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Sr. Earned Media Relations Specialist
POSITION DETAILS:
EMPLOYER: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
TITLE: Sr. Earned Media Relations Specialist
CATEGORY: Communication Specialist, TYPE: Full-time, SALARY RANGE: $65,520 – $114,400
JOB POSTING ANNOUNCEMENT: https://talent.stjude.org/careers/JobDetail/Sr-Earned-Media-Relations-Specialist-JR7751/5428
DESCRIPTION: The Senior Earned Media Relations Specialist is responsible for facilitating and generating national and international coverage for the scientific and medical achievements of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This includes placing stories in a wide variety of news media outlets, including national consumer media, medical/scientific trade media and local Memphis media. The position will serve as an internal expert on media affairs and lead medium- to large-scale projects that generate impactful media coverage.
This role is responsible for vetting media opportunities for St Jude employees and supporting them in interactions with media. The emphasis of this role is to collaboratively work with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement communications strategies and programs that raise public awareness of research at St. Jude.
QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum Education and/or Training:
Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English or related field required.
Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
Minimum Experience:
Minimum Requirement: 4+ years of experience in communications, journalism, English, or related field
Previous experience working with local, regional and national media and a proven track record of placements within national outlets utilizing consumer and/or medical scientific media.
Proven experience of integrating multimedia, social media and online media strategies in a health care or scientific setting.
Some experience with stakeholder management preferred.
Proven performance in earlier role/comparable role.
Comfort with scientific concepts and research/medical language, preferred.
Strong writing and editing skills, preferred.
CLOSING DATE: October 31, 2026
CONTACT: Erin Podolak