Senior Communications Specialist, PR
Senior Communications Specialist, PR
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Job Description
The senior public relations specialist will manage and assist with various functions within the public engagement team. They will provide strategic project management oversight and communications coordination for hospital research and foundation public relations initiatives.
This person will: collaborate with stakeholders to identify compelling stories and manage develop and pitch content for Seattle Childrens; develop external communications strategies and responses for crises and issues; oversee proactive and reactive media relations in order to secure local regional and national media coverage. This includes includes developing media target lists and pitches developing talking points working with internal clients and teams patients and their families and coordinating interviews leading media training sessions for spokespeople; and take on other duties as assigned. They will also assist in leading and mentoring staff and team members. This role also splits 24/7 oncall shifts with other members of the PR and social media team.
The senior public relations specialist will have an exceptional attention to detail excellent writing and editing skills and an ability to produce highquality content in a timely manner. They will also be flexible proactive willing to take on new challenges and have the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fastpaced environment and under pressure.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelors degree in communications marketing journalism public relations or closely related field.
A minimum of five (5) years experience in a marketing and/or communications role.
Required Credentials
n/a.
Preferred
Experience in proactively pitching and placing media stories.
Experience in the health care or scientific fields.
Experience in crisis communications and issues management across several topics.
Experience in developing stories and content for owned and earned channels.
Experience managing multifaceted projects with complex timelines.
Experience in crafting reactive statements.
Experience in writing and copyediting journalistic news and feature articles media pitches social media content and spokesperson talking points.
Experience with clininical and research audiences.
Experience serving as a company spokesperson.
Experience pitching local regional and national media and securing coverage of issues products and services.
Experience media training spokespeople.
Compensation Range
$86609.00 $129913.00 per yearSalary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on fulltime employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity skills experience and expertise and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.
Benefits Information
Seattle Childrens offers a generous benefit package including medical dental and vision plans 403(b) life insurance paid time off tuition reimbursement and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website Us
Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Childrens to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a missiondriven organization that is lifechanging to many and touches the hearts of all #HOPECARECURE
Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region regardless of the families ability to pay. Together we deliver superior patient care advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research and serve as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington Alaska Montana and Idaho the largest region of any childrens hospital in the country.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Childrens among the nations best childrens hospitals. For more than a decade Seattle Childrens has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nations very best places to care for children and the topranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
As a Magnet designated institution we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide bestinclass care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion Excellence Integrity Collaboration Equity and Innovation. Whether its delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner practicing the highest standards of quality and safety or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.
Our Commitment
Seattle Childrens welcomes people of all experiences backgrounds and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits employs trains compensates and promotes based on merit without regard to race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
The people who work at Seattle Childrens are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.
Seattle Childrens is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
