Manager, Media Relations

Manager – Media Relations, Healthcare

New York

Current Global is a midsized global communications agency and creative powerhouse. Our footprint spans Asia, Europe, North and South America with strength and depth across corporate, consumer, health, and technology communications. Our dynamic team of brand marketing, public relations, and digital veterans works with some of the world’s most iconic brands to develop highly strategic and creative campaigns, collaborating across our four talent communities: Client Experience, Insights, Content, and Integrated Media. Our work consistently wins awards including Cannes Lions, Effie, PRWeek and PRovoke.

The best ideas come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences, which is why we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are mission critical to building strong teams, cultivating great leaders, and creating an agency where everyone can do their best work. At Current Global, difference is valued, equality is a mandate, and inclusiveness is a reflex, not an initiative. Our Accessible by Design commitment that every piece of communication we create will meet the highest accessibility standards to reach people with sight, hearing, and cognitive impairments was recognized as a 2021 World Changing Idea by Fast Company. 

We put humanity at the heart of everything we do, from our internal culture to the way we help clients understand that people want to connect with brands as real and human as they are. We offer exciting career opportunities for entrepreneurial leaders. Learn more at www.currentglobal.com. 

POSITION PROFILE

Current Global is looking for a Manager, Media Relations for our growing Healthcare practice. The ideal candidate is passionate about healthcare and making a difference in the lives of patients living with various diseases and conditions. S/he will be resourceful with an entrepreneurial spirit, a strong leader with excellent writing and communications skills, and possess an ability to translate client needs into project plans and integrated media strategies. The Manager – Media Relations should have agency or related experience with a background in healthcare communications, including leading digital program elements. The person in this role will help develop and implement engagement campaigns for a variety of healthcare clients, including pharmaceutical and medtech companies, hospitals and health systems.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Translate communications strategy into relevant, timely and engaging story narratives.
• Contribute to multi-platform communications plans that leverage the most effective players and personalities across traditional and social media to meet client objectives.
• Keep a pulse on the evolving media landscape, news cycle and trends to ensure we’re inserting client narratives in targeted, culturally relevant and insightful ways across platforms.
• Proactively identify media themes that could impact a client’s reputation.
• Represent the agency and clients with journalists to illicit positive, productive and purposeful coverage.
• Generate key messaging and story narratives (pitches, alerts, releases, social content, etc.) to positively position clients and educate media on the client’s point of view.
• Demonstrate knowledge of client business objectives and proactively suggest ideas and programs to meet those objectives.
• Contribute to the career growth of junior team members, serving as mentor and role model.
• Set and meet campaign measurement and evaluation criteria.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 4-6 years of experience in PR (agency or corporate in-house) or media property.
• Journalistic instincts and skills in uncovering and developing stories.
• Trusted, personal relationships with influential media and journalists.
• Experience with clients and accounts that are measurement and evaluation driven.
• Strong decision-making and project management skills.
• Confident writer, presenter and persuasive speaker.
• Self-motivated, entrepreneurial and endlessly curious.
• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree.

Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and, if hired, present proof of vaccination prior to start date, unless eligible for a medical or religious accommodation or other accommodation required under applicable law. 

Current Global is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Current recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status. 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

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