Company Description
Velocity is a boutique strategic communications firm founded by the team that launched
Axios. We’re built for the modern era—where stakeholder convergence, format evolution, and
AI disruption demand a fundamentally different approach.
Since launch, we've attracted some of the most high-impact, high-influence clients in the
market, including Fortune 500 corporations, growth-stage disruptors, and cause-based
organizations. We've moved major policy decisions, vaulted transformative executives into
top-tier news cycles, and been publicly lauded as an industry disruptor.
Role Description
We're looking for a seasoned communications professional ready to step into a leadership
role at one of DC's most dynamic firms. You have 4–6 years of experience in strategic
communications, media relations, or a closely adjacent field—and you've moved from
execution to ownership.
You Are:
- A strategic operator who can manage complex, multi-stakeholder strategies from concept to execution
- Confident leading client relationships independently and earning trust at the senior level
- A mentor and multiplier—someone who makes junior colleagues sharper and more effective
- Deeply fluent in the policy, business, and media ecosystems that drive our clients' worlds
- Entrepreneurial by instinct: you build processes, not just follow them
- Genuinely curious about AI and willing to help lead our technology integration efforts
- Comfortable holding both the 30,000-foot view and the ground-level detail simultaneously
- High-throughput, low latency: you operate with natural metabolism and speed, while knowing when to slow down and seek input
- Discerning in judgement; you can readily identify what works, what doesn’t, and what a given moment demands
- Available to work in-person in Washington, DC 4–5 days a week
Job Responsibilities
As Associate Director, you will own client relationships, drive strategy, and help shape the
direction of the firm. You will:
- Serve as the day-to-day strategic lead on a portfolio of client accounts, setting communications strategy and ensuring consistent value delivery
- Develop and drive earned media campaigns, executive visibility programs, and stakeholder engagement strategies
- Manage and develop junior team members, including reviewing work product, delegating effectively, setting operational standards and practices, and building capability across the team
- Assist the senior team in new business development efforts as relevant
- Partner with firm leadership on practice-building, process developme
