Director of External Communications & National Media

AdventHealth; Florida; On-site; USD 97,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits from Day One

Parental Leave (4 weeks)

Career Development

Mental Health Resources

Pet Benefits

Job summary

AdventHealth in Maitland, FL is seeking a Senior Communications Leader to develop comprehensive strategy positioning clinicians and leaders as national healthcare authorities. Lead media relations, digital storytelling, and executive coaching while shaping messaging across traditional and social platforms.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in journalism/PR and 6+ years in corporate communications within healthcare or similar sectors, with strong leadership and storytelling skills.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develops a market or division-wide communications strategy to position the organization and leaders as national health care leaders.
• Provides creative direction for communications targeting local and national media, team members, external stakeholders, patients, and consumers.
• Leads the team in managing proactive and reactive media relations and digital storytelling opportunities.
• Plans and executes media events and interviews.
• Counsels executives on issues management and supports messaging and planning.
• Maximizes storytelling across traditional media, social media, new media, and internal communications.
• Maintains relationships with internal stakeholders and local/national media as a spokesperson.

Skills

Media relations

Crisis communication

Strategic planning

Public speaking

Leadership

Storytelling

AP Style

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism/communications/public relations

Tools

AP Style

Microsoft Office

Editing software

Job description

AdventHealth in Maitland, FL is seeking a Senior Communications Leader to develop comprehensive strategy positioning clinicians and leaders as national healthcare authorities. Lead media relations, digital storytelling, and executive coaching while shaping messaging across traditional and social platforms.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in journalism/PR and 6+ years in corporate communications within healthcare or similar sectors, with strong leadership and storytelling skills.