Strategic Communications Director

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🕒 April 20

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The Independents

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2017

🎯 Recruiter

💰 Series unknown on 2017-10

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The Independents is a careers and recruitment hub that aggregates job openings for a network of independent creative agencies and production companies. The site (powered by Teamtailor) provides candidate and employee logins, job listings across roles such as talent services, fashion communications, production and VIP/influence, and tools for managing applications and cookie/privacy preferences. It appears to serve as a shared recruiting platform and employer-branding space for partner agencies.

📋 Description

• Develop communications architecture for clients — brand narratives, messaging hierarchies, positioning platforms, and creative communications frameworks • Build strategic communications playbooks and long-form planning documents that set the direction for how clients speak across all channels • Lead executive and founder voice development, including op-eds, Q&As, content, speeches, and media briefing narratives • Cross-team collaboration with our fashion, beauty, lifestyle and design departments to shape messaging and storytelling for key client projects • Participate in client meetings and calls, acting as a senior strategic counsel • Go beyond traditional media relations to identify where culture is moving and how to engage in ways that are unexpected, relevant, and effective • Stay ahead of shifts in media consumption, platform evolution, and audience behaviour in the luxury and fashion space • Recommend and develop strategies across new and emerging formats, including creator partnerships, editorial newsletters, podcasts, video-first platforms, and beyond • Bring unexpected angles and reference points that elevate client work above category norms • Ground all strategic recommendations in research and a deep knowledge of the cultural conversation • Be a central voice in how the agency structures its thinking for credentials, pitches, and strategic proposals • Own the quality of the agency’s written strategic output and ensure our point of view comes through with clarity and conviction

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in communications, PR, brand strategy, or editorial — with a clear emphasis on strategic and written output • Demonstrable experience developing brand narratives, positioning documents, and messaging frameworks • Experience working with senior executives or public-facing leaders • Deep knowledge of the luxury and/or fashion media landscape • Strong new business instincts - comfortable leading or significantly contributing to pitches and strategic proposals • A genuine point of view on where media is heading and the ability to articulate it clearly • Intellectually curious, widely read, and able to bring cultural reference and research into client work • Restless with convention and excited by formats, platforms, and collaborators that sit outside the traditional PR model • Exceptional written communication skills - precise, considered, and adapted to audience • Creative and strategic thinker with strong presentation skills • Proven experience in a fast-paced environment with excellent prioritisation and time management

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans • 401K Employer Match program • Commuter Benefits • Paid Time Off including Vacation Days, Personal Days, Sick Days, and additional Comp Days • Company-wide closure last week of the year • 10 Federal Holidays Observed