Senior Consultant, Healthcare Communications

Senior Consultant, Health Communications

APCO, a global advisory and advocacy firm helping clients navigate a complex world and create lasting impact has an immediate opening for a Senior Consultant, Health communications professional to join our North America Health practice in New York or Washington D.C. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in a truly multi-market environment and work with some of the sharpest minds in the industry.

Our team includes experts from diverse backgrounds with one focus to help the world's most innovative organizations improve health and advance health equity. We do that by helping our clients navigate the rapidly evolving health care operating environment and advise their leaders on issues, reputational challenges and policy challenges that will drive their business. APCO has played leading roles in virtually every major health care issue over the past few decades, and our clients are drawn from across the US and global health care sector including leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, health care systems, health insurers, and medical device makers.

The ideal candidate will have a background in communications, public affairs, or a related field, primarily focused on health sector clients. Prior experience working in or supporting health care organizations on corporate communications, policy/public affairs, patient advocacy and disease awareness campaigns is also an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support and implement a wide range of strategic communication campaigns for our high profile, globally recognized clients
• Develop compelling healthcare communications and content to convey complex issues to the general public
• Conduct healthcare landscape monitoring, social media analysis, research projects, media list development, and stakeholder mapping
• Lead client projects, by managing deliverables and timelines, coordinating across workstrea