Account Supervisor, Edelman Health

Edelman is looking for our next Account Supervisor to join our growing Health practice, focused on health advocacy in the COVID-19 and flu space! This opportunity is perfect for a passionate PR professional who would like to grow their career in healthcare communications and purpose-driven work that supports the patient community through exciting disease education and awareness initiatives and partnership development.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee multiple projects on a fast-paced, high-profile integrated account, anticipating challenges and ensuring deadline adherence and quality
• Excel in account and project management skills, including keeping internal and external teams on track and maintaining internal and external deliverables trackers and timelines
• Play a major role in the creation of advocacy engagement and integrated communications plans where advocacy has a key role; manage delivery of tactics against them
• Serve as daily client contact and act as client lead when appropriate; address client issues thoughtfully and effectively
• Consistently produce high-quality internal and external communications content, including advocacy partner communications, client internal communications, key message documents and Q&As, blog posts, etc., under tight timelines and with competing priorities
• Proactively raise a hand and jump in to support junior and senior team members with ad-hoc client asks as they arise
• Supervise junior staff by motivating, coaching, consistently providing feedback, holding them accountable, and conducting their reviews
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional specialty teams to drive integrated work for clients
• Contribute to business growth through introducing clients to new capabilities, building a network of industry contacts, and participating in relevant professional organizations
• Commit to continuous learning and improvement of skills; set and pursue stretch goals
• Possess a solid understanding of the current healthcare landscape and the relevant issues impacting advocacy organizations and businesses active in the health space
• Demonstrate behaviors consistent with Edelman’s values (Quality, Integrity, Respect, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Mutual Benefits) and Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in public relations and/or related fields including research, non-profit, management consulting, media, and publishing.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• They ideally have an interest in purpose-driven health work in related areas of health equity and access, policy, sustainability, and non-profit engagement.
• They should have a bachelor’s degree in a related field and a proven ability to manage multiple small or medium-sized projects simultaneously.
• They should be able to develop communications plans, implement public relations and advocacy tactics, and impart knowledge to more junior team members.
• They should have strong interpersonal, research, writing, editing, and client interaction skills, be very detail-oriented and organized, perform well under pressure, and be a team player.

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Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) and, if hired, present proof of vaccination before start date. Candidates may request an accommodation due to disability, sincerely held religious belief or exception required under applicable law. 

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