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Job Details
Jefferson Health is hiring a Marketing Professional Lead, Executive Communications, to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, shaping strategic communications across numerous priority areas. If you're a strategic storyteller who thrives in a fast-paced environment, this is your opportunity to elevate our mission and influence conversations that matter in healthcare.
Summary
The Marketing Professional Lead – Executive Communications serves as a strategic communications advisor and trusted partner to a senior Jefferson Health leader. This role is responsible for developing and executing integrated internal and external communications strategies that advance organizational priorities, strengthen leadership visibility, and enhance Jefferson's reputation among key stakeholders.
The individual will translate complex healthcare, business, and operational topics into clear, compelling communications that engage colleagues, community partners, media, and other external audiences. Success in this role requires strong writing and storytelling skills, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
Job Description
Jefferson Health is hiring a Marketing Professional Lead, Executive Communications, to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, shaping strategic communications across numerous priority areas. If you're a strategic storyteller who thrives in a fast-paced environment, this is your opportunity to elevate our mission and influence conversations that matter in healthcare.
Summary
The Marketing Professional Lead – Executive Communications serves as a strategic communications advisor and trusted partner to a senior Jefferson Health leader. This role is responsible for developing and executing integrated internal and external communications strategies that advance organizational priorities, strengthen leadership visibility, and enhance Jefferson's reputation among key stakeholders.
The individual will translate complex healthcare, business, and operational topics into clear, compelling communications that engage colleagues, community partners, media, and other external audiences. Success in this role requires strong writing and storytelling skills, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
Job Duties
- Serve as the primary communications partner to a designated senior Jefferson Health executive.
- Develop and implement strategic communications plans that support organizational priorities, business objectives, and leadership initiatives.
- Draft and edit a wide range of executive communications, including speeches, presentations, talking points, internal messages, and meeting prep materials.
- Advise leaders on communications approaches related to organizational change, workforce engagement, sensitive issues, and emerging opportunities.
- Partner with internal communications, media relations, marketing, government affairs, clinical leadership, and operational teams to ensure message alignment and execution.
- Support reputation management efforts by identifying opportunities to elevate executive visibility and showcase Jefferson's impact, innovation, and leadership.
- Prepare leader for media interviews, town halls, community events, and other high-profile engagements.
- Ensure messaging is aligned with Jefferson's mission, values, brand standards, and strategic priorities.
- Measure communications effectiveness and continuously refine strategies based on audience feedback and organizational needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Graphic Design, Writing, Audio Video Production, Digital Marketing, Business, Project Management, or other related field of marketing and communications specialization.
- At least seven years of professional experience within a marketing communications department, advertising or communications agency, or related professional setting.
- Deep understanding of the structures, practice areas, and inner workings of a marketing department and/or advertising agency.
- Experience navigating (with or within) complex, matrixed organizational structure(s).
- Ability to use project management systems to track tasks, timelines, and workflows.
- Demonstrated advanced proficiency using specialized software applications used within applicable area of focus (e.g., social publishing platforms, design and editing, CMS, CRM, DAM systems).
- Understanding of relevant industry and trade regulations, as well as those pertinent to marketing and communications (e.g., truth in advertising, intellectual property rights and infringement, etc.).
- Direct experience with generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) for content generation, research, or workflow automation, and experience enforcing policy and modeling best practices in their use.
- Strong familiarity with analytics tools and dashboards (channel analytics, web analytics, campaign reports).
- Demonstrated ease working in fluid settings, managing expectations, accepting and giving appropriate feedback, and pivoting when necessary.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.).
Key Competencies
- Executive presence and credibility
- Strategic thinking
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Sound judgment and discretion
- Stakeholder management
- Attention to detail and operational excellence
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with enterprise business sector(s) (e.g., health, higher education, insurance) strongly preferred.
- Strong aptitude for learning and working within new software applications.
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in executive communications, corporate communications, public relations, or strategic communications.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills with experience drafting content on behalf of senior executives.
- Experience advising leaders and managing complex, high-visibility communications initiatives.
- Strong project management, relationship-building, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Healthcare, academic medicine, or large complex organizational experience preferred.
Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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