About this role
Looking for something fresh? Day One Agency is hiring. Day One is a creative agency committed to bringing fresh thinking to our work. Every. Single. Day. For us, every day is day one, a new opportunity to start from the beginning, find a new angle, and let our creativity and curiosity lead us to earn the unexpected. We're looking to expand our leadership team with a new SVP, Integrated Communications (Consumer). You'll become part of an award-winning collective of cultural insiders* and industry outsiders**, all of whom are storytellers at heart. Below you'll find some specifics about the role. At Day One, the job description is truly just the start. Our best team members are enthusiasts who are entrepreneurial, embrace an opt-in mentality, and are not afraid to embrace a fresh challenge. Ready to join a team that's been on Fast Company's Most Innovative list for three years running, made Ad Age's A-List, been named Agency to Watch 2025, and taken home Campaign AOY in 2025 and PR Week Midsize AOY four years in a row (2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026)? Keep reading. This position is full-time, requires a hybrid work schedule, and is only available in New York City. The SVP, Integrated Communications will lead integrated consumer work and client relationships for an iconic global brand, and serve as a leader who will help us grow our practice. As a senior member of the team, we expect you to be the champion of the account from the brief to execution, driving clarity and sell-in for cross-disciplinary ideas and ensuring that we deliver success across a range of channels. Ultimately, we are looking for a leader who understands how to tell a great story in today's ever-evolving earned media landscape with programs that meet consumers where they lurk. The ideal candidate has experience providing strategic counsel to clients and effectively driving momentum to push progressive work forward. They have a mix of creative thinking and strategic reasoning, and understand how to effectively drive earned-first results in partnership with different disciplines (e.g., creative, production, paid influencer, social, etc.), whether internally or amongst an external integrated team. As a senior member of the team, you will lead the charge on projects and provide your expertise across all components of the process—assessing project feasibility, assigning work, resourcing, project planning, and interfacing directly with clients. This person will be responsible for helping develop modern integrated earned communications strategies that build brand awareness and achieve key business objectives. In addition to team management and mentorship experience, we are also looking for someone who can be part of new business and management decisions and can help us grow our Brand Communications practice with existing and new clients. Serve as a day-to-day client contact and business leader for large consumer accounts and workstreams Oversee and develop insight-driven ideas rooted in culture and today's earned media landscape that reach clients' business and marketing goals Be an expert in earned media, understanding what it takes to tell a story that breaks through in today's changing marketing and communications landscape Partner directly with team members across communications, creative, design, influencer, and production, overseeing integrated projects as needed Brainstorm and bring a point of view, contributing ideas and creative executions to solve problems in unexpected ways, and translate them in ways that feel simple Stay on top of the changing social, digital, and cultural landscape—looking for untapped opportunities and fresh thinking to bring to our work and the Brand Communications team Be a thought-partner for senior-level clients by understanding their business while helping to maintain and deepen our client relationship Ensure that earned media, talent, content, and influencer strategies are aligned with clients' overarching objectives Be proactive, anticipate client needs, and keep multiple activities moving Provide mentorship and leadership to agency teams, while remaining hands-on as needed to help deliver success Participate in and lead new business pitch development and/or presentations Serve on the Brand Communications leadership team, which includes helping to build new capabilities, driving office culture, and mentoring staff * TREND FORECASTERS, WRITERS, DESIGNERS, PRODUCERS, PEOPLE PERSONS, DIGITAL NATIVES, CULTURE HEADS, INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGISTS, MEME HISTORIANS ** ORGANIZERS, GLOBETROTTERS, DROPOUTS, SKATE SHOP ALUMNI, FORMER BARISTAS, SELF-TAUGHT DEVS, INDIE PUBLISHERS, FINE ARTISTS, SMALL-TOWN ESCAPEES