Senior Production Specialist, Communications

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$28/hr – $40/hrSenior Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns content development and campaign execution for communications initiatives, handling planning, writing, editing, timelines, and analytics under program management guidance.

  • Manages tactics and timelines
  • Develops and edits communications materials
  • Monitors tactic effectiveness with analytics

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Supports his/her Manager or Program Director in activating communications campaigns.
  • Contributes to planning, execution and delivery of tactics necessary to launch comprehensive communications campaigns
  • Acts as the team’s content developer.
  • Authors and edits articles, letters, emails, and other communications, and oversees design elements
  • Provides ad hoc writing support to team members/clients
  • Utilizes excellent project management capabilities.
  • Creates timelines for each tactic in the plan and manages them to ensure delivery
  • Proofs all materials and obtains appropriate approvals (management, legal/risk, other)
  • Utilizes project management software to manage programs
  • Monitors the effectiveness of communications tactics through analytics and other measurement

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism or related field required.
  • Minimum two years of experience in communications, marketing, and project management.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Basic knowledge of print production. Proficient in all Microsoft applications.
  • Must have exceptional interpersonal skills with a strong customer service orientation.
  • Highly motivated and proactive, with a “can-do” attitude.

Preferred

  • Understanding of healthcare industry and academic medical centers.

Benefits

  • We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.
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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

$28/hr – $40/hr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Communications median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $138K. Based on 5,964 salaries.

See all Northwestern Medicine salaries

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 Production Specialist, Communications

Northwestern Medicine · Chicago, IL · On-site