Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Managing Health Communications

November 25, 2011

This week, various medical centers and health organizations are recruiting dynamic professionals to manage their health communication services and programs. To keep up with the latest discussions on topics relevant to health journalists, follow Career GPS posts and job listings via RSS. To submit a job listing, send me an email at knativid@usc.edu.

 

Featured Listing

Director of Health Communication, Health Resources in Action
Location: Boston, MA
Status: Full Time
Medium: Other

"The Director of Health Communication provides overall strategic direction, administration, and management of Health Resource in Action's (HRiA) health communications services. S/he oversees the development of marketing and communication campaigns, print materials, and collateral as well as print material distribution services to ensure that all materials and campaigns are of high-quality, effective, and innovative. The Program Director reports to the Vice President of Community Health of Health Resources in Action."

 

New Job and Internship Listings

Communications Manager, American Herbal Products Association (via Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism)
Location: Washington D.C.
Status: Full Time
Medium: Other

Web Writer/Editor, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Location: New York, NY
Medium: Online

Editor/Senior Writer, Mayo Clinic
Location: Rochester, MN
Status: Full Time
Medium: Other

 

Competitions

Journalism contest on disability issues, Union of Russian Journalists and Russian Society of People with Disabilities (via ijnet)
Eligibility: Entries must be published from Dec. 1, 2010 - Oct. 31, 2011.
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2011
From the Website: "The competition is aimed to attract attention of media to the people with disabilities, their issues and challenges. Potential topics include inclusion of the people with disabilities into society and encouraging them to participate in the life of society actively."

 

Prizes

2011 Hillman Prizes, The Hillman Foundation
Eligibility: Work produced, published, broadcast, or exhibited in 2010.
Deadline: January 31, 2012
From the Website: "Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in the public interest. Our six categories will include books (non-fiction), reporting in newspaper, magazine, and blogs, film and broadcast journalism (includes television and radio), and photojournalism. The contest is open to journalists and subjects globally, although work must be published in the U.S."