Communications Specialist

For current Monument Health employees: apply via the internal career site by logging into your Workday Account and clicking the "Career" icon on your homepage.

About the role

The Communications Specialist (CS) is responsible for promoting the mission, core values, and vision of Monument Health through effective communication strategies. The CS will monitor and influence Monument Health’s reputation while providing counsel, market intelligence, and stakeholder perspective to market presidents and other system stakeholders. This role works closely with system and market leadership to provide communications planning that influences public perception and handles core communication and media relations tasks.

The CS should demonstrate strong verbal and written communication and time management skills, show initiative, and consistently manage deadlines. This role provides tactical program execution for the Strategic Marketing and Communications team, ensuring external reputation matches internal aspirations and vision by creating awareness of, and appreciation for, the system’s services and mission.

Responsibilities

• Work with a dedicated and talented team of marketing and communications professionals.
• Develop and implement communications strategies that greatly impact the success of the organization.
• Contribute to the Monument Health system by researching, developing, and executing strategic initiatives that drive awareness.
• Develop and recommend innovative and creative tactics/plans to support new initiatives while providing support to current initiatives.
• Contribute to and compose media relations and communication plans.
• Research, write, proof, and edit materials to include news releases, press kit materials, scripts, newsletters, stories, marketing assets, and executive messages.
• Understand local and national traditional and social media outlets and create and maintain comprehensive media lists.
• Secure traditional and social media placements and actively pitch media; monitor and measure appropriate metrics.
• Monitor traditional and social media outlets for coverage and competitor developments; flag for appropriate team members.
• Proactively consume information from traditional and social media outlets. Research industry or program-relevant topics efficiently. Identify industry reporters, business reporters, and bloggers.
• Work effectively as a member of an integrated marketing and communications team, facilitating storytelling for all internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate community speaking engagements for Monument Health caregivers, working in conjunction with appropriate internal departments.
• Perform other marketing and communication tasks, as assigned.
• Work to achieve the highest level of employee engagement, ownership, and teamwork within the department.
• Perform responsibilities at the highest level, contributing to the system aspiration to be the best healthcare system in America.
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed to support various initiatives and projects.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field.
• Preferred: 1+ years of healthcare experience.
• Preferred: 1+ years of management experience.
• 5+ years of marketing/communications experience.

Benefits

• Supportive work culture.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Retirement plans, health savings account, and flexible spending account.
• Instant pay for qualifying positions.
• Paid time off accrual bank.
• Opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.
• Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions.
• Flexible scheduling.

Pay

Starting pay rate range: $47,070.40 - $58,843.20 (determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant).

Schedule

Scheduled weekly hours: 40. Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department, including nights and weekends as needed.