Senior Communications Specialist (Internal Communications)

Responsibilities

• The Senior Communications Specialist will develop and implement strategic communications plans and activities to promote and support Cedars-Sinai’s employee-facing initiatives.
• This individual will play a key role in identifying strategic, innovative news, feature and communications ideas for various communications channels; write and develop stories, collateral materials and other content; edit written materials; work with the visuals team to manage and assign photos; and assist in the production of internal publications and updates.
• Must demonstrate exceptional, accurate writing ability and highly effective, courteous, professional and respectful communication skills in daily interactions with physicians, nurses, staff members and others.
• Must be able to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast paced, high-volume environment with frequent interruptions.
• Collaborates and works cross-functionally with internal collaborators in Marketing and Communications as well as with external partners throughout Cedars-Sinai.
• Handles basic design and implementation of communication materials through specialized templates.
• Works collaboratively with other members of the Organizational Communications team to manage priorities, workflows and shared responsibilities and assignments.
• Primary duties include:
• Responsible for leading and/or supporting essential communications, projects, and initiatives to further Cedars-Sinai’s organizational priorities as well as external and internal communications goals.
• strategizes, writes, edits and publishes content for Cedars-Sinai staff, medical staff and patients, including but not limited to news and feature stories, FAQs and talking points, memos and announcements, collateral copy, blog posts, collateral content website copy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communications or a related field required.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience writing, editing, developing and delivering in-depth content or related communications experience required. A minimum of 7 or more years of experience writing, editing, developing and delivering in-depth content or related communications experience preferred.
• Proven experience of at least 5 years in an academic medical center, hospital or healthcare, broadcast news, nonprofit and/or foundation experience strongly preferred.

Benefits

• We provide an outstanding benefit package that includes healthcare, paid time off, and a 403(b).
• Beyond outstanding employee benefits including paid vacation plus 10 paid holidays, a 403(b) and our Choice Retirement plan (100% funded by Cedars-Sinai)