The Communications Store is looking for a Senior Vice President to lead and grow the agency's beauty practice, managing the existing business, current team and supporting the President on growth plans. This position will partner with peers in London, ensuring a globally recognized presence in both markets for the field.
The main functions of the SVP position:
- Responsible for the management, growth and efficiency of the beauty team, and also contribute and support the leadership of the US business, playing an integral role in the success of the business as a whole.
- Lead strategist and creative consultant for key beauty clients. Key senior lead in brand building and storytelling for clients as well as providing a strategic integrated service offering.
- Ensure a smart, digital-first, innovative, data-driven and analytical approach to all clients within the beauty team.
- Responsible for new business (organic and new) growth for the beauty group, strategically identifying and targeting brands to bring in to the TCS profile.
- Devise and implement a plan for actively growing existing clients, in collaboration with the global senior beauty team, President and CEO. Opportunity to spend time in both offices (NYC and London) building relationships with clients and the global beauty team to ensure a seamless global service offering.
- Supervise and manage staff, working with the President and HR team on staff resource planning, training and development.
- Be a champion of the corporate values, ethos and culture of TCS and actively be involved in the company's development.
Candidates for this position should have in-depth knowledge and experience working in the beauty sector. In addition candidates should have:
- At least 15 years of experience in an agency setting or similar.
- Experience leading and managing a team, working as a mentor to mid-level and junior staff.
- Proven success in achieving business growth targets and a keen ability to identlfy and execute on new business offerings and proposals on behalf of TCS.
- Long standing relationships in the beauty, lifestyle space across all categories (print, digital, broadcast, etc).
- Digital-first, analytical and data-driven approach to business.
