Who: Health Advocacy Strategies
Position: Public Relations Account Executive
Where: Seattle
What: The Account Executive primarily recruits, evaluates, trains and deploys patient advocates to share their disease and treatment experiences on behalf of Health Advocacy’s pharmaceutical and biotech clients in the media and in public relations opportunities. This position also interacts with clients and their partner media agencies to prepare, train and manage the patient advocate’s placements and experiences.
Responsibilities:
• Recruiting patients by interviewing them and assessing their ability to participate in activities (media interviews, marketing videos, speaking engagements, printed marketing materials, mentor programs for patients and other activities)
• Providing training to patient advocates who are giving live presentations
• Managing placement of patient advocates through phone and email, including coordinating their travel logistics
• Following company and client protocols to vigilantly collect and protect patient and client data which requires accurate and timely documentation
• Creating, writing and submitting materials to support patient networks, including talking points for patient advocates, brochures and other printed materials
• Utilizing Microsoft Access database to record all information concerning patient recruitment, communication and utilization for information management
• Creating reports using Microsoft Access database.
• Responding to client, partner agency and sales force requests for information
• Nurturing and developing effective relationships with patient advocates, vendors, agency partners and clients
• Tracking multiple data points, for client and internal processes
• Accurately reporting client and internal meetings in written documentation
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment where work priorities can often change; Able to MULTI-TASK
• Recruiting patients by interviewing them and assessing their ability to participate in activities (media interviews, marketing videos, speaking engagements, printed marketing materials, mentor programs for patients and other activities)
• Providing training to patient advocates who are giving live presentations
• Managing placement of patient advocates through phone and email, including coordinating their travel logistics
• Following company and client protocols to vigilantly collect and protect patient and client data which requires accurate and timely documentation
• Creating, writing and submitting materials to support patient networks, including talking points for patient advocates, brochures and other printed materials
• Utilizing Microsoft Access database to record all information concerning patient recruitment, communication and utilization for information management
• Creating reports using Microsoft Access database.
• Responding to client, partner agency and sales force requests for information
• Nurturing and developing effective relationships with patient advocates, vendors, agency partners and clients
• Tracking multiple data points, for client and internal processes
• Accurately reporting client and internal meetings in written documentation
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment where work priorities can often change; Able to MULTI-TASK
Requirements:
- B.A. in English, Journalism or 4 year degree equivalent plus 3-7 years (AE) or 5-10 years (SAE) work experience in media relations, public relations, marketing, advocacy work, communications and/or health care-related writing or the equivalent in education and experience.
- MUST have excellent verbal and written skills
- Superior interpersonal skills, such as being a good judge of someone’s skills and anticipated fit for identified activities
- Demonstrated success in detail-intensive work
- Skilled in Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint
- Ability to anticipate and solve problems
- Proven experience to work on and prioritize multiple work projects simultaneously
- Previous work with patients and health care staff and/or in the health care field desired
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining excellent relationships
Contact: Apply online: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=HASTRATEGIES&cws=1&rid=15
