Healthcare Communications Senior Account Lead

Edelman; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Travel assistance

Wellness programs

Job summary

Edelman in San Francisco seeks a Senior Account Executive to support health clients with U.S. and global footprints. You will help manage client relationships, craft messaging, and coordinate across teams to deliver integrated campaigns.

The role emphasizes research, writing, media outreach, and executive visibility, with opportunities to grow your leadership and strategic planning skills in a fast‑moving agency setting.

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of professional experience in communications, public affairs, or a related discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Actively support senior team members in day‑to‑day client interactions around assigned projects, helping to manage deliverables and ensure alignment with objectives.
• Actively support senior team members in client calls, providing tactical counsel, and proactively flagging issues, risks, or opportunities.
• Build strong relationships rooted in reliability, responsiveness, and trust, focused on internal audiences and stakeholders in addition to client interactions.
• Support senior leads around client strategy development, message framing, and campaign planning through research, trends analysis, activation, and presentation creation.
• Assist with integrated program execution across functions, ensuring alignment with goals, timelines, and budgets.
• Collaborate with creative, digital, and analytics partners to deliver seamless, multi‑channel campaigns.
• Write and/or edit press releases, op‑eds, briefing documents, messaging, talking points, and stakeholder materials.
• Translate complex health topics into clear, compelling narratives connecting to business outcomes.
• Monitor trends and provide recommendations shaping client strategy and real‑time opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across media, industry, and stakeholder networks.
• Conduct research and provide recommendations for conferences, awards, and media engagements for executives.
• Draft messaging framework and manage logistics for media and events.

Skills

Multitask project management

Client service

Writing and editing

Research and analysis

Media engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Media tools

Job description

Edelman in San Francisco seeks a Senior Account Executive to support health clients with U.S. and global footprints. You will help manage client relationships, craft messaging, and coordinate across teams to deliver integrated campaigns.

The role emphasizes research, writing, media outreach, and executive visibility, with opportunities to grow your leadership and strategic planning skills in a fast‑moving agency setting.