Associate, Media Relations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), the Associate, Media Relations provides foundational support to a high-impact media team shaping how the organization’s work is seen, trusted, and amplified. You’ll support media operations, content development, measurement, and relationship building while gaining hands-on exposure to healthcare public relations, earned media strategy, and emerging media trends in a mission-driven environment.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of professional experience in healthcare public relations or communications.
• Demonstrated exposure to earned media strategy, media monitoring, and content development.
• Familiarity with media ecosystems, including traditional, digital, and social channels.
• Strong writing and editing capabilities with attention to clarity, tone, and accuracy.
• Creative thinking paired with strong organization and follow-through.
• Ability to monitor trends, synthesize insights, and translate them into actionable ideas.
• Collaborative mindset with the confidence to engage internal partners and external media contacts.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting media campaigns, agency or in-house PR environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide foundational operational support to the full media team, maintaining media databases and organized documentation.
• Draft first versions of media materials, pitches, and background content for review and refinement.
• Conduct research to identify proactive story ideas, emerging trends, and new media opportunities.
• Build and maintain targeted media lists, tracking reporters, outlets, and influencers across earned and social channels.
• Support logistics for media interviews, onsite shoots, and press engagements.
• Assist in coordinating media outreach and early relationship development with reporters.
• Lead daily media monitoring, tracking coverage, sentiment, and performance metrics.
• Maintain reporting dashboards and contribute to evolving measurement and analytics approaches.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment with institutional priorities and campaign objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees