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Project Director – Digital (Hybrid, NYC)

Flipside Group, part of Weber Shandwick, is seeking a Project Directorto lead the delivery of complex digital product development projects, spanning websites, mobile apps, XR experiences, and AI-driven platforms. This role offers the opportunity to work in a closely knit, dynamic team supported by a global network, delivering world-class solutions for a genuinely international client list.

You will be responsible for guiding multi-disciplinary teams—including designers, developers, strategists, and client services—through the full product development lifecycle, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality standards. This is a senior, client-facing role that requires both strategic oversight and hands-on delivery management.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership– Own the delivery of digital build projects from inception through launch, ensuring alignment on scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Process Management– Define, implement, and adapt Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid workflows to fit the needs of each project; establish and enforce best practices, templates, and documentation standards.
• Client Engagement– Act as the senior day-to-day contact for clients, building trusted relationships and ensuring transparency on progress, risks, and solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration– Partner closely with internal and freelance teams across design, development, strategy, analytics and finance to maintain integration and consistency.
• Resource & Budget Oversight– Lead SOW creation, track deliverables against scope, manage budgets, and handle change management processes.
• Risk & Issue Management– Maintain and review project risk/issue logs; resolve conflicts quickly without compromising quality or morale.
• Technical & Quality Alignment– Ensure deliverables meet technical feasibility and adhere to quality assurance processes; oversee bug tracking and resolution in tools such as Jira.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience: 5+ years in project management, with substantial experience delivering web, mobile, and digital platform builds.
• Methodologies: Proven ability to manage both Agile and Waterfall projects, blending approaches as needed.
• Technical Understanding: Solid grasp of web and mobile technologies, system architecture considerations, and digital product lifecycle management.
• Budget Management: Expertise in scoping, pricing, and managing large-scale budgets and multi-workstream programs.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to engage effectively with clients and internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Tools: Proficiency in collaboration tools such as Microsoft Office, Smartsheets, Jira, and other project tracking systems.
• Soft Skills: Strong client-facing presence, problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and comfort in fast-paced environments.

Why Join Us?

At Flipside, we combine the creativity and agility of a boutique team with the reach and resources of a global agency. You'll have the opportunity to work on high-profile, cutting-edge digital products that push boundaries, with a team that values collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Diversity & Inclusion: Flipside is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

Salary range: $110,000 – $135,000

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.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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We are seeking a strong Vice President to join our Healthcare Practice in Chicago. The Vice President will have proven leadership and client service skills, and experience managing integrated communications programs. The candidate will be the day-to-day contact for clients, manage communications across a cross-functional agency team as well as client team, and support flawless execution in the most efficient and productive way. They will display personal ownership and accountability for client engagement, with the ability to cultivate and nurture long-term partnerships and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

• Manage programs involving reputation management, executive thought leadership, internal communications, crisis communications, and integrated media strategies to drive corporate reputation for pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and health association clients and prospects.
• Manage workstreams with a focus on supporting corporate reputation communications and disease awareness campaigns with grassroots, community-level activations.
• Oversee communications programs in support of regulated products like medical devices and pharmaceuticals, including sharing of clinical data and regulatory milestones.
• Under senior guidance, support development of strategic plans and recommendations tailored to clients' business objectives
• Draft key messaging and execute on materials proposed in plans, including but not limited to enterprise-level content, media strategies and pitches, narratives, strategic decks, and content for branded and unbranded disease awareness campaigns.
• Maintain daily client contact, serving as a trusted resource and advisor.
• Facilitate cross-functional team integration (strategy, creative, integrated media specialists, etc.) to deliver on client plans.
• Act as an effective, two-way translator between clients and teams, actively counseling development of work in the best interest of all parties.
• Proactively support and suggest improvements and new ideas to exceed client expectations by leveraging industry knowledge and experience.
• Have ownership of client financials and profitability.
• Coordinate integration with other agency partners.
• Successfully navigate conflicts across internal stakeholders, clients and agency partners.
• Manage ongoing team resourcing/staffing to ensure successful delivery of work product.
• Actively participate in agency development and assist with new business

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or related field
• At least 8+ years' PR/communications experience
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail
• Experience managing high-performing teams; mentoring team members
• Confident presenter and persuasive speaker

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Chicago Salary Range: $138,000.00 – $170,000.00

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.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Senior Associate, Earned Media, Healthcare

Weber Shandwick is seeking a Senior Associate, Earned Media (Senior Account Executive equivalent) for its growing health earned media team and healthcare practice.

As a Senior Associate, you will be supporting earned media strategy and execution for campaign and product launches, news engine programs, disease awareness initiatives and more for our healthcare accounts. The ideal candidate has experience in or a passion for health-related work and a foundation of media relations skills. This opportunity is a fit for someone who is a strong writer, loves the thrill of a pitch, can manage multiple clients and teams, keeps a pulse on the media landscape and can bring existing and new media relationships to teams.

• Serves as a key integrated team member in support of strategic earned media campaigns, including developing media relations action plans, goals and objectives, media targets, story angles and outreach approaches, in collaboration with and support from senior media relations team members
• Generates story ideas and drafts media materials (e.g., media lists, written content, pitches and pitching reports), conducts outreach, and manages reporter/influencer relationships and media opportunities to land coverage
• Researches media topics, trends, important issues, and reporters in support of new assignments and projects, including new business opportunities
• Attends client events and manages on-site media and influencers at local and national events
• Maintains a keen interest in current news and industry trends; proactively shares insights with teams and clients to inform plans, strategies and activations
• Anticipates and proactively offers solutions to senior team leadership for executional issues specific to assigned programs
• Assists with client communication and manages detailed tasks with the account and earned media teams
• Develops and manages project timelines and weekly action plans to ensure all deadlines on client programs are met
• Identifies the development needs of junior staff and provides opportunities which allow staff members to reach their full potential

Requirements:

• 2 or more years' experience in public relations at an agency or corporate in-house (healthcare experience preferred)
• Experience and interest in working with healthcare clients across industries
• Excellent communication/presentation skills; verbal and written
• Strong attention to detail and project management skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively and work within tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Salary range: $68,000.00 – $78,000.00

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.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick is seeking a talented Senior Data Engineer to join our team in Washington, DC. You will be joining a team of business strategists, data scientists and data engineers to build innovative data solutions and would work at the intersection of Data Engineering and Applied Generative AI.

The Senior Data Engineer will design, build, test, implement and maintain data solutions that support clients' Enterprise Analytics. The incumbent will work with multiple technology partners to provision and maintain a data infrastructure used for media analyses. The role will work closely with business analysts and data scientists to ensure the platform meets business demands.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Optimize SQL queries and database performance for analytical and operational workloads.
• Implement data quality, governance, and security best practices.
• Applied AI:
• Collaborate with data scientists to productionize AI/ML models, including Generative AI solutions.
• Integrate Gen AI solutions into business workflows, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Platform & Tooling:
• Leverage cloud platforms (preferably GCP) for data engineering and AI workloads.
• Develop dashboards, reports, or visualizations (Qlik experience is a plus).
• Automate data workflows and implement CI/CD for data pipelines and AI services.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer using proven, industry-leading cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
• Proficiency coding in Python for data processing, automation, and AI/ML workflows.
• Advanced SQL skills for complex data manipulation, optimization, and analytics.
• Knowledge of orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect).
• Creative-minded individual, enjoys open-ended problems and challenging the status quo
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to conduct independent work and manage projects from beginning to end

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant GCP or AWS certifications
• Experience with social media data and APIs
• Working knowledge of BI platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, etc.
• Experience working in a consulting company or agency

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Washington DC Salary range: $110,000 – $130,000

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.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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We make our careers website accessible to any and all users. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at ...@ipgdxtra.com . This email address is not for general employment inquiries or vendors; rather it is strictly for applicants who require special assistance accessing our employment website. Due to volume, messages sent to this email address that are not related to an accommodation cannot be answered.