Brunswick Group

Brunswick Group

Director, Industrials & Infrastructure, Strategic Communications

Chicago, Illinois, United States · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$240kDetected 26 days ago
ExpressStrategic CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentM&AResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Demonstrate deep knowledge of the clients' business and strategic communications issues spanning financial situations, crisis, litigation, and/or transformation
  • Monitor level of account profitability and intervene as necessary
  • Express a point of view in a thoughtful manner; analyze and distill complex information

Responsibilities

  • Deliver strategic advice to clients, drawing on specialist communications expertise and depth of professional advisory experience
  • Source new business opportunities along with Partner, apply knowledge and experience to lead well-run pitch teams and drive the pitch preparation
  • Identify new opportunities to deliver other Brunswick expertise to existing clients; actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships
  • Build and maintain strong external networks to deliver valuable insight to clients and the firm
  • Actively and effectively manage account teams; drive the day-to-day
  • We help companies tackle high-stakes issues, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and deliver high-impact outcomes.
  • From the beginning, we have prioritized attracting, developing, and retaining the best professionals in the industry, united by a culture of inclusivity, excellence, and intellectual curiosity.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in advising clients in the industrials sector, including c-suite stakeholders, on strategic communications for critical issues (i.e., Litigation, Financial Situations, Crisis)
  • Extensive expertise and focus on understanding key stakeholders and issues within consumer industries sub-sectors such as agriculture, chemicals, aviation/transportation, construction, manufacturing, etc.
  • Experience managing teams of five or more people
  • Proven ability to successfully interact with top-tier media in proactive and reactive situations
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize competing deadlines with attention to detail

Compensation

  • The annual base compensation range for this role is $190,000-$240,000.
  • The base pay offered will be determined by factors including experience, skills, training, office location, certifications, and education.
  • Bonus Eligibility: Annual discretionary bonus contingent upon individual and firm-wide performance.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
  • Disability insurance.
  • Flexible spending account.
  • Health savings account.
  • Life insurance.
  • Commuter Benefits.
  • Generous Paid Time Off: 25 vacation days and 10 days sick leave, as well as 11 paid company holidays.
  • Firm-sponsored 401(k) Plan with 3% automatic company contribution of base and bonus with an additional 1.5% profit share- immediate vesting.

Company info

  • Brunswick Group, a strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues, is seeking a Director in Chicago with expertise in counseling industrial and infrastructure companies and business leaders on a wide range of high-stakes issues to join its Industrials & Infrastructure (I&I) team.
  • The diverse companies in this sector confront similar critical challenges-rising geopolitical tensions, inexorable technological disruption, evolving sustainability risk, and escalating stakeholder scrutiny, among many more.
  • We advise our clients on how to navigate these shifting forces, bringing deep understanding of their subsectors and the nuanced expectations of what matters to investors, regulators, media, employees, and society.
  • In addition to client-facing responsibilities, the I&I Director will play an important role in the development and internal leadership of the sector team.
  • Directors along with Partners serve as firm leaders and play a critical role in driving client work and the overall success of the firm.
  • Brunswick is a widely recognized industry leader.
  • For nearly four decades, Brunswick has consistently ranked at the top of our industry's league tables for M&A communications on a country, regional, and global basis.
  • Over the last five years, the firm has advised on more than 1,000 M&A transactions totaling $2 trillion in value.
  • In 2024, Brunswick ranked the #1 global M&A communications advisor, advising on 295 transactions valued at $583B.
  • We were also awarded the Band 1 ranking by Chambers and Partners for Crisis & Risk Management for four consecutive years - 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
  • Our Chicago office is one of the fastest growing offices in our network.
  • Founded in 2017, the office has grown from four to nearly 50 professionals and the home office for some of our highest profile client work in the region.
  • Founded in 1987 in London, the firm has organically grown to 27 offices in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Equal opportunity

  • The firm will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified applicants or employees, as defined by applicable law.
  • To request an accommodation during our application and hiring process, email americasaccommodations@brunswickgroup.com.
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