PR Vice President, Art & Culture

Cultural Counsel | New York, NY Full-time Hybrid $ 125,000 - 150,000 per year
About Cultural Counsel

Cultural Counsel is a leading strategic communications consultancy working at the intersection of art, architecture, design, entertainment, philanthropy, and tech. Since its founding in 2015, the firm has earned a strong reputation for strategy and campaigns on behalf of the cultural sector's most respected institutions. Its clients span museums, foundations, biennials and triennials, art fairs, galleries, and civic cultural agencies, as well as artists and designers working independently. Over the past decade, we have successfully represented projects on behalf of A24, the Prada Foundation, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Red Bull Arts, Kickstarter, and Netflix; this fall season we are proud to support the Morgan Library, NADA, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Pioneer Works, and dozens more dynamic campaigns.

The team includes journalists, artists, musicians, and curators alongside seasoned communications professionals, giving the firm strong industry relationships and a firsthand understanding of the culture it represents. We work collaboratively across every account: team members are encouraged to bring their own ideas to the table, supported by the structure, mentorship, and growth opportunities needed to build a career.

We prioritize a healthy work-life balance and offer a flexible, hybrid work model. A cultural benefits stipend covers museum memberships and special events, and team members regularly receive access to VIP openings and industry events around the city, keeping the firm closely connected to the community it represents. Joining Cultural Counsel means contributing directly to the exhibitions, launches, and programs that define the cultural field.

PR Vice President, Art & Culture

Cultural Counsel is seeking a Vice President with senior-level communications experience and a record of leading account teams and client strategy across the arts and culture sector. The Vice President will oversee a portfolio of clients, providing senior strategic counsel to client leadership and setting the standard for account performance across the firm.

This is a senior leadership role. The Vice President will manage and mentor directors and their teams, guide staffing and professional development across accounts, and work directly with the firm's leadership on growth, including new business development. Candidates should bring deep media relationships, a proven record of translating strategy into measurable results, and experience winning and growing client business.

Full time position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Set strategic direction for a portfolio of client accounts, overseeing directors responsible for day-to-day account leadership

- Serve as senior counsel to client leadership on messaging, media strategy, and institutional positioning

- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of directors, account executives, coordinators, and interns

- Drive new business development, including proposals, pitches, and agency presentations

- Maintain senior-level relationships with media across art, culture, design, and lifestyle press

- Oversee account staffing, budgets, and performance across the portfolio

- Contribute to agency leadership, operations, and long-term growth planning

QUALIFICATIONS

- 10+ years of PR experience, including senior account leadership

- Established relationships with top-tier media across art, culture, design, and lifestyle press

- A proven record of winning and growing client business

- Experience managing managers and building high-performing teams

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to advise senior client leadership

- Deep understanding of the shifting media landscape and the arts and culture field

- Experience overseeing multiple high-profile accounts simultaneously

WORK CULTURE

- Hybrid work model (two or more days per week in our Lower East Side office)

- Regular office events and talks, with meaningful opportunities to build industry relationships

- Structured support for professional growth and development

BENEFITS

- Health, Vision, Dental

- 401K match program

- Three weeks PTO

- Hybrid work schedule

- Transportation stipend

- Subject line: your full name and the role you are applying for (for example, "Jane Smith - PR Vice President, Art & Culture")

- Attachments: your resume and cover letter

- In the body of the email: your top 5 weekly reads (writers, columns, magazines, etc.)

Role requirements

Minimum relevant experience: 10 years

Required skills

senior-level communications experience leading account teams and client strategy deep media relationships translating strategy into measurable results winning and growing client business managing managers and building high-performing teams exceptional written and verbal communication skills advising senior client leadership deep understanding of the shifting media landscape and the arts and culture field overseeing multiple high-profile accounts simultaneously
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