Job Summary
- Company
- EmblemHealth
- Location
- New York, NY 10041
- Industries
- Other/Not Classified
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Years of Experience
- 5+ to 7 Years
- Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Salary
Competitive Salary and Benefit Package
Sr. Communication Specialist - Healthcare
About the Job
Senior Communications Specialist
EmblemHealth With 5,400 employees, EmblemHealth serves over 3.4 million people and features a network of 92,000 providers in more than 142,000 locations across the tri-state region. Our mission is to provide affordable, quality health coverage in ways that respect and respond to people’s fundamental needs. Since our employees hold the key to fulfilling that mission, we are dedicated to developing and retaining individuals who share our values. Respect, integrity, collaboration, initiative and accountability are the basic principles we live by in pursuing our goal.
The main responsibilities for the Sr. Communications Specialist will be:
- Write, edit and revise creative copy and provide design direction for each project/component
- Obtain copy direction from internal customer, prepare copy, edit and proofread to assure editorial standards
- Work with internal customer to develop strategies and to assure clarity and accuracy of each communications piece
- Act as liaison with external vendors in delivery of all stages of the communications development and distribution process
- Work with the design and production team to obtain production cost estimates
- Coordinates data collection and reviews against original request criteria and oversees the release of data to external vendors
- Consults with internal customers across the enterprise to develop strategic communications solutions consistent with regulatory and accreditation requirements
- Build fully detailed, timed project plans from concept and creative through production to response mechanisms and materials
- Develops appropriate solutions and schedules using internal and external resources
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- Strong and demonstrated organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to work under pressure meeting deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external customers
- Ability to set priorities in order to meet deadlines along with the ability to anticipate needs
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required (English, Communications, Business preferred)
- Minimum of five to seven years of health care, managed care, writing communications experience
- Five years of health care (and/or related field) writing/editorial experience preferred
- Proficient in the Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook
- Experience writing for a Web site a plus.
If you are interested and qualified, please email your resume with your current salary and/or your salary range expectation to: YHartung@emblemhealth.com
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EmblemHealth
Fax: 646-447-3011
