Senior Public Relations Specialist

$58,540 - $92,650/Yr

Northwell Health - New Hyde Park, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New Hyde Park, NY

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Senior Public Relations Specialist is responsible for writing, planning, and organizing public relations initiatives for the health system. This role involves promoting clinical initiatives through media outreach, crafting communications, and coordinating promotional events to enhance the organization's visibility and engagement with the community.

Responsibilities

• Reaches out to news media to promote clinical initiatives of the organization, its hospitals, and clinical service lines.
• Writes news releases, advisories, and other communications in support of media outreach efforts.
• Arranges prints and broadcasts news interviews for organization and hospital physicians and other staff.
• Plans news conferences and other promotional events in support of communications efforts.
• Conducts interviews and writes stories for organization and hospital digital properties, newsletters, and magazines.
• Coordinates photo assignments for digital properties, newsletters and media outreach.
• Operates under limited guidance and works on moderately complex to complex issues requiring in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience required.

Nice-to-haves

• Agency or Newsroom experience preferred.
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.