Associate Director

The role

The role is for an Associate Director at Milltown Partners, a consultancy firm that advises technology companies, global investors, and influential individuals on communications and policy challenges.

What you'll do

• Lead client work: Take strategic responsibility for clients' most important communications challenges, including navigating policy debates, preparing for major announcements, and protecting reputation when stakes are highest.

• Drive teams and develop colleagues: Structure work clearly, delegate effectively, and hold yourself and others to high standards. Coach colleagues on your teams, sharing your experience to help them develop their own advisory instincts. Lead and inspire colleagues across the US team, fostering a culture where exceptional advice, continuous learning, and collaboration are the norm.

• Contribute to AI-enhanced advisory: Help drive how we're using AI to transform the quality and precision of our work. Guide colleagues in developing AI capabilities, document and share best practice across the firm, and push the boundaries of what's possible in advisory work through technology.

• Support business development: Identify and contribute to converting new opportunities and extending existing client relationships. Cultivate an external network that's useful to clients and the firm, and bring an entrepreneurial mindset to how you think about growth.

• Shape our culture: Give and receive regular feedback at all levels, demonstrate allyship to colleagues, actively seek input from others, and support the wellbeing of everyone on the team. Contribute to a culture where brilliance, restlessness, comradeship, inclusivity, and integrity are how we operate every day.

What We're Looking For

• Deep expertise with the energy and vision to keep pushing forward.

• Experience working with technology companies and/or investors.

• Strategic approach to reputation challenges, rooted in research, data, and insight.

• Experience building advisory relationships with senior stakeholders and delivering strategic counsel in high-pressure situations.

• Experience taking an integrated approach to communications campaigns, engaging with a range of audiences and channels.

• Track record of developing media strategies and maintaining an active network of media contacts.

• Existing network within technology, policy, media, or investor communities.

• Experience managing and developing others through coaching and feedback.

• Strong grasp of AI tools and their application in advisory work, with ability to drive adoption across teams.

• Intellectual curiosity to develop expertise in new areas and an entrepreneurial approach to building networks.

• Commitment to seeking feedback and contributing to an inclusive culture.

• Excellent command of written and verbal English.

Why Join Us

• We're an independent, employee-owned firm, which means the people who work here share in our collective success. We operate across London, Brussels, San Francisco, New York, and Washington D.C.

• We're serious about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We have measurable commitments around representation, inclusion, and supporting underrepresented communities through pro bono work.

• We offer competitive, transparent pay with open salary bands, plus twice-yearly bonuses. We provide robust healthcare options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, and dedicated mental health support. We offer 26 days PTO, 10 sick days, and 10 public holidays, two-week company-wide winter break, paid parental leave, sabbatical leave, $100/month commuter benefit, and a hybrid working model with three days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

• We have measurable commitments around representation, inclusion, and supporting underrepresented communities through pro bono work. Creating an environment where everyone can thrive is central to how we operate.