Vice President, Public Affairs (Healthcare)

Agency:

Omnicom Public Relations

Job Function:

Communications and PR

Job Subfunction:

Public Relations

Job Description:

Overview

This position will work with senior leaders at the firm to build, support and manage communications and advocacy campaigns for clients across the healthcare ecosystem.

A successful candidate will have experience supporting clients and/or multifaceted campaigns, excellent interpersonal skills and will possess strong project and team management skills. Experience creating and overseeing high-quality deliverables, ensuring the accuracy of details. Willingness to be an agile, flexible team player is a must. The ideal candidate will have a public affairs, public relations, nonprofit or political background and experience managing multichannel communications and advocacy campaigns.

The position will be based in Washington, DC, where our culture includes being in the office 3 days a week.

VOX Global believes a diverse team brings a wider range of personal and professional experiences and perspectives. We recognize that diversity and inclusion benefit our agency, clients, and the communities in which we work and live. To that end, we strongly encourage applications from people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Qualifications 

• 8-10 years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, social media, campaign or political communications.

• Experience managing a team of mid-level managers and junior staff under tight deadlines while displaying strong people skills and ensuring quality deliverables.

• Experience interfacing directly with clients in a fast-paced environment and preparing and staffing senior executives.

• Strong project management skills and ability to ensure teams are meeting established goals, timelines, and budgets

• Experience with multichannel communications strategies and tactics, including earned media, social and paid media, and event execution.

• Proven ability to develop and edit high-quality written materials, including press releases, executive thought leadership (including bylines), social media copy, talking points, executive briefing materials, analytical pieces, website/creative copy, and more. 

• Account and budget management experience – familiarity with agency billing practices, scoping projects and managing budgets.

About VOX

Based in Washington, D.C., VOX Global uses a wide variety of communications skills to deliver messaging that resonates with our clients’ target audiences. VOX Global is a bi-partisan public affairs firm and is part of the Omnicom strategic communications network. We are committed to personal growth through unique opportunities and professional development. For more information, visit www.voxglobal.com.
 
VOX Global is committed to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. VOX Global does not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where VOX Global does business. Our policy is to employ, advance, and reasonably accommodate all qualified employees and applicants.
 





The anticipated salary range for the Vice President level is $115,000-$150,000.

Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off and/or other benefits also are available. 

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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