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# Executive Vice President, Impact at Orchestra

- **Company:** Orchestra
- **Location:** New York, NY / Washington, DC
- **Posted:** 2026-01-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orchestra/jobs/8384985002

## Job description

## ABOUT ORCHESTRA

Orchestra is a strategic communications and marketing company built for today’s complex and fragmented world. From decoding audiences to designing bold strategies, Orchestra integrates people, platforms, and stories that stick to help clients build lasting influence. The company offers programs that span from the highest level strategic business counsel through to tactical execution. Orchestra brings together 700+ people with experience across consumer and lifestyle, technology, nonprofit and philanthropy, real estate, sports, travel, hospitality, and more. Made up of leading firms [BerlinRosen](https://www.berlinrosen.com/), [Civitas Public Affairs Group](https://www.civitaspublicaffairs.com/), [Derris](http://derris.com/), [Glen Echo Group](https://www.glenechogroup.com/), [Inkhouse](http://inkhouse.com/), [M18](http://m18pr.com/), [Message Lab](https://messagelab.com/), [Onward](https://thisisonward.com/) and [Small Girls PR](https://www.smallgirlspr.com/). It also launched [Brightmode](http://www.brightmode.com/), a talent acquisition firm for communications professionals, and [Versus Media Group](https://www.versusmediagroup.com/), a strategy-first political media team. Learn more at [www.orchestraco.com](https://www.orchestraco.com).

People of all backgrounds and abilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Orchestra is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff, and recognizes that its continued success depends on hiring and retaining high-quality creative professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Opportunities for advancement exist, and we are committed to helping all staff develop and grow.

## ABOUT THE IMPACT TEAM

We help clients achieve impact across some of the most high-profile issues of our time, whether it’s partnering with major philanthropies, national and local advocacy organizations, corporations and nonprofits. From local to global campaigns, we help our clients advocate successfully across a broad range of social impact causes. We approach every engagement with the goal of “winning the day” for our clients, bringing cross-platform solutions to advance our clients’ goals. Whether it’s executing powerful media relations strategies, launching digital thought leadership programs or developing creative campaigns to advance a specific policy issue—our team serves as trusted advisors to solve our nation’s most pressing challenges.

## ABOUT THIS ROLE

Orchestra is seeking an Executive Vice President to lead our work advancing our clients’ goals across a range of issues—from healthcare, democracy and the economy to immigration, gender and racial equity—through high-impact, creative, targeted integrated strategic communications campaigns.

Role location: This role is based in our New York, N.Y. or Washington, D.C. office on a hybrid basis. The Impact team is in-office at least 3 days per week.

## ACCOUNTABILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

As an Executive Vice President on our Impact team, you will…

- Partner with the Managing Director to drive business growth of the practice and the firm as a whole
- Bring in substantial new business
- Ensure the team is organized, aligned and motivated to achieve revenue, profitability and efficiency goals
- Provide the highest level of client service and excellence in communications strategy
- Serve as a senior leader in the practice and the firm as a whole, increasing the agency’s strategic communications and digital fluency and capabilities
- Drive an integrated communications approach for clients across owned, earned, paid media and other channels and drive overall cross-functional collaboration inside the team and across the firm
- Practice and ensure excellent team management, positive morale and strong team culture, with a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
- Understand capabilities and skill sets of team members, foster and manage opportunities for professional growth and identify needs for additional firm or practice-wide trainings
- Evaluate and stay on top of industry trends and leverage audience-first channel strategies
- Measure ROI for advocacy projects or clients, streamlining approaches as needed to ensure we are investing in the appropriate tools and resources
- Work with peers to identify opportunities for firm thought leadership (i.e., speaking on panels, writing blogs, attending conferences)

Essential skills:

- Has 10+ years of relevant work experience in campaign politics, strategic communications, media relations, digital strategy, advocacy, journalism or a related field
- Highest level of experience developing successful integrated communications strategies to achieve organizational goals
- A track record of business development, sales, client development and/or a deep network to leverage for business development and partnerships
- Deep experience managing a team of communications strategists to develop and execute initiatives and a track record of fostering positive relationships with direct reports and promoting positive team morale
- Extensive team management experience, and a commitment to staff development, professional growth and mobility and building and sustaining a diverse and inclusive team
- Experience and deep understanding with the agency business model(s), including strong client management experience and general business acumen; experience at a communications agency is a plus
- Extensive and up-to-date technical knowledge of the full range of digital marketing and communications services
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts clearly and effectively to internal and external audiences
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
- Has a personal commitment to and knowledge of social justice and a passion for advancing social change

## WORKING AT ORCHESTRA

Salary range (commensurate with experience and skills): $200,000 - $240,000

Executive Vice Presidents are eligible for end-of-year bonuses based on firm, team, and individual performance.

## #LI-SA1

#LI-Hybrid

Orchestra is the first communications company built for today’s media landscape. Since 2022, it’s acquired nine firms, including: [BerlinRosen](https://www.berlinrosen.com/), [Civitas Public Affairs Group](https://www.civitaspublicaffairs.com/), [Derris](http://derris.com/), [Glen Echo Group](https://www.glenechogroup.com/), [Inkhouse](http://inkhouse.com/), [M18](http://m18pr.com/), [Message Lab](https://messagelab.com/), [Onward](https://thisisonward.com/) and [Small Girls PR](https://www.smallgirlspr.com/). It also launched [Brightmode](http://www.brightmode.com/), a talent acquisition firm for communication professionals. Learn more at: [www.orchestraco.com](http://www.orchestraco.com/).

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## About Orchestra

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orchestra is a strategic communications and marketing company that combines C-suite advisory, integrated strategy, and multichannel execution to help brands navigate today’s fragmented, fast-moving media landscape.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held – no disclosed funding rounds; formed through mergers and acquisitions)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024 (as Orchestra; constituent agencies such as BerlinRosen, Derris, Inkhouse have deeper histories)
- **Key Leaders**: Jonathan Rosen (CEO), Jesse Derris (President), Ben Worthen (Chief Product Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Public Relations and Communications Services (integrated marketing, earned media, public affairs, influencer, SEO, paid media, creative)
- **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise, and high-profile organizations (C-suites, brands, nonprofits, policy stakeholders) that need coordinated, advisory-led communications
- **Mission/purpose**: “We shape what’s next” – turning uncertainty into action by uniting advisory, strategy, and execution to earn and sustain the right kind of attention.

## Products & Services
- **Strategic Advisory & C-Suite Counsel**: Working alongside senior leaders to diagnose problems, clarify what matters (customers, employees, policymakers, investors), and design integrated strategies.
- **Integrated Communications Execution**: Coordinated delivery across earned media, content marketing, SEO, influencer, paid media, creative, and public affairs under a single “One Orchestra” model.
- **Prompt Fuel 360 (Answer Engine Optimization)**: A repeatable product that optimizes brand visibility on generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT) by combining earned media, technical SEO, owned content, influencer engagement, and analytics.
- **Intelligence Infrastructure & AI Automation**: Systems that capture data from hundreds of client engagements, standardize delivery playbooks, and embed AI into workflows to make the entire offering smarter over time.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Headcount ~700+ (website claim includes all collective team members; LinkedIn reports 156 employees under the parent entity, with a -68.6% YoY headcount change – likely reflecting restructuring after acquisitions)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No outside funding disclosed; orchestrated through acquisitions of Civitas Public Affairs Group (Sep 2024) and Small Girls PR (Oct 2024). Constituent agencies include BerlinRosen, Derris, Inkhouse, Glen Echo Group, Brightmode Talent, Antenna Group.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 35 active job postings (up 3,400% YoY, but down 30% quarterly)
  - Launch of product organization and Chief Product Officer role (Ben Worthen)
  - Prompt Fuel 360 already in use across consumer and B2B engagements
  - Active in 6 countries (USA, Serbia, Spain, UK, Canada, Colombia)
  - LinkedIn followers: 10,112 (130.8% yearly growth)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated “One Orchestra” model**: Breaks down silos between earned, owned, paid, and creative – a structure that competing agencies typically cannot offer within a single P&L.
- **Product-driven approach**: Codifying repeatable playbooks and measurement frameworks (e.g., Prompt Fuel 360) that compound knowledge with every engagement, making delivery consistent and scalable.
- **AI-first infrastructure**: Process standardized before automation; each automated workflow feeds data back into intelligence systems, creating a learning loop that gets stronger over time.
- **Depth of talent**: 700+ advisors, strategists, and storytellers from a diverse set of acquired agencies, covering public affairs, consumer PR, creative, and digital.

## Strategic Focus
- **Building the Product organization**: Scaling standardized, repeatable offerings that integrate all disciplines (earned, owned, paid, creative, AI).
- **Embedding AI into client delivery**: Moving from foundation-building (AI tools & training) to embedding AI directly into how work is done – with a focus on automation, intelligence, and compound learning.
- **Expanding Prompt Fuel 360**: Taking the Answer Engine Optimization product to more clients and refining its measurement framework.
- **M&A integration**: Continuing to unify acquired agencies under one operational and cultural umbrella (“One Orchestra”).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Positions itself as a place for “changemakers” – people energized by complexity and collaboration across disciplines. Emphasizes curiosity, transparency, and a forward-looking mindset.
- **Work model**: Headquarters in New York with offices across North America and Europe. Likely hybrid in-office presence given client-facing nature. Not remote-only but flexible locations.
- **Engineering/product culture**: Rapidly building a product organization that values standardization, data, and AI. Offers role of “Account Director, Product” and other innovation-focused positions.
- **Perks & environment**: Not detailed explicitly; however, the blog post highlights an “AI-forward” culture where learning and experimentation are encouraged. Large agency network provides exposure to high-profile clients and complex challenges.
- **Growth trajectory**: Despite headcount fluctuations, the company is investing in product, AI, and integrated delivery – a signal of ambition to lead the next generation of communications.

## Sources
1. [orchestraco.com](https://www.orchestraco.com/)
2. [orchestraco.com/careers](https://www.orchestraco.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com/company/orchestraco](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orchestraco)
4. [orchestraco.com/leadership](https://www.orchestraco.com/leadership)
5. [orchestraco.com/insights/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-driven-communications-firm](https://www.orchestraco.com/insights/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-driven-communications-firm)

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