Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist, OBCC

Responsibilities of this position focus on leading the marketing and communications strategy for Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC) with the goal of increasing awareness and familiarity of OBCC.

The position includes providing strategic marketing and communications consultation and support to the OBCC team on projects and initiatives that span multiple audiences and various marketing and communications vehicles.

The position involves initiating, developing, coordinating, implementing, measuring and evaluating marketing and communication plans related to these projects and initiatives.

• Other responsibilities include content development for vehicles including newsletters, blogs, presentations, etc.; leading the production and distribution of internal and / or external publications / collateral;
• updating content on Seattle Children's intranet and the external website; project management; message development for senior leaders;

helping mentor and train teammates; and communication support during crisis situations.

The ideal candidate will have strong marketing and business strategy acumen and experience; broad experience working with senior leaders on marketing and communications strategy development;

and proven results developing marketing and communications plans.

The role is hybrid with 40% of time spent working at an onsite location. The position includes rotating 24 / 7 on-call responsibilities with other members of the marketing and communications team.

This position reports to the manager, marketing and communications for Seattle Children’s clinical division, with a dotted line reporting to an OBCC leader.

Required Education / Experience :

Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations or closely related field.

A minimum of five (5) years' experience in a marketing and / or communications role.

Required Credentials : - n / a.

Preferred :

Experience working as a marketing / communications professional in a healthcare setting.

Experience managing complex, multi-faceted communication plans involving multiple stakeholders and audiences.

Experience with crisis / reactive communication, including response and support.

Experience writing for print and online channels (e.g., newsletters; flyers; brochures; websites; blogs; etc.).

Experience with Associated Press style and adherence to editorial and graphic standards.

Experience with photography and / or image editing software (e.g., PhotoShop).

Experience with web content management systems / HTML.

Experience developing messaging with an equity, diversity and inclusion focus, and an understanding of EDI principles like unconscious / implicit bias, social determinants of health, etc.

Experience providing marketing and / or communications consultation and support to senior leaders.

Experience writing for multiple audience types and health literacy levels.

Compensation Range

$86,609.00 - $129,913.00 per year

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants

This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors .

Benefits Information

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org / careers / benefits .

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.

Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago : we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay.

Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.

In 2022, U.S. News & World Report once again ranked Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals for the 30th year in a row.

For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally ranked in all 10 specialty areas evaluated by U.S. News & World Report.

We are honored to be the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

As a Magnet designated institution, and classified among America’s best large employers by Forbes, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve.

Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values : Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation.

Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.

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Our community welcomes diverse experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our increasingly diverse patients and families.

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Each of us is empowered to be ourselves within this community, which cultivates and promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion at all levels.

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