Media Relations Specialist III (Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)

Baltimore, MD (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $132K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 20 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns Johns Hopkins media and internal communications, driving proactive outreach, crisis response, and stakeholder messaging across internal and external audiences.

Oversees media relations and messaging strategy.
Shapes internal and external communications programs and crisis response.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead internal and external media relations efforts ensuring clear, timely messaging for members of the Johns Hopkins community as well as journalists and external stakeholders using a variety of appropriate methodologies.
Work with local, regional and national media outlets proactively and in breaking news scenarios.
Draft press releases and other written communications materials.
Develop internal communications strategies to ensure members of the Johns Hopkins community are informed about various initiatives, policies, and priorities.
Develop media strategies to ensure institutional messaging reaches key external stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.
Facilitate outreach to local, regional and national media outlets through press releases, press conferences, events, social media and other communications mediums.
Develop and execute strategies for proactive media outreach to build relationships with journalists.
Serve as an institutional spokesperson during events if required, including crisis communications events.
Develop effective, nimble strategies for communicating messages and effectively meeting internal stakeholder and journalist information needs during breaking news situations.
Handle media queries with speed, professionalism and accuracy, collaborating with communications staff institution-wide, a role that may include night and weekend duties.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
Eight years of related experience in journalism, media relations or communications, with demonstrated success in media placement.
Proficiency with Meltwater or other media relations management software.
Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred

Master’s Degree in related field.
Strategic communications with international connections.

The Johns Hopkins University

We are America’s first research university, founded in 1876 on the principle that by pursuing big ideas and sharing what we learn, we can make the world a better place. For more than 140 years, our faculty and students have worked side by side in pursuit of discoveries that improve lives.Johns Hopkins enrolls more than 24,000 full- and part-time students throughout nine academic divisions. Our faculty and students study, teach, and learn across more than 260 programs in the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions.The university has four campuses in Baltimore; one in Washington, D.C.; one in Montgomery County, Maryland; and facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington region as well as in China and Italy.The university takes its name from 19th-century Maryland philanthropist Johns Hopkins, an entrepreneur who believed in improving public health and education in Baltimore and beyond.

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

18K employees (349 in marketing)

jhu.edu

Salaries

Posted range

$75K/yr – $132K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Media Relations median pay in the United States

$99K/yr

Most pay falls between $88K and $125K. Based on 273 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size

349 (2% of company)

Median Career Experience

13.5 years

Median Tenure

4.1 years

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)

People

Funding

Last Raise

$563.6K

Grant, 10 months ago

Funding History

May 2025
Grant
Mar 2025
Grant • $563.6K
Aug 2024
Grant • $20.9M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors

6.1M

Monthly Google Ads Budget

$2.2M

Traffic Source Mix

49.1%

Direct

40.2%

Referral

Social

0.8%

Paid

0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~17.9K

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