Media Relations Manager at WomenLift Health

Responsibilities And Tasks

• Create and execute an integrated media strategy for WomenLift Health that supports the organization’s objectives and drives engagement with key audiences.
• Cultivate and enhance a collaborative working relationship within the press and publicity community.
• Collaborate with country/regional counterparts as the program rolls out geographically to optimize contextual impact while telling a consistent and compelling global narrative for media pitches.
• Provide strategic and insightful recommendations to our various hubs related to media coverage of complex, high profile public health topics.
• Develop communication materials in support of new or expanding programs, campaigns and initiatives, including press releases, talking points, messaging frames, media advisories, toolkits and other communication products.
• Identify and facilitate new content opportunities, exploring ways to repurpose existing content in the WomenLift Health repository to position the brand’s thought leadership.
• Generate fresh, creative ideas for initiatives and campaigns across media channels, and work with cross regional teams and agency to execute on them.
• Drive participation in WomenLift Health-hosted events through proactive media pitching and promotional strategies.
• Proactively support in pitching story ideas, including op-eds and interviews, to media and ensure coverage.
• Ability to track media coverage.

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills And Ability

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism or other related field.
• 7+ years of full-time media relations experience, preferably in an area related to gender equality, women’s leadership and/or global health.
• Experience leading media engagement initiatives.
• A highly strategic and innovative leader who is self-motivated and seeks and identifies opportunities to advance WomenLift Health’s goals.
• Ability to manage through ambiguity, establish process and structure to help the team operate more effectively and efficiently.
• Superb writing and editing skills with rigorous attention to detail.
• Crisis management experience.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Highly organized and a critical, creative thinker under pressure
• Proactive, self-starter able to work independently.
• An ability to cultivate team members and effectively collaborate with team members and external partners.
• Proven ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment that requires initiative, flexibility, ingenuity, resilience and commitment.
• May require up to 15% travel.

Valued And Non-Essential Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills And Ability

• Additional languages are a plus but not required.