Responsibilities

• Media Relations
• Develop and execute media relations strategies and contribute to regular, proactive outreach to support key company business objectives
• Ideate strategic and creative pitch angles and story ideas, leveraging foundational understanding of complex subject matter and insights from research and data sources as appropriate
• Develop and implement strategies for building personal relationships with key members of the media
• Execute writing and distribution of press releases, media alerts, op-eds and letters to the editor
• Assist with media training and messaging development for interview opportunities and coverage reports as needed
• Support processes largely independently for media monitoring, media list management
• Demonstrate professionalism engaging directly with outlets, vendors and other third parties
• Cross-functional project management
• Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives involving collaboration with other departments and across the Marketing and Communications organization

Requirements

• A minimum of 2-4 years of experience in communications, public relations or related field.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience preferred.
• Experience in external communications required, with an emphasis in media relations.
• Excellent writing, communications and presentation skills, with the ability to create content for a variety of channels required.
• Demonstrated experience in meeting deadlines under pressure, working with peers and team leaders.
• A focus on continuous improvement, identifying ways to improve our team’s efficiency, processes and measurement.
• Understanding of communications and marketing, content development and strategy and channel delivery.
• General understanding of traditional and emerging strategic communications trends and technologies.
• Curiosity and a desire to continually learn about the business of health care and the changing dynamics of kidney care.
• Ability to self-start, think critically and solve problems creatively.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.