Open Jobs:
Responsibilities
- Help oversee and execute tactics from strategic media plans and editorial calendars to generate regional/national/international coverage of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discoveries, programs, and differentiators in a wide variety of news media outlets, including consumer media and medical/scientific trade media
- Proactively pitch news and feature story ideas to the media and develop long-term projects to promote key people (particularly senior hospital leadership), programs, and initiatives within areas of responsibility.
- Help organize and orchestrate press conferences and other media events when appropriate.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the department, in consultation with the Senior Director of Media Relations
- Mentor and conduct regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports, establish cascading goals for direct reports and evaluate their performance.
- Track industry, news trends and lead smedia strategists in reacting and responding appropriately, as well as identify new opportunities for engagement.
- Assist the Senior Director of Media Relations with issues management.
- Assist the Senior Director with media training for select institutional thought leaders.
- Liaise with other members of the Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach department for a variety of projects, whether it’s website redesign, video projects, owned assets, etc.
Minimum Education
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing or other related fields.
Minimum Experience
- Seven (7) to 10 years of experience, with progressive responsibility including as a manager, in print or broadcast journalism, media/public relations, or any combination of these roles.
- Experience working with national media and a proven track record of placements within national outlets utilizing consumer and/or medical scientific media is required. Strong media relationships a must.
- Thorough understanding of integrating multimedia, social media and online media strategies required.
- Experience working in a health care or scientific setting is preferred.
Required Credentials
Other Credentials
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
The Video Production intern will gain relevant experience in video production, communication and project management in a nonprofit health care setting. During the internship, the selected student will assist in all aspects of video production from conception to dissemination, script writing and developing standard operating procedures for the department.
The selected student will be a creative and motivated individual. Video is a widely used communication medium leveraged by the institution for internal and external purposes. This position will support the end-to-end video production process, while assisting the department in driving process efficiencies through assets like standard operating procedures and other documentation. The intern will have exposure to a variety of internal groups including clinical, research and other administrative areas.
Qualifications
- Candidates must be enrolled in graduate level studies in marketing, public relations, journalism, digital media, film or similar field with a 3.0 GPA or above.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving and analytical skills
- Be a self-starter and team player
- Exhibit high attention to detail
- Able to manage priorities and work autonomously as appropriate
- Proven ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to influence and engage a wide range of workgroups
- Maintains confidentiality
Responsibilities
- Work with the video teams to outline standard operating procedures and other documentation to drive process and team efficiencies
- Assist videographers, editors, producers and creative staff in capturing, editing and disseminating video content that supports our mission and values by operating as:
- Pre-production planning (client intake, scheduling)
- Grip (lighting, rigging)
- Gaffer (cable management, power distribution)
- Camera Assistant (lens changing, camera building, focus pulling)
- Assistant Director (slates, continuity)
- Editor (color, content, transitions, graphics)
- Production Assistant (other duties, as assigned)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital