Responsibilities

• Making complex concepts accessible and actionable to a wide audience by creating and polishing key messages, fact sheets, social media posts and creative digital materials
• Getting journalists excited about an issue or announcement by identifying the right media contacts, drafting compelling pitches and press releases and building relationships with reporters and major outlets
• Elevating the voice and expertise of high-level influencers by polishing opinion pieces at key moments, prepping them for interviews and drafting speeches and talking points for events
• Following and tracking trends in media coverage, key announcements, new evidence and high-level conversations that may impact priority global health challenges
• Identifying strategic moments and new champions to influence target stakeholders and amplify our clients’ strategic goals
• Getting partners on the same page through careful coordination, relationship management and message alignment
• Getting partners, influencers and decision-makers in the same place by owning major deliverables within high-level events, including identifying invitees and speakers, and developing agendas or presentations
• Building new coalitions of support for an issue with dedicated outreach, organization and relationship management
• Following and tracking trends in global health policies and funding opportunities
• Owning critical deliverables by developing a vision and strategy and quickly mobilizing teams to bring it to fruition
• Leading critical components of client calls and meetings
• Over-communicating with managers on progress and challenges, bringing solutions to problems before they arise
• Understanding background and nuance across global health and development to form compelling arguments and provide strategic counsel to clients
• Coaching staff members on writing, client-facing interactions, and time management skills
• Attending events and meetings with senior management on behalf of clients

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Current related experience at a PR Agency as an SAE
• 3-6 years of work experience
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Exceptional writing ability

Preferred

• Comms agency, communications or public relations experience
• Public health, global development or campaign experience
• Foreign language skills (French or Spanish, in particular)
• International work experience
• Master’s degree in a related field