, staffing, and accountability across workstreams 

• Clear, compelling communication skills—both written and verbal—with an ability to simplify complex ideas and motivate action 

• Experience collaborating within Inter-Agency Teams (IATs) and across marketing functions 

• Proactive, resourceful leadership style with a bias for action, curiosity, and a solutions-first mindset 

• Strong presence and confidence in decision-making, even when it's unpopular 

• Comfort with ambiguity and an entrepreneurial mindset (“bootstrapper” mentality) 

• Willingness to shapeshift across brand needs and communication styles 

• Innovation, speed, and cultural agility—“what’s next” attitude as the spirit of the work 

• Familiarity with metrics and campaign performance tracking  

• Strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and guide a team in delivering work on time and on budget 

• A passion for mentorship and talent development—able to give feedback with clarity and care while inspiring excellence in others 

About Golin: 

We are a progressive public relations agency designed to reach the profoundly diverse market. Our progressive approach aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey, to build relevance and deliver maximum impact for our clients. To be successful with our employees and our clients, inclusion is a core value for Golin, and we are focused on establishing a culture that is intentionally inclusive, profoundly diverse, and uncompromisingly equitable. 

Our expertise ranges from brand-building and cutting-edge campaigns to corporate reputation, advocacy, and consumer insights. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative G4 Model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest CPG, retail, food, healthcare technology and consumer service companies in the world. 

Recently named PR Week's Global Agency of the Year – in both 2019 and 2020 – and winner of the industry’s first PR-led 2019 Gold Cannes Lion, we tend to Go All In, in everything we do. We’re especially committed to going all in for our people. We challenge our employees to be courageously happy and have empowered them to do so by offering our LifeTime benefits program. LifeTime offers unlimited time off, enhanced family care, and monthly generous health and wellness benefits including a monthly LifeTime stipend for the gym or hobbies. Our culture is built around happy people who are the best at what we do! 

Salary range: $150,000 - $260,000 

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 to conduct an interview. 

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

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