Senior Communications Specialist-Public Relations/News Media

Baltimore, MD

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

Job Summary

Own and shape Johns Hopkins Medicine storytelling across print, digital and media channels, turning complex biomedical work into clear narratives and driving earned outreach.

Narrative ownership: plan, manage and write stories for research news, features, faculty profiles, and institutional programs.
Media relations: build relations with faculty, staff and national media to raise awareness and advance strategic priorities.
Travel readiness: available to travel to Baltimore as needed to support events and briefings.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Plan, manage, edit and write narratives for JHM to support our strategic priorities.
Identify stories and produce high quality written materials for JHM electronic, print, web, video and media outlets.
Stories include but are not limited to research news and translating complex business initiatives or biomedical research into language clear and comprehensible to readers unfamiliar with the subject matter; feature articles and stories about institutional initiatives and programs and/or faculty profiles.
Develop and maintain relationships with faculty, staff and members of the local and national media to provide media relations services to advance public awareness of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s mission and achievements.
Assist in planning, developing collateral material, and implementing media relations and internal communications to support various events including but not limited to press conferences, symposia, town halls and leadership internal communication.
We are looking for someone who is flexible and available to travel to Baltimore on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

Master's or Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, public relations or closely related field required.
A minimum of five years of experience in journalism, media relations, medical reporting or science writing is required.
Requires demonstrated experience in high quality writing and editing, working successfully on deadline and designing and implementing communications plans and strategies.
Demonstrated experience in supervising and implementing effective external communications plans and strategies and in editing/writing high-quality mainstream or academic publications.
Must be flexible and available to travel to Baltimore on an as-needed basis.

Preferred

Advanced degree in related field preferred.

Benefits

Career growth and development
Employee and Dependent Tuition Assistance
Diverse and collaborative working environment
Affordable and comprehensive benefits package

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