HEALTH & SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR (Government) - D.C. Area ONLY (contractor part time)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Type : Contractor (Part-Time)

Salary is commensurate with experience and would be competitive with what the market sets

Location : Remote (DC area - Northern Virginia or Maryland)

ROLE

Blueprint Creative Group (BP), as strategic planners, address our client’s business objectives using whatever means necessary whether that be business planning and transformation, brand positioning, business development, innovation, training and development, or digital modernization.

Our client retains us to create business transformation beyond communications planning by discovering which business and marketing KPIs we can improve or impact.

To achieve this, our Company is seeking a Health & Science Communications Director to support the client publication. Responsible for working with other client health, communications, scientific, and management staff to plan and develop content, and assist in the productions of information material for use in print and electronic media.

This director must work collaboratively with internal and external partners and develop dissemination plans to ensure messages meet communication objectives and audience needs, are consistent, and could be disseminated rapidly through appropriate channels to reach target audiences.

The specialist shall select, develop, and utilize a variety of channels to disseminate information. The specialist will track and report on dissemination metrics and results and will make adjustments and improvements to dissemination based on results.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage collaboration with team, consult with editor and communications lead to propose new tasks or activities to various programs and team;
• Develop, edit, clear, and promote communications packages and graphics for reports, including facilitating response reports and preparing communications packages for final reviews with staff;
• Design, edit, format, and resize graphics to support the promotion of reports on website and social media;
• Develop graphic concepts and work with graphic designer to develop graphics, and work with authors and team, program, and response staff to clear graphics for dissemination;
• Schedule approved social media on the publication’s social media channels using social media scheduling tool and coordinate with the social media team to schedule social media content on main client social media accounts;
• Facilitate translation requests, packages, graphics, social media, etc. into Spanish and other languages as needed;
• Develop, maintain, and follow standard operating procedures for communications team tasks (e.g., web materials, social media scheduling, etc.);
• Liaise with communication staff in programs and response on timelines and deliverables;
• Develop weekly / and Early Release web materials instructional document for web and desktop publishing team according to established SOPs;
• Assist with tasks and projects related to website design to improve user experience of the publication’s website;
• Attend weekly team and other staff meetings.

QUALIFICATION

• Must have significant prior history working on federal Health & Human Services contracts. This can include CDC, NIH, NIDA etc
• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Previous client and / or public health experience in a government setting highly desirable.
• Strong health communications skills are required.
• Prepare graphics material using software such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience supporting graphics on website and social media.
• Develop graphics according to BP and Client guidelines, as well as the publication’s style, works with existing parameters.
• Experience translating dense, scientific material into language appropriate for various audiences.
• Experience with plain language and risk communications.
• Understanding of public health communication strategy and training, including ability to synthesize and distill information into key points.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders and external vendors.
• Flexibility and ability to balance priorities that frequently change.
• Capacity to learn new subject matter quickly.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines.
• Experience acting as a liaison with client programs or other federal agency partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING :

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Communications (journalism, advertising, public relations), English (writing / editing) or related field required.
• Master of Public Health, Communications, or related field highly desired.

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