Public Relations - Account Executive or Advocate Engagement Manager
Location: Seattle, Washington
Description: Health Advocacy Strategies, LLC is in need of Public Relations - Account Executive or Advocate Engagement Manager right now, this career will be ordered in Washington. More details about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. Health Advocacy Strategies (HAS) is a fast-growing PR specialty firm that helps healthcare organizations ! integrate the authentic patient voice throughout their branding, marketing and communications.
HAS works with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and non-profit organizations to infuse the passion and authenticity of real people throughout external and internal communication channels, including patient speaking events, video & photo shoots, traditional DTC (direct-to-consumer) and online efforts as well as evolving specialty social media forums designed for privacy and compliance.
HAS was voted one of "Washington's 100 Best Companies to Work For", the past four years in a row by the Seattle Business magazine and voted one of "Washington's Best Workplaces 2011" by the Puget Sound Business Journal ! We are the 9th largest PR firm in Seattle and still growing!
Essential Job Functions
The Account Executive or Advocate Engagement Manager oversees the team’s interactions with patient advocates involved in projects for pharmaceutical! clients and their agency partners. To be successful, the Acco! unt Executive or Advocate Engagement Manager must efficiently oversee the recruitment, evaluation, media training and management of patient advocates who participate in activities for pharmaceutical clients. Responsibilities include:
Appropriately interacting with clients, advocates and partner agencies as a representative of the network, including responding to requests for information;
Nurturing and developing effective relationships with clients, advocates and partner agencies;
Understanding client policies and procedures, guidelines and forms and working with the Account Lead to ensure account team adherence;
Overseeing daily work flow and making team assignments with general direction from Account Lead;
Overseeing advocate recruiting, including interviewing and assessing patients’ ability to participate in activities (media interviews, marketing videos and other activities);
Overseeing advocate media training even! ts for live presentations;
Overseeing the placement of advocates through phone and email communications, including oversight of their travel logistics;
Following company and client protocols to vigilantly collect and protect patient and client data which requires accurate and timely documentation, including adverse event reporting;
Independently writing and submitting materials to support patient advocate networks, including creative briefs, policies and procedures, talking points for patient advocates, brochures and other materials;
Managing network Microsoft Access and proprietary database system to record all information concerning patient recruitment, communication and utilization for information management;
Managing technical database issues that arise; drafting technical documents;
Travel to advocate events, video shoots and/or media training summits up to 25%.
Educational/Skills/Minimum Experience Require! ments
B.A. in English, Journalism, Public Relations or related! field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience required;
Minimum of 3 â€" 7 years of work experience in public relations or affairs, advocacy relations, and/or health care; AGENCY experience required;
Previous work with patients and health care staff and/or in the health care field desired; Excellent verbal and written skills (writing samples requested);
Superior interpersonal skills, such as being a good judge of someone’s skills and anticipated fit for identified activities;
Demonstrated success in detail-intensive work;
Proven experience to work on and prioritize multiple work projects simultaneously;
Ability to anticipate and solve problems;
Proven track record of developing and maintaining excellent relationships;
Ability to work in a dynamic environment where work priorities can often change;
Skilled in Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; experience in! Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or other creative design software a plus.
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Health Advocacy Strategies, LLC.
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This career will be opened on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 05:04:09 GMT
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