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Posted: 21-Jul-24
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 247972
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.
Senior Media Relations Strategist
The Senior Media Relations Strategist is a member of a team responsible for developing and administering media relations for Duke Health. The successful candidate possesses a strong working knowledge of national, regional, local, and social media, and has the ability to provide a strategic process for ensuring that Duke Health and its experts are appropriately aligned in traditional and emerging media outlets.
Key areas include media and public relations, media content development and management, social media awareness, and multimedia/publications/production experience. Strong medical or science writing, and/or strong visual storytelling skills are highly preferred. The Senior Media Relations Strategist will be the primary point person for local media to connect with Duke Health leadership, staff, and patients.
Description:
Preferred Requirements:
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
Work requires the ability to write effectively in several different formats and styles, identify stories that have the elements necessary for success, understand the components of effective and successful video production and online communications, and edit copy normally acquired through the attainment of a bachelor's degree in Journalism, English or a related discipline.
Experience
Work requires a minimum of five years of extensive media relations or news reporting experience. Skilled in understanding print, broadcast and online media, with demonstrated ability to analyze media trends and create strategic media plans accordingly, excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills, and news production. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
NA
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
NA
Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level
NA
Job Code: 00005496 MEDIA RELATIONS STRATEGIST, SR.
Job Level: G1
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