Senior Communications Specialist-Full Time

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$40/hr – $53/hrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns and leads client communications planning, content creation, approvals, and program measurement across multiple campaigns, coordinating with partners and driving timelines and results.

  • Owns communications plans and content development
  • Manages approvals and analytics to evaluate impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Supports the Manager in the creation of assigned communications plans:
  • Defines objectives, strategies, tactics and performance metrics (including campaigns and development of new tactics where applicable)
  • Obtains the necessary plan approvals. Works with client partners to determine who is the key point person for each element in the plan
  • Delivers all elements of the plan for all assigned clients/areas
  • Acts as the team’s communication advisor and content developer:
  • Authors and edits articles, letters, emails, and other communications, and oversee design and presentation of materials to decision makers
  • Provides ad hoc writing support to team members/clients
  • Utilizes excellent project management capabilities:
  • Creates timelines for each campaign/tactic in the communications plan and manages them to ensure delivery
  • Presents communications materials, as appropriate, to client partner for feedback, input and approvals

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field.
  • Minimum 4 - 6 years of experience in communications, project management or related area.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
  • Must have exceptional interpersonal skills with a strong customer service orientation.
  • Highly motivated and proactive, with a “can-do” attitude.
  • Proven experience working in a team-oriented environment.

Preferred

  • Understanding of healthcare industry and academic medical centers.
  • Master's degree.

Benefits

  • We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees.
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Northwestern Medicine

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Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care. It encompasses the research, teaching, and patient care activities of the academic medical center. Sharing a commitment to superior quality, academic excellence and patient safety, the organizations within Northwestern Medicine comprise a combined workforce of more than 33,000 among clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty and medical students. Northwestern Medicine is comprised of more than 200 locations throughout the region, with five Northwestern Medicine hospitals ranked among “America's Best” by U.S. News & World Report, 2025 – 2026, our legacy of better medicine continues. What makes us better, makes you better.®

Founded in 1972
Chicago, Illinois, USA
14K employees (157 in marketing)
72% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$40/hr – $53/hr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Communications median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $137K. Based on 6,081 salaries.

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Funding

Total Funding
$25M
Last Raise
$25M
Grant, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2018
    Grant • $25M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$78K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.8%
Direct
54%
Referral
4.1%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~15.4K
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Senior Communications Specialist-Full Time

Northwestern Medicine · Chicago, IL · Hybrid