Senior Account Director, Health Communications

Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $176K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own and lead a major health communications account, translating client priorities into strategic, evidence-based campaigns while directing multidisciplinary teams to deliver measurable public health outcomes.

  • Own client relationships and strategic direction across campaigns
  • Oversee project delivery including scope, schedule, budget, and quality

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead a complex health communications account, serving as the main point of contact and trusted advisor to clients
  • Translate client priorities and audience needs into clear communications strategies, workplans, and measurable outcomes
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, partners, and stakeholders
  • Lead integrated communications projects and campaigns spanning research, strategy, creative and content development, digital and social media, paid media, public relations, stakeholder engagement, and measurement
  • Guide the development of evidence-based marketing strategies that build trust, influence behavior, and improve public health outcomes
  • Build and lead high-performing, multidisciplinary teams around cohesive campaigns, programs, and communications products
  • Oversee account execution, ensuring work meets scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and contractual requirements
  • Identify and apply innovative approaches, emerging technologies, and evolving communications practices

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience developing and managing complex advertising or integrated communications campaigns
  • Demonstrated health communications and health behavior change campaign experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, public health, business, behavioral or social science, or a related field
  • Deep understanding of public health agency missions, priorities, audiences, programs, and operating environments specific to tobacco control
  • Demonstrated ability to advise senior clients and serve as a liaison among government staff, contractor teams, partners, and stakeholders
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and large government contracts, including managing scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, risks, quality, and financial performance
  • Strong strategic thinking, communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Benefits

  • We Offer: Our benefits typically meet or exceed our competitors’ packages. What’s in it for you? • Ability to make an impact on people’s lives, both internal and external to the organization. • Top-tier health and dental covered at 100% for employee coverage. • Additional vision, and long and short-term disability options. • Our company culture, which values balance and allows each employee to take leave as they require it to balance the responsibilities of both their work and home lives without worrying about depleting their available leave hours. • A floating holiday bank so you can celebrate the days you value. • Generous matching retirement contributions and no vesting period starting the third month of employment. • Dedicated training and development budgets to expand your expertise and grow your skillset. • You can volunteer your way with paid time off. • You can participate in Fors Marsh staff-led affinity groups. • Our employees receive product and service discounts through the certified B Corp network. Annual Salary : $130,000-$176,000
Fors Marsh logo

Fors Marsh

3.7 Glassdoor

We exist to drive lasting change. We view problems through a lens of humanity, evidence, and possibility. Our work is to discover what is needed and uncover what is possible and create solutions that shape a better tomorrow. We apply evidence-based strategies and breakthrough creativity to promote health and well-being for all, to shape effective institutions, and build resilient communities.If you’re a thinker, innovator, learner, or leader, and want to make a real difference, we should talk. Fors Marsh is a place for change-makers from all walks of life. Our benefits care for the whole person, not just the professional. We foster a culture of respect through our employee-led advisory, interest, and affinity groups. Our B Corporation certification represents our commitment to accountability, transparency, and equity. We are intentional about pursuing work and building partnerships that balance people, purpose, and planet. If you’re looking for bigger thinking and bigger impact, you’ve come to the right place.

Founded in 2002
Arlington, Virginia, USA
362 employees (63 in marketing)
53% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
25.7%
Direct
56.1%
Referral
7.7%
Social
9.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~362

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
41 (11% of company)
Median Tenure
5.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3