Marketing & Communications Coordinator

About the role

Summit Pacific Medical Center is a vibrant and expanding public hospital district that operates a Critical Access Hospital with a Level IV trauma designation, three rural healthcare clinics, and a seven-day-a-week urgent care clinic. Our vision is “Through Summit Care, we will build the healthiest community in the Nation.” The hospital is unique due to its size and accessibility, and we pride ourselves on our ability to give patients quick access to a provider.

Our hospital features a 24/7 Emergency Department, Level II Cardiac Center, Level III Stroke Center, and Level IV Trauma Care. To learn more about Summit Pacific, visit www.summitpacificmedicalcenter.org. The pay range for this position is $32.96 - $50.15, depending on experience.

Responsibilities

Independently coordinates the implementation of external marketing, public relations, and communications initiatives that support Summit Pacific’s mission, vision, and organizational objectives. Manages assigned marketing projects, media relations activities, community outreach efforts, and public information initiatives while maintaining brand consistency across communication channels.

• Independently coordinates external marketing, communications, and public relations projects.
• Manages project timelines, vendor relationships, campaign execution, and deliverables while exercising independent judgment to resolve issues and meet deadlines.
• Develops, analyzes, and reports marketing metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and campaign performance reports to support departmental decision making and measure the effectiveness of marketing and communications initiatives.
• Works with and supports internal customers in the implementation of department/program-specific marketing and public relations initiatives and materials to attract and grow the district’s patient base and to recruit prospective new employees.
• Ensures marketing materials meet internal customer needs and support overall brand strategy with respect to quality, consistency, cost effectiveness, and timing.
• Develops, writes, edits, and maintains professional communications and marketing materials including press releases, newsletters, brochures, presentations, talking points, video scripts, website content, advertisements, and social media content.
• Coordinates and maintains Summit Pacific’s social media presence by developing content, scheduling posts, monitoring engagement, responding to inquiries as appropriate, and tracking performance metrics that support recruitment, community engagement, and organizational awareness.
• Coordinates public relations projects and develops collaborative relationships with vendors, internal stakeholders, and community partners to support approved marketing and communications initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in marketing, communications, business administration, or a related field.
• Two to five years of directly related professional-level work experience coordinating marketing programs, public relations activities, professional writing, project management, digital communications, and social media management.
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Skills

• Broad working knowledge and understanding of communications, marketing methods and tools.
• Working knowledge of and experience with various social media outlets including Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn, as well as mass email dissemination software.
• Demonstrated project management skills and experience developing and implementing successful marketing/communication projects and campaigns.
• Advanced writing, editing, and graphic design skills.
• Excellent verbal communication and professional presentation skills including the ability to publicly articulate the position and agenda of the district and be comfortable presenting to both small and large crowds.
• Advanced knowledge of marketing analytics, website analytics, social media insights, KPI reporting, and dashboard development.

Benefits

Our uniquely designed benefits are here to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security! We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

• Competitive Compensation
• Medical
• Prescription
• Dental (including Orthodontia)
• Vision
• Healthcare FSA and daycare FSA
• Daycare subsidized benefit
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Generous employer 403b match contributions for retirement
• 457 retirement account for additional funds
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Smoking Cessation Assistance
• Employee Wellness Program
• Employee Committees to participate in such as Spirit Team
• Beautiful on-site gym for employees
• Instructor led fitness classes for employees, including Yoga, Kettlebells and Bootcamps
• Walking trails on site