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Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy more than 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity—innovating at the intersection of intelligence, imagination and influence, with experts across advertising, sports & entertainment, PR & social, consulting, and health collaborating seamlessly across more than 120 offices spanning 90 countries. Ogilvy was named Network of the Year at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC for the fourth consecutive year, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
About Ogilvy Health
OGILVY HEALTH: WE INSPIRE PEOPLE AND BRANDS TO IMPACT THE WORLD
Guided by this vision, Ogilvy Health, part of WPP, combines borderless creativity, scientific precision and cultural fluency to build healthcare’s most influential movements. We drive measurable impact and category-defining growth for brands ready to shape what’s next. Our approach is powered by fearless creativity that dares to be different, sparks emotional connections, and inspires action, ensuring cultural resonance. Scientific precision translates complex data into stories that resonate, while our impact-obsessed mindset focuses on delivering real-world outcomes.
About the Role
Our Vice Presidents, Media Relations serve as senior communications advisors and media strategists responsible for shaping earned media strategies that build reputation, create cultural relevance and deliver measurable impact for healthcare clients. They should have demonstrated record of developing and executing successful earned media campaigns, cultivating trusted relationships with influential journalists and guiding clients through complex, high-stakes communications. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of the regulated healthcare landscape with sharp editorial judgment, an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to turn scientific, corporate and brand stories into compelling media opportunities. They champion creative excellence, strengthen integrated programs and foster a positive, high-performing team culture.
What You’ll Do
- Lead earned-media strategy for major healthcare accounts, translating business, brand and communications objectives into distinctive, newsworthy programs.
- Provide strategic earned media counsel to clients and agency teams, providing clear recommendations on narrative, timing, spokesperson strategy, channel selection and reputational considerations.
- Develop compelling story platforms, media angles, messaging and pitch strategies grounded in audience insight, the news cycle and the competitive landscape.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with health, business, consumer, trade and other influential media, matching stories and spokespeople to the outlets that can create the greatest impact.
- Oversee proactive and reactive media engagement, including announcements, thought leadership, executive visibility, issues management and rapid-response opportunities.
- Prepare executives and subject-matter experts for interviews through message development, briefing materials, media training and real-time counsel.
- Identify organic growth and new business opportunities, contributing media strategy, insights and storytelling to pitches and proposals.
What You’ll Need
- 8-10 years of relevant public relations and media relations, including healthcare communications experience and 5+ years supervisory experience
- A demonstrated record of securing high-impact earned media and leading successful programs across corporate, brand, disease-awareness, executive visibility or issues-oriented communications.
- Deep understanding of the regulated healthcare marketplace and the implications for media strategy, scientific storytelling and external communications.
- Strong relationships with journalists and editors across healthcare, business, consumer and trade media, along with the judgment to identify the right outlet and reporter for each story.
- Exceptional news judgment and the ability to simplify complex scientific, clinical and business information without losing accuracy or credibility.
- Experience counseling senior executives and preparing spokespeople for media interviews, high-visibility moments and challenging questions.
- Digital fluency and a strong understanding of today’s fragmented media ecosystem, including how earned media works alongside social, influencer, paid and owned channels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong project management, counseling, programming people management and business development skills
How We’ll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.
Pay Range
$100,000—$230,000 USD
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at accommodations@ogilvy.com. Please note that this contact is only for candidates who are requesting accommodation. Emails for other purposes, including application status requests, will not receive a response.
About Ogilvy
Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy more than 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity—innovating at the intersection of intelligence, imagination and influence, with experts across advertising, sports & entertainment, PR & social, consulting, and health collaborating seamlessly across more than 120 offices spanning 90 countries. Ogilvy was named Network of the Year at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC for the fourth consecutive year, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
About Ogilvy Health
OGILVY HEALTH: WE INSPIRE PEOPLE AND BRANDS TO IMPACT THE WORLD
Guided by this vision, Ogilvy Health, part of WPP, combines borderless creativity, scientific precision and cultural fluency to build healthcare’s most influential movements. We drive measurable impact and category-defining growth for brands ready to shape what’s next. Our approach is powered by fearless creativity that dares to be different, sparks emotional connections, and inspires action, ensuring cultural resonance. Scientific precision translates complex data into stories that resonate, while our impact-obsessed mindset focuses on delivering real-world outcomes.
About the Role
Our Vice Presidents, Media Relations serve as senior communications advisors and media strategists responsible for shaping earned media strategies that build reputation, create cultural relevance and deliver measurable impact for healthcare clients. They should have demonstrated record of developing and executing successful earned media campaigns, cultivating trusted relationships with influential journalists and guiding clients through complex, high-stakes communications. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of the regulated healthcare landscape with sharp editorial judgment, an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to turn scientific, corporate and brand stories into compelling media opportunities. They champion creative excellence, strengthen integrated programs and foster a positive, high-performing team culture.
What You’ll Do
- Lead earned-media strategy for major healthcare accounts, translating business, brand and communications objectives into distinctive, newsworthy programs.
- Provide strategic earned media counsel to clients and agency teams, providing clear recommendations on narrative, timing, spokesperson strategy, channel selection and reputational considerations.
- Develop compelling story platforms, media angles, messaging and pitch strategies grounded in audience insight, the news cycle and the competitive landscape.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with health, business, consumer, trade and other influential media, matching stories and spokespeople to the outlets that can create the greatest impact.
- Oversee proactive and reactive media engagement, including announcements, thought leadership, executive visibility, issues management and rapid-response opportunities.
- Prepare executives and subject-matter experts for interviews through message development, briefing materials, media training and real-time counsel.
- Identify organic growth and new business opportunities, contributing media strategy, insights and storytelling to pitches and proposals.
What You’ll Need
- 8-10 years of relevant public relations and media relations, including healthcare communications experience and 5+ years supervisory experience
- A demonstrated record of securing high-impact earned media and leading successful programs across corporate, brand, disease-awareness, executive visibility or issues-oriented communications.
- Deep understanding of the regulated healthcare marketplace and the implications for media strategy, scientific storytelling and external communications.
- Strong relationships with journalists and editors across healthcare, business, consumer and trade media, along with the judgment to identify the right outlet and reporter for each story.
- Exceptional news judgment and the ability to simplify complex scientific, clinical and business information without losing accuracy or credibility.
- Experience counseling senior executives and preparing spokespeople for media interviews, high-visibility moments and challenging questions.
- Digital fluency and a strong understanding of today’s fragmented media ecosystem, including how earned media works alongside social, influencer, paid and owned channels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong project management, counseling, programming people management and business development skills
How We’ll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.
Pay Range
$100,000—$230,000 USD
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at accommodations@ogilvy.com. Please note that this contact is only for candidates who are requesting accommodation. Emails for other purposes, including application status requests, will not receive a response.
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Frame your credentials around specialty occupation
Your degree field must directly relate to the VP of PR duties your offer letter describes. A communications, journalism, or marketing degree strengthens the specialty occupation case; a general business degree may require your employer to document the connection in more detail.
Search employers with active H-1B PR filing history
Use Migrate Mate to browse companies that have sponsored H-1B petitions for public relations and communications roles. Firms with an established LCA filing history for PR leadership positions move faster and face fewer USCIS questions about specialty occupation.
Target agencies and in-house teams separately
PR agencies and large in-house corporate communications teams sponsor at different rates. In-house VP roles at Fortune 500 companies often have dedicated immigration counsel on retainer, which shortens the LCA-to-I-129 timeline compared to independent boutique agencies.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for your SOC code and worksite location. Run your role through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer so you understand the wage floor DOL will certify on your LCA.
Confirm each worksite gets its own certified LCA
VP of PR roles frequently involve work across multiple offices or client sites. Each primary worksite requires a separately certified LCA before you can legally work there. Raise this with your employer's immigration team before your start date to avoid compliance gaps.
File premium processing if your start date is firm
USCIS premium processing upgrades adjudication to 15 business days. For VP-level hires with board announcements or agency transitions tied to a fixed date, standard processing timelines create real business risk. Confirm with your employer early whether premium processing is included.
H-1B Visa Vice President of Public Relations: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Vice President of Public Relations role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, when the employer requires at least a bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, or a closely related field as a minimum requirement for the position. The specialty occupation standard is met by the degree requirement, not the seniority level. If your offer letter and job description specify a relevant degree as a requirement rather than a preference, the role qualifies.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Vice President of Public Relations positions?
Large corporations with dedicated communications departments, global PR agencies, media conglomerates, financial institutions, and technology companies with public affairs teams are the most active sponsors for VP-level PR roles. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history in public relations and communications, so you can focus your search on companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process for this type of role.
How long does H-1B sponsorship last for a VP of Public Relations?
USCIS grants initial H-1B status for up to three years, with one extension available for a total of six years. After six years, continued H-1B status requires an approved I-140 immigrant visa petition or a pending adjustment of status application. Many VP-level candidates begin the green card process during their first H-1B extension to avoid the six-year cap.
What documents strengthen an H-1B petition for a VP of Public Relations?
A detailed offer letter specifying the degree requirement, an organizational chart showing where the VP sits relative to other communications staff, and documentation of your own degree transcripts and any post-graduate credentials all support the petition. If your degree field is adjacent rather than directly in PR or communications, letters from industry experts explaining the connection between your field and the role's duties can address USCIS scrutiny before it becomes a Request for Evidence.
Can my employer use one LCA if I work across multiple offices as VP of Public Relations?
No. Each primary worksite requires its own certified Labor Condition Application. If your VP role involves regular work at headquarters, regional offices, or client sites in different metropolitan areas, your employer must file and receive DOL certification for each location before you work there. Short-term placements have a limited exception, but ongoing multi-site work requires separate LCAs for each covered location.