Crisis Communication - Senior Executive (LA)
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States or Louisiana, United States
Job Summary
Lead crisis preparedness, planning, and live response for high-profile clients, flagging, triaging, and managing critical issues ranging from data breaches and product recalls to litigation and NGO campaigns. Develop crisis plans, media strategies, talking points, FAQs, and simulations while providing regular counsel to C-Suite executives and collaborating with legal teams and vendors. Execute proactive media outreach and reactive media relations strategies, distilling complex subject matter quickly to advise on challenging policy and business challenges. Requires extensive corporate communications and issues management experience, self-starter mindset, and the poise to engage senior boards.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive experience advising corporate leaders including C-Suite on a range of critical reputational and positioning issues
- Demonstrated success navigating challenging policy, political, and business challenges
- Strategic thinker able to draw from expertise across corporate reputation, public affairs, crisis management and stakeholder engagement
- A demonstrated track record in managing crises and complex, high-risk assignments
- Experience working with legal teams, both in-house and outside counsel
- Experience working with news media, notably business and financial media and/or investigative journalists
- Attention to detail is a must
Desired Qualifications
- extensive corporate communications and issues management background
- ability to understand and distill complex subject matter quickly
- Ability to work as a self-starter, requiring limited supervision
- Entrepreneurial spirit, can-do attitude and ability to collaborate with colleagues across the network
- Poise and confidence to hold your own with senior executives and boards
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