Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee communications and engagement strategies that effectively disseminate information, increase stakeholder engagement, and support client objectives.
• Lead the planning and execution of integrated communications campaigns, including message development, change management initiatives, social marketing activities, and omnichannel communication approaches.
• Provide strategic guidance to clients and project teams on communications best practices, audience engagement, and content development.
• Directs media relations and external outreach activities across multiple projects, including development of media strategies, cultivation of press and stakeholder relationships, pitch development, media engagement, and monitoring/reporting on outreach effectiveness.
• Direct the development and quality review of a broad range of communications products, including communications plans, newsletters, social media content, blogs, feature stories, presentations, talking points, speeches, fact sheets, marketing materials, email campaigns, reports, and technical communications.
• Lead stakeholder engagement initiatives that expand client reach, strengthen relationships, and improve audience participation.
• Develops and manages project timelines for communication initiatives, coordinating resources and team activities to meet all deadlines and deliver outputs on schedule.
• Supervises team members, handles assignments, timekeeping, and problem-solving. Responsible for quality, performance management, and training.
• Establish and maintain quality review processes for communications and engagement deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, communications, business or relevant fields
• 6+ years of relevant experience, additional education substitutes for experience.
• 2+ years of project management experience
• 2+ years of supervisory experience
• Experience with content development in areas including ability to translate complex scientific information into plain language for a variety of audiences and versatility across formats such as web, social media, and technical writing.
• Experience with health communications strategy and planning in areas including campaign planning, change management, message development and omnichannel strategies.
• Relevant experience leading projects and teams, tasking, implementing a quality review process for all deliverables, and following up on others’ work to ensure deliverable deadlines are met.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills for face-to-face interactions with clients, co-workers, and leadership and preparing high quality, client-ready deliverables
• Proactively aligns work with organizational goals by gathering and sharing essential information, identifying necessary changes, and informing decision-makers when needed.
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office productivity software and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

Preferred

• Certificate in communications, marketing, or public relations such as PRSA.
• Advanced experience with content development in areas including ability to translate complex information into plain language for a variety of audiences and versatility across formats such as web, social media, and technical writing..
• Advanced experience with communications strategy and planning in areas including campaign planning, change management, message development and omnichannel strategies.
• Advanced experience with accessibility in areas such as 508 compliance for a wide range of digital communications materials.
• Intermediate experience with social media tools such as Hootsuite, Sprout Social or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with media buying, paid advertising campaign management, budget optimization, and performance analytics across multiple channels.

Benefits

• our comprehensive total rewards package includes competitive pay, exceptional benefits, and a range of programs that support your work/life balance and personalized preferences.