Account Supervisor, Writer (Contingent Upon Contract Award)

At Altarum, we’re driven by a simple but powerful mission: improving the health of individuals with fewer financial resources and populations underserved by the healthcare system. We partner with federal and state agencies to design and deliver solutions that make a real, measurable difference. 

In this role, you’ll join Palladian Partners, Altarum Enterprise’s full-service marketing and communications team, collaborating with colleagues across disciplines to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions for our clients.

• Develop and manage a strategic editorial calendar for print and long-form digital publications.
• Lead every feature story from pitch and research through interviews, writing, photo/video coordination, layout, and final publication.
• Generate editorial ideas and refine them with the lead PAO. 

• Proactively identify story ideas that support strategic communication objectives, such as clinical advancements, groundbreaking research, patient success stories, and staff achievements.
• Conduct thorough, sensitive, and insightful interviews with medical staff, patients, families, and subject matter experts.
• Develop news pegs, angles, and balanced articles from multiple sources, including military and civilian staff, patients, and visitors, for news releases, feature stories, and special publications.
• Write, rewrite, and edit copy in AP Style, using active sentences, traditional leads, bridges, transitions, and news format.
• Work with photographers, videographers, and graphic designers to produce cohesive multimedia story packages.

• Craft messaging for internal and external stakeholders that stays consistent with organizational goals.
• Cultivate relationships with internal subject matter experts to keep story leads flowing, and with external media contacts to pitch and place stories when appropriate.
• Take media queries, coordinate and moderate press interviews, arrange media visits, and assist visitors and callers.
• Plan and run events such as press conferences, media briefings, and community engagement activities.
• Monitor media coverage and analyze how effective public affairs campaigns are.
• Compile external communication reports and submit products for review before they're posted to the website or intranet.

• Support leadership with crisis communication strategies and plans.
• Formulate strategies for major issues and coordinate message and theme development.
• Develop speeches and briefings that communicate key themes to a wide range of audiences.
• Meet daily and weekly deadlines and ad hoc requests in support of the mission.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in journalism or professional writing, supported by a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional skills in interviewing, storytelling, and long-form writing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build rapport with interviewees.
• An action-oriented, organized, proactive, and adaptable approach to project and editorial calendar management.
• Understanding of HIPAA and how it applies to safeguarding protected health information.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to customer service and accuracy.
• Military and/or health care communications experience.