Communications Marketing Director

Since our founding in 1924 weve cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half but there is still so much more to do. To overcome todays biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement be part of the progress and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter and so does the impact you can make with us.

The American Heart Association has an opening for aCommunications Marketing Director in our Nashville Market! This position will focus on developing and implementing communications and marketing plans that promote the American Heart Associations strategic priorities events and cause initiatives throughout Nashville.

The ideal candidate will live in Nashville.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful you will have access to Heart U our award-winning corporate university as well as additional training and support locally.

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• Develops and implements local strategic communications plans that promote the American Heart Associations nationally driven priorities local events community impact Science news and cause initiatives
• Writes distributes and pitches news releases and other supporting media materials to local traditional and non-traditional media
• Secures media sponsorships for local events and priority initiatives as appropriate.
• Implements awareness campaigns around heart and stroke related topics and works collaboratively with other key market staff to develop an integrated approach to such campaigns.
• Works with staff to ensure that national branding guidelines are followed
• Develops and implements communications plans for sponsor funded activations.
• Coordinates and implements communications plans in conjunction with strategic alliances
• Identifies secures and media trains local spokespersons.
• Provides marketing and communications support for development and fundraising events and activations as appropriate
• Identifies human interest stories for media coverage social media posts internal and external communications channels and event integration
• Tracks all media coverage via a media tracking system and manages a spokesperson database. Works with video production companies to produce videos for events social media and other marketing communications resources.
• Works with photographers to produce photography for events social media and other marketing and communications resources

Other Job Duties:

• Develops and implements media events as appropriate.
• Works to place Public Service Announcements (PSA) locally.
• Works with Southeast Regions VP of Communications and Marketing to manage local crises or sensitive issues.
• Works in collaboration with media advocacy staff to develop appropriate media advocacy strategies and implements strategies as appropriate
• Works with executive director and team to manage local paid advertising projects
• Manages and implements other projects as identified by the executive director

In this role you will report to the Executive Director.

• Bachelors degree in communications marketing public relations journalism or related field or some college plus experience.
• Requires minimum three years of work experience in communications social media public relations and journalism or any equivalent combination of training and work experience.
• Experience applying the principles and practices of communications and marketing to the non-profit environment.
• Experience working as a team member with multiple internal and external constituencies at varying levels: staff media external corporations and volunteers.
• Experience with crisis communications and sensitive issues.
• Experience implementing communications campaigns pitching to media planning media events and writing news releases.
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills including experience with speech writing news writing for broadcast and print and general business writing.
• Working knowledge of news media operations newsgathering and technology.
• Must have at least intermediate knowledge and skills with Microsoft Office for word processing email PowerPoints and spreadsheets.
• Ability to do daily local travel up to 20%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. Thats why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition You are rewarded for achieving success through annual salary planning and incentive programs; eligibilityfor an incentive program is based on the type of position.
  
  
• Benefits We offer a wide array of benefits including medical dental vision disability and life insurance along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being we also offer an employee assistance program employee wellness program and telemedicine and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. Heart U is the Associations national online university with more than 100000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Associations 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association American Stroke Association our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer healthier lives regardless of race ethnicity gender gender identity religion age language sexual orientation national origin and physical or cognitive abilities.

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