Senior Health Communications Manager

Lumina Corps • Silver Spring, MD

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About The Position

As a Senior Communications Manager at Lumina Corps, you will play a crucial role in growing and leading our health communications team as you support public health and science research communications programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public health, health education, or a related field.
• Minimum 6-8 years of experience, with 4+ years of progressive communication management experience.
• Experience with federal public health programs, agencies, or similar contexts.
• Ability to coordinate work across multidisciplinary teams, including strategists, writers, designers, digital professionals, and vendors.
• Experience managing budgets and allocating resources effectively.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Experience working directly with clients, developing and delivering strategies and recommendations clearly and persuasively.
• Experience working directly with clients and offering strategic guidance; commitment to cultivating and maintaining strong relationships.
• Understanding of health communications planning and execution, from formative research to execution and evaluation.
• Ability to develop and implement communications strategies that align with business goals.
• Using analytical skills, ability to evaluate impact and use data to inform strategies.
• Excellent attention to detail, multitasking, prioritizing, and independent working abilities.
• A positive, solutions-oriented attitude, adaptable to various tasks.

Responsibilities

• Works with clients to define project objectives, scope, and deliverables aligned with strategic science and health communications goals.
• Interacts with multidisciplinary internal team members to execute project deliverables, communicating clearly and providing budget and timeline direction.
• Synthesizing project objectives and research, develops work plans for campaigns, outreach initiatives, scientific report launches, and more.
• Stays abreast of trends and demonstrates the ability to translate client needs into strategic recommendations.
• Develops strong relationships with clients and colleagues by leading with a customer-focused, collaborative approach.
• Use strong presentation skills to convey project progress, priorities, milestones, and recommendations effectively to clients and internal team members.
• Manages the planning and execution of qualitative research, strategic recommendations, materials development (including print, digital, and multimedia), and outreach activities, and ensures all deliverables are of high quality.
• Handles multiple projects and schedules simultaneously, developing budgets, forecasting and tracking spending, and ensuring successful project delivery.
• Communicates clearly to internal team members and oversees vendor work products and budgets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior