Webershandwick

Webershandwick

Associate, Financial Communications

New York, New York, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 50 days ago
LLMsCybersecurityStrategic CommunicationsAccount ManagementExcelValuationM&AResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • We're storytellers, content creators, and we engage people IN the story.
  • Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people.
  • Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Responsibilities

  • We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.
  • We help clients anticipate risk, shape narratives, engage stakeholders and build the trust that drives enterprise value.
  • Support a range of financial communications and special situations, including M&A, IPOs, shareholder activism, and bankruptcies, as well as ongoing IR activities (quarterly earnings, roadshows, and investor days, etc.).
  • Support the drafting of press releases, media strategies, reactive media statements, talking points, FAQs, memos, and other key financial deliverables.
  • Actively support the group's new business pipeline by conducting landscape research, assisting in the development of pitch materials, and collaborating on cross-selling efforts across the agency.

Nice to have

  • Strategy & Reputation, Public Affairs & Impact, Crisis & Issues, and Transactions & Transformations.
  • Any prior experience or background in financial communications or IR is a strong plus, but not required.
  • What You Will Be Doing
  • Financial Communications & Client Work
  • Fluent in Microsoft Suite (Excel proficiency is key).
  • Must have familiarity with generative AI tools and a strong aptitude for applying them to communications workflows.
  • Experience with media databases (Cision, MuckRack) and financial tools (Bloomberg, S&P Cap IQ, FactSet) is a strong plus.
  • IR/Media Skills: Direct experience or a strong interest in Investor Relations (IR) is a plus.

Skills

  • Direct experience or a strong interest in Investor Relations (IR) is a plus.
  • Must have familiarity with "tier-one" business and financial media relations.
  • Communicates clearly, analytically, and persuasively both orally and in writing, with meticulous attention to detail.
  • Education: BA or BS, preferably in Business, Finance, Economics, Communications, or similar fields.
  • Financial Acumen: Solid understanding of capital markets and the issues affecting the financial and reputational well-being of companies.
  • Communication
  • Work Ethic: Thrives under pressure and can handle multiple time-sensitive projects in a demanding, deadline-oriented environment.

Compensation

  • $52,000 USD - $55,000 USD
  • Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position
  • market considerations
  • budgetary considerations
  • tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees)
  • as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Company info

  • Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency - we're an engagement agency and we're working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape. We're storytellers, content creators, and we engage people IN the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people. We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.
  • Associate, Financial Communications
  • Weber Shandwick is seeking an Associate to join its Financial Communications team, which is part of the Weber Advisory group. As part of Weber Advisory, our work goes beyond traditional communications. We help clients anticipate risk, shape narratives, engage stakeholders and build the trust that drives enterprise value. We combine strategic communications, cultural intelligence, issues expertise, digital influence and AI-enabled insights to provide C-Suite and board-level leaders with strategic counsel across four key pillars: Strategy & Reputation, Public Affairs & Impact, Crisis & Issues, and Transactions & Transformations.
  • Within Weber Advisory, the Financial Communications teams advises public and private companies across industries on strategic and capital markets communications efforts that protect reputation, support valuation and optimally position them among relevant stakeholders. Our engagements span both the normal-course financial lifecycle (e.g., quarterly earnings, proxy statements) as well as transformative events (e.g., mergers and acquisitions (M&A)/post-merger integration, initial public offerings (IPO), litigation, bankruptcy, activism, executive management transitions, cybersecurity events, labor issues, etc.). We collaborate closely in these engagements with both the C-suite and key investor relations (IR)/public relations (PR) personnel, as well as an organization's external counsel and financial advisor(s).
  • Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency - we're an engagement agency and we're working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape.
  • Weber Shandwick is seeking an Associate to join its Financial Communications team, which is part of the Weber Advisory group.
  • As part of Weber Advisory, our work goes beyond traditional communications.
  • We combine strategic communications, cultural intelligence, issues expertise, digital influence and AI-enabled insights to provide C-Suite and board-level leaders with strategic counsel across four key pillars: Strategy & Reputation, Public Affairs & Impact, Crisis & Issues, and Transactions & Transformations.
  • Within Weber Advisory, the Financial Communications teams advises public and private companies across industries on strategic and capital markets communications efforts that protect reputation, support valuation and optimally position them among relevant stakeholders.
  • Our engagements span both the normal-course financial lifecycle (e.g., quarterly earnings, proxy statements) as well as transformative events (e.g., mergers and acquisitions (M&A)/post-merger integration, initial public offerings (IPO), litigation, bankruptcy, activism, executive management transitions, cybersecurity events, labor issues, etc.).

Equal opportunity

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