Manager, Healthcare Social & Influencer Strategy, DIG, Ruder Finn

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$72K/yr – $83K/yrManager2+ years expFull time

Posted 18 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end social strategy for healthcare brands, translating objectives into channel plans, developing content, coordinating reviews, and measuring impact, while guiding influencer programs and emerging formats.

  • Lead development of content strategies and calendars
  • Coordinate reviews across internal, client, legal, regulatory, and medical teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop executional social strategies for branded and unbranded healthcare campaigns
  • Translate brand, communications, and business objectives into channel-specific social plans
  • Create content strategies, editorial themes, messaging frameworks, and platform recommendations
  • Develop and refine social content, including copy, creative concepts, briefs, and content calendars
  • Ensure content is engaging and social-first while operating within pharmaceutical regulatory requirements
  • Coordinate content through internal, client, legal, regulatory, and medical review processes
  • Monitor social trends, platform changes, healthcare conversations, and emerging content formats
  • Analyze campaign and channel performance and turn findings into actionable recommendations
  • Support client presentations, status meetings, strategic discussions, and ongoing account management
  • Support influencer strategies and creator-led programs for healthcare and pharmaceutical brands, integrating organic, paid, and earned tactics supported by data-driven

Requirements

  • A minimum of 2-3+ years of experience in social marketing, creator strategy, social media, digital, or content strategy, with experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical communications preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, marketing, or a related field preferred
  • Demonstrated experience developing and executing social branded or unbranded campaigns
  • Strong understanding of the social content development process, as well as the influencer and creator landscape, including platform trends, disclosure requirements, and content best practices
  • Strong passion for social media, digital storytelling, and creator-led content, with the curiosity to identify and apply emerging platform trends, formats, and best practices
  • Expertise in social-first content development, social listening, data analysis, insights reporting, and performance optimization
  • Paid social or paid amplification experience a plus up but not required
  • Foundational understanding of how influencer, paid, organic, earned, and owned channels work together within the broader brand social ecosystem
  • A firm understanding of the creative process, including experience partnering with creative and production teams to deliver high-impact influencer and social content for clients
  • Understanding of the regulatory and medical/legal review process as it applies to healthcare and pharmaceutical client needs

Preferred

  • Paid social or paid amplification experience a plus

Benefits

  • You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
  • You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
  • Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
  • Transit benefits
  • Professional learning and development opportunities
  • Workplace flexibility
  • On-site and off-site social gatherings
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Ruder Finn

Ruder Finn is one of the world’s largest independent global communications and creative agencies. Founded in 1948, Ruder Finn has defined and redefined PR for 75 years, shaping communications that move industry-defining brands, companies, and leaders from what’s now to what’s next. Ruder Finn provides clients with bold communications strategies based on a global perspective and localized market knowledge that redefine leadership, reimagine the marketplace, and rethink customer experiences. The agency is organized around five core areas of expertise—Healthcare, Technology, Commerce, Leadership and Workplace—with AI-powered creative hub RF Studio53 and tech incubator RF TechLab providing cutting-edge predictive analytics, breakthrough creative, and customer-focused digital engagement. Ruder Finn has offices across 3 continents including the U.S., Asia and Europe. Wholly owned agencies within Ruder Finn Group include: Ruder Finn Inc., RF Studio53, RF Engage, Touchdown, Peppercomm, RF Comunicad, Mantis, jacobstahl, RF Bloom. For more information visit www.ruderfinn.com.+++At Ruder Finn we value integrity and transparency in our recruitment process. We have become aware of fraudulent actors impersonating our company on platforms like Telegram and similar communication platforms, falsely claiming to conduct job interviews. We want to clarify unequivocally: We Never Charge for Job Interviews or Ask for Your Financial Information: Our recruitment process does not involve any form of payment from candidates at any stage. If you’re being asked for payment or your financial information, it is not us! All our job-related communications come exclusively from our official email addresses (ending with @ruderfinn.com). If you are contacted for an interview or a job offer and have doubts about its legitimacy, or if you have any other questions, please contact us via our official website or official LinkedIn channel.

Founded in 1948
New York, New York, USA
920 employees (158 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$72K/yr – $83K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($78K) is 17% below the median base salary for Influencer Marketing Manager roles in the United States ($93K).

Influencer Marketing Manager median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $85K and $105K. Based on 61 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
130 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
15

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.6%
Direct
49.2%
Referral
7.7%
Social
7%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~920
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Manager, Healthcare Social & Influencer Strategy, DIG, Ruder Finn

Ruder Finn · District of Columbia, USA · On-site