Director, Public Relations (Healthcare)

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive client relationships and lead PR programs for an agency-level senior account role, owning strategy, delivery, and team performance.

  • Own client relationships, strategic PR plans, and cross-functional execution
  • Must-have: 8+ years agency PR with management experience and crisis handling
  • Standout: Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders, mentor staff, and coordinate multi-month campaigns

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a key contact for clients, building and maintaining strong relationships, ensuring clients feel prioritized and valued
  • Lead the execution of strategic PR plans, ensuring alignment with client goals and industry trends, anticipating challenges and delivering strategic solutions
  • Manage day-to-day account operations, including project timelines, budgets, and deliverables across direct reports, peers, clients, vendors and freelancers
  • Ensure all client initiatives are completed in a timely manner, and ultimately deliver business results
  • Run client calls that demand on-the-spot recommendations and proactive thinking (i.e. above and beyond reading off the agenda); demonstrate the ability to anticipate client needs and proactively answer questions that the client hasn’t yet asked
  • Organize and run in-person client meetings with poise, presence, and strategic thinking
  • Develop forward-facing six- or twelve-month plans and execute overarching brand initiatives and promotional campaigns with an emphasis on proposal development, execution timeline, and budget management, with vendor coordination as necessary
  • Develop KPI measurement strategy and deliver on it
  • Assist in the development of new business proposals
  • Execute media strategies, ensuring alignment with client objectives and target audiences

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Marketing a plus but not required
  • 8+ years of relevant agency PR experience; experience in consumer healthcare preferred
  • 3+ years of management experience
  • Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage client accounts, including managing junior staff, handling crisis, and sticking to budgets
  • Ability to synthesize a wide variety of information, then set both high level and detailed strategy accordingly
  • Strong time management skills; ability to work quickly under pressure without sacrificing quality and maintaining impeccable attention to detail
  • Big picture thinker with ability to ideate and execute end-to-end client strategy, down to the small details
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills (strong writing, copy-editing, and presentation skills)
  • Proven track record of generating results
  • Highly organized, responsive, and punctual
  • Problem solving skills and inner drive to improve efficiency and delivery beyond expectations for both the agency and for clients
  • Hands-on mentality and strong work ethic; ability to thrive and remain highly organized in a fast-paced environment
  • Anticipatory and proactive in nature coupled with consistency in following up
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, Zoom, and Slack

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Performance-based bonus
  • Generous contribution to healthcare, dental and vision plans
  • 401K with company match and profit-sharing opportunities
  • Flexible PTO, summer Fridays, and generous company holiday schedule
  • Commuter benefits + FSA
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Annual wellness reimbursement
  • Family planning & life event reimbursement
  • Paid parental leave
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EvolveMKD

EvolveMKD is a Digital Communications & PR Agency headquartered in New York. We create consumer and professional campaigns, take them out into the world, and measure their impact. We’ve been named one of the Best PR Agencies and our services span Public Relations, Digital Media and Social Media.

Founded in 2014
New York, New York, USA

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