Sr Vice President / Director, Crisis & Risk
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Description
Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.
At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.
Location: London, UK
Level: Senior Director
Practice: Corporate – Crisis & Risk
Reporting to: Managing Director, EMEA Crisis & Risk
Type: Full-time, Hybrid
Help Global Brands Navigate What’s Next
Edelman is looking for a Senior Director to join our award-winning Crisis & Risk team in London – the global Centre of Excellence for Edelman’s crisis communications capability. This is a high-impact role at the heart of Edelman’s global crisis network, offering the opportunity to counsel leading global corporations, brands, and institutions through reputational challenges that matter.
Whether it's digital disinformation, marketing missteps, societal issues, litigation, executive transitions, cyber incidents or geopolitical events — our clients trust us to guide them through high-stakes moments with confidence, clarity, and compassion.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll play a critical leadership role within our UK team, with direct responsibility for:
At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.
Location: London, UK
Level: Senior Director
Practice: Corporate – Crisis & Risk
Reporting to: Managing Director, EMEA Crisis & Risk
Type: Full-time, Hybrid
Help Global Brands Navigate What’s Next
Edelman is looking for a Senior Director to join our award-winning Crisis & Risk team in London – the global Centre of Excellence for Edelman’s crisis communications capability. This is a high-impact role at the heart of Edelman’s global crisis network, offering the opportunity to counsel leading global corporations, brands, and institutions through reputational challenges that matter.
Whether it's digital disinformation, marketing missteps, societal issues, litigation, executive transitions, cyber incidents or geopolitical events — our clients trust us to guide them through high-stakes moments with confidence, clarity, and compassion.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll play a critical leadership role within our UK team, with direct responsibility for:
- Strategic Client Counsel: Serve as a senior advisor to C-suite leaders, boards, and corporate affairs teams, delivering sharp, forward-looking guidance in high-pressure scenarios.
- End-to-End Crisis Engagements: Lead issue identification, risk audits, scenario planning, stakeholder mapping, and live incident response across sectors and geographies.
- Extensive experience in crisis communications, reputation management, or strategic advisory roles – preferably within a global consultancy or in-house corporate affairs function.
- Proven experience advising multinational brands – especially consumer-facing organisations – on complex, evolving issues such as societal risk, sustainability, marketing ethics, or brand safety.
- Deep understanding of the media landscape, digital risk, and stakeholder dynamics across regulators, consumers, employees, and shareholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work with senior leaders under pressure, providing calm, clear and courageous counsel.
- Experience developing and leading training programmes and internal crisis readiness strategies.
- Commercial acumen and ability to contribute to the growth of the business via new client acquisition, client retention and cross-sell of Edelman capabilities.
You’ll report into Edelman’s Managing Director, Crisis & Risk EMEA, working closely with peers across Edelman’s integrated practices – including Corporate Reputation, Public Affairs, Employee Experience, Digital, Creative, and our award-winning Trust and DXI insights teams. This role will also collaborate with our global network of 180+ crisis professionals across 60+ markets.
You’ll be part of a close-knit, high-performing team that works hard, supports each other, and shares a common goal: to help clients protect trust, do the right thing, and act with integrity — even in the most challenging situations.
Why Join Edelman
Edelman is the world’s largest independent communications agency, driven by a belief in the power of trust and a commitment to meaningful impact. Our clients count on us to guide them through transformation — and we count on our people to challenge convention, think boldly, and collaborate across borders and disciplines.
We Offer
- A global platform with local autonomy
- Access to Edelman IP, including our annual Trust Barometer
- Inclusive leadership, learning, and coaching
- Opportunities for global secondments and cross-market collaboration
- A hybrid, flexible working environment
- A culture of transparency, creativity, and purpose