Senior Account Executive, Health

Hill+Knowlton Strategies is seeking a dynamic Senior Account Executive to join our US health team supporting a renowned University Health System in Southern California. In this role, you will be responsible for providing world-class client service, managing earned media strategy and execution and offering recommendations and client counsel based on a foundation of experience in the health sector.

This role represents an exciting opportunity to grow your career working with diverse client teams and executing strategic campaigns on behalf of an influential client having a positive impact on the world.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Building strong relationships with key client contacts as a client-facing leader on a priority health account
• Aiding in the development and execution comprehensive strategic communications and stakeholder engagement activities that support our client’s business objectives – from thought leadership opportunities to executive positioning, expert source pitching and health awareness initiatives
• Crafting thoughtful points of view and recommendations based on a foundational understanding of the health, communications and client landscapes
• Managing earned media strategy and execution; building and maintaining effective relationships with key media contacts both national and local/regional
• Developing campaign strategy, digital content, media materials, client messaging, executive communications and thought leadership programs
• Collaborating with a diverse team of smart and enthusiastic PR professionals across the country within a globally influential agency

What else is in it for you?

• Competitive benefits package—including healthy vacation allotment, 401(k) matching, medical/dental/vision support, fitness reimbursement, your birthday off, training and professional development opportunities and more
• Strong leadership with a focus on entrepreneurial thinking, training and mentoring to help you grow, expand your skills and become your professional best

What you’ll need for consideration:

• Undergraduate degree
• 3-4 years’ public relations experience within an agency, in-house or healthcare entity; agency experience strongly preferred
• Experience within the healthcare sector across consumer health, health+wellness; hospital systems/provider experience within an academic health system strongly preferred
• Client service minded with the ability to establish, grow and maintain strong relationships with key client contacts; able to provide sound recommendations and insights
• Strong working knowledge of the healthcare industry, trends and relevant media contacts (national and local/regional)
• Superb writing ability with a keen eye for detail (proven ability to write content, communications plans, executive messaging, thought leadership pieces including op eds, etc.)
• Social and digital savvy
• Excellent earned media skills; track record of success developing media relations strategy, established media contacts and the ability to develop and nurture new ones
• Collaborative approach to working with a team across different geographies; positive influence capable of motivating other team members to produce excellence
• Superb communications and organizational skills
• Fluent in all tools of MSFT Office: Outlook, Word, PPT, Excel
• Passion, tenacity and enthusiasm for the H+K brand

About

Hill+Knowlton Strategies is an international public relations company with over 85 offices around the world.

We believe that every corporation, every brand, every client has a public and today’s public is more powerful than ever before. They have the power to topple CEO’s, reshape corporate and brand strategy, kill products and create unicorns. Today’s public demands truth, transparency and the highest behavioral standards.

Our client obsession means constantly evolving new products + services to help brands and the public communicate. Always in beta.

At H+K our belief is that the agency is a canvas for everyone to write their own story. This job description is written at a moment in time; whatever role you take at H+K we expect you to evolve that role; it should be different tomorrow than it is today and set new standards in the industry.

Join our team and harness the power of the public.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Hill+Knowlton Strategies does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of their race, creed, color, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, national origin, or ancestry.

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