Account Director, Public Relations-Healthcare

Capstrat seeks to add an Account Director, Public Relations with extensive healthcare industry experience . Working at this strategic communications firm requires understanding of PR, public affairs, digital, design and dynamic media. The right person for this role anticipates clients' public relations challenges, and proactively develops specific strategies - innovative solutions using integrated public relations, public affairs and interactive marketing communication tools - to address those challenges.

Client Management

• Build and sustain positive high level client relationships

• Manage 3-5 significant client teams

• Ensure that teams under your management are contributing ideas and actions consistent with staying a step ahead of clients for client retention and expanding client relationships.

• Manage accounts totaling $850,000 or more.

Work Quality

• Ensure processes for quality work are followed and recommend new processes as needed

• Know content of client engagement handbook and ensure it is followed

• Review client work of subordinates and assume responsibility for providing on-strategy, creative, quality work

• Lead teams to support a culture of creativity and big ideas Staffing

• Manage resources so that teams are staffed appropriately

• Direct teams so that work is produced profitably • Lead performance management efforts

• Participate in hiring process

• Identify, recruit, retain, train superstars

• Identify gaps in talent and skills

• Recommend training or new hires where appropriate

• Serve as an effective manager and coach for subordinates

• Edit and proof work of team members/colleagues

Work Product

• Develop strategies for agency clients

• Lead client meetings

• Lead strategy sessions

• Deliver or coordinate delivery of special sessions (positioning, media training, media tours, messaging)

• Write communications plans, presentations, speeches and scripts

• Write proposals (client proposals and RFPs)

Skills and Experience

• 12-plus years of direct healthcare public relations/communications experience as well as leadership experience in agencies, corporations or government organizations.

• Bachelor's degree or greater in journalism, public relations, marketing communications or related field

• Superior written and oral communications skills, strong organizational skills and proven project management capability.

About Capstrat:

We believe in excellence. We hire smart, talented people who grow in an environment that’s fun, challenging, respectful and diverse. We insist on hard work, but seek to balance our work and personal lives because it is good for us and good for business. Doing well gives us a greater responsibility to do good. We believe in using our talents and abilities to serve the communities where we live and work.