Summary:
Responsible for developing and managing internal communication strategies that support academic and clinical leadership objectives.
Job Duties:
- Develop, manage and measure internal communications projects for the program director, in partnership with the associate director and academic and clinical leadership
- Conduct communications research and analyze results to inform decisions on communication strategies
- Generate ideas for communications strategies and develop related plans and materials; conduct interviews with employees at all levels and write articles for publications and other media
- Routinely attends face-to-face meetings with leadership, attends key customer meetings and is available for consultation, as needed
- Consistently tracks and analyzes success of program, projects and initiatives, provides status reports and identifies as well as solves potential problems
- Collaboration with team members, members of media, or designers/printers to create print, online and broadcast materials
- Implement, manage or maintain internal communications programs that promote, or invite participation of leadership, for employees in targeted areas, as well as for all employee audiences
- Routine collaboration with external communication team members to share themes and messages with our external audiences
Skills and Qualifications:
- Excellent writing, editorial, and communications skills
- Comfort interacting and working with leadership
- Demonstrated ability to write on behalf of senior-level executives
- Highly organized and detailed oriented
- Working knowledge of social media and proven experience in this area
- Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships and establish strong credibility with partners
- Ability to take initiative while managing multiple projects and timelines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proficiency to find great stories, hone them, and tell them in a compelling way
- Comfort working with news media
- A quick study and a desire to become a subject matter expert on many topics
- Experience working with a variety of desktop programs and online performance analysis tools
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism or English