Responsibilities
- Help oversee and execute tactics from strategic media plans and editorial calendars to generate regional/national/international coverage of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discoveries, programs, and differentiators in a wide variety of news media outlets, including consumer media and medical/scientific trade media
- Proactively pitch news and feature story ideas to the media and develop long-term projects to promote key people (particularly senior hospital leadership), programs, and initiatives within areas of responsibility.
- Help organize and orchestrate press conferences and other media events when appropriate.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the department, in consultation with the Senior Director of Media Relations
- Mentor and conduct regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports, establish cascading goals for direct reports and evaluate their performance.
- Track industry, news trends and lead smedia strategists in reacting and responding appropriately, as well as identify new opportunities for engagement.
- Assist the Senior Director of Media Relations with issues management.
- Assist the Senior Director with media training for select institutional thought leaders.
- Liaise with other members of the Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach department for a variety of projects, whether it’s website redesign, video projects, owned assets, etc.
Minimum Education
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing or other related fields.
Minimum Experience
- Seven (7) to 10 years of experience, with progressive responsibility including as a manager, in print or broadcast journalism, media/public relations, or any combination of these roles.
- Experience working with national media and a proven track record of placements within national outlets utilizing consumer and/or medical scientific media is required. Strong media relationships a must.
- Thorough understanding of integrating multimedia, social media and online media strategies required.
- Experience working in a health care or scientific setting is preferred.
Required Credentials
Other Credentials
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