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Vice President Healthcare
FleishmanHillard
New York, NY, United States
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Position Overview and Responsibilities
FleishmanHillard New York is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and self-starting Vice President to join our dynamic office. This position provides the opportunity to oversee exciting communications programs for leading healthcare brands, develop key relationships with healthcare industry clients, and manage the strategic outreach to the media, third-party organizations, healthcare professionals and consumers.
Responsibilities
• Play a pivotal role in handling many of the day-to-day activities for the healthcare practice’s account teams, including working with senior members of the team to drive client business and programs, and to provide client counsel.
• Develop relationships and coordinate correspondence with external audiences: third-party organizations, healthcare professionals, media, etc.
• Develop and edit high-quality written materials, including media correspondence, speaking abstracts, and marketing collateral.
• Contribute to the management of client budgets; oversee the client budget development, tracking, billing and communications.
• Supervise and train junior account staff; provide quality control and oversee team assignments.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience. Biotech, pharmaceutical or healthcare communications experience within an in-house team or communications agency is required, including experience working in corporate healthcare and/or oncology clients. Oncology and/or dermatology experience is preferred but not required.
• A thirst for knowledge, interest and desire to work in the ever-changing world of healthcare.
• Skilled at applied strategic thinking; anticipating issues, trends, and connections, and translating those insights into actionable ideas for the client.
• Ability to translate large amounts of clinical data and information into lay language.
• Proven understanding of media environment: healthcare trade, national, consumer, business, bylines, spokespersons.
• Ability to develop strategic outreach plans to external audiences: third-party organizations, healthcare professionals, media, etc.
• A collaborative team member and team leader, with strong project management and problem-solving skills and ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to effectively supervise and train junior-level account staff, provide quality control, determine workflow and assignments.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to develop and strategically direct the creation of press materials and communications plans.
• Demonstrated strategic media relations planning, with the ability to develop strong media pitch angles, lead pitch teams and pitch story ideas to reporters.
• Keen understanding of the role of digital media in integrated communications strategies.
• Strong client relationship skills and the ability to successfully represent FH and client companies to key stakeholders.
About FleishmanHillard
FleishmanHillard specializes in public relations, reputation management, public affairs, brand marketing, digital strategy, social engagement and content strategy. FleishmanHillard was named PRWeek’s 2014 Global Agency of the Year, “Standout Agency” on Advertising Age’s 2013 A-List; NAFE’s “Top 50 Companies for Executive Women” for 2010-2016; and among PRWeek’s 2013 “Best Places to Work.” The firm’s award-winning work is widely heralded, including at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. FleishmanHillard is part of Omnicom Public Relations Group, a division of Omnicom Group Inc., and has more than 85 offices in 30 countries, plus affiliates in 43 countries. Visit us at www.fleishmanhillard.com.
About Omnicom Public Relations Group
Omnicom Public Relations Group is a global collective of three of the top global public relations agencies worldwide and eight specialist agencies in public affairs, marketing to women, fashion, global health strategy and corporate social responsibility. It encompasses more than 6,000 public relations professionals in more than 330 offices worldwide who provide their expertise to companies, government agencies, NGOs and nonprofits across a wide range of industries. Omnicom Public Relations Group delivers for clients through a relentless focus on talent, continuous pursuit of innovation and a culture steeped in collaboration. Omnicom Public Relations Group is part of the DAS Group of Companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. that includes more than 200 companies in a wide range of marketing disciplines including advertising, public relations, healthcare, customer relationship management, events, promotional marketing, branding and research.
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