Communications Manager / Massachusetts

by The Talent Group | Aug 1, 2023

The Talent Group is proud to support our client in identifying a Communications Manager for a leading hospital / medical center in MA.

The Communications Manager, Massachusetts is responsible for all aspects of day-to-day hospital communications including proactive earned media, social media content, and internal communications within accordance of all applicable policies and procedures, state and federal laws and regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Participation in the creation of annual communications plans that align with company strategy.
• Implementation of placement of positive, service line and reputation stories in the local media.
• Social media content creation.
• Press release creation and distribution.
• Maintaining media relationships.
• Contributes to the hospitals website newsroom content, contributes to media monitoring and reporting

In addition, the Communications Manager in Massachusetts will work with the Communications Director for the East Coast on hospital crisis communication and reactive media responses.  The Communications Manager will be the day-to-day contact for hospital CEOs and leadership team for communications support and will work directly with leadership, marketing and strategy teams to ensure alignment on supporting hospital strategic initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism or related field is required, a Master’s degree is desired.
• Must have 4-6 years of relevant experience developing communications strategies and driving key messages across internal and external stakeholders.
• Must possess excellent copywriting. editing and researching skills, and maintain strong knowledge of the healthcare industry.
• Must be proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Familiarity with blogs, podcasts and emerging social mediums is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 50% locally.  Selected candidates will be required to pass Motor Vehicle Record check.