Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. We have more than 400 team members in six countries and thirteen offices — Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, D.C., London, Los Angeles, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Zürich. We apply our unique expertise across strategic communications, public affairs, research, and digital marketing to create sophisticated and customized strategies that make change possible for both American and European clients.

The Impact You Will Make

BPI’s Senior Associate takes on ownership of deliverables and workstreams and drives project management. You have a strong depth of knowledge in your field, are able to proactively serve our clients and create deliverables more independently. You effectively oversee work product and may begin to supervise other client team members. This role typically reports to a Director or Senior Director.

• Starting Salary Range: $77,000 - $85,000 (+ annual bonus)

• Location: Expectation to work from one of our offices at least 3 days a week (preference - DC, NYC or Chicago)

Requirements

What Day to Day looks Like

• Find meaningful opportunities for clients and help lead the development of a campaign strategy and orchestrate its implementation.
• Drafts creative campaign briefs and leads creative concept development with internal creative team, client and cross functional marketing team.
• Provides first review of content from the internal BPI creative team and coordinates feedback from internal and external stakeholders. In some cases, has first pen on messaging and ad copy. 
• Produces and oversees high-quality client work. Manage campaigns and projects with attention to detail, without losing sight of broader strategic goals.
• Digests qualitative and quantitative research findings and ensures they are incorporated into creative work.
• Monitors client messaging for campaigns in market and in development, identifying proactive creative opportunities for the client. 
• Manages rapid response creative production ranging from individual video production to large scale cross-channel productions and resize.
• Draft and manage content calendars and other deliverables such as organic and paid social landscape analyses.
• Draft paid media briefs and evaluate paid media plans.

What We're Looking For

• Analyze marketing campaign performance and derive insights; review and suggest optimizations in coordination with media and buying teams; ensure proper budget management without overspending
• Depth of knowledge and POV on owned and paid channels and landscape
• 5+ years of experience working in an ad agency, communications agency, nonprofit or corporate communications
• Experience working closely with creative teams on briefs and creative concept development 
• Knowledge of social media marketing on platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
• Experience managing and providing clear feedback to team members
• Extremely strong writing skills with experience developing content strategy and managing social media campaigns
• Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate results to senior-level audiences, including experience with independently producing documents and reports consumed by senior-level audiences

Benefits

BPI offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match up to 4%, generous time off for vacation, $50 monthly phone reimbursement, unlimited sick time, and 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents. BPI’s benefits prioritize employee wellness and progressive support to our diverse workforce.

We’re looking for all kinds of people.  

BPI Group is an integrated public affairs agency that delivers outcomes for the top organizations and leaders around the world. With expertise in strategic communications, digital marketing, creative, research, and measurement, we offer a cohesive approach across corporate, policy, and public affairs strategy in today’s interconnected world. By combining incisive strategy and deep tactical expertise, we make change possible. Our transatlantic presence includes offices across eleven markets in the US and Europe.

We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on individual commitment to excellence. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

BPI is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible workplace that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider submitting an application. We consider applications holistically and you may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings!

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