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Public Affairs Council

Manager, Public Affairs

Requisition Number: 8244
Function: Marketing
Job Title: Manager, Public Affairs
Job Responsibilities: Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a leading pharmacy benefit manager with the nation's largest mail order-pharmacy operations, assists its customers to moderate the cost and enhance the quality of prescription drug benefits provided to members nationwide. Its customers include private- and public-sector employers and healthcare organizations. Medco is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MHS. On the Net: http://www.medco.com

This Manager of Public Affairs position (MPA) will assist and oversee proactive public relations activities and campaigns that require the ability to work across multiple functional areas within the company. A strong knowledge of the PBM industry will (eventually) be necessary to be successful in this function. This person should be highly organized and able to fully complete projects at a rapid pace. He or she will have strong writing and editing skills that span both traditional corporate and press relations activities, but also the new social media outlets.

As part of the objective to meet the expectations of senior management and to help deliver high-quality, accurate and strategic communications, the MPA will:
  • Assist in the strategic development of proactive publicity campaigns with the appropriate internal functional areas, product teams and external agencies
  • Write press releases, management/internal client status report memos, event-related talking points, stories for Medco's employee publications
  • Conduct research on a variety of health-related storylines
  • Monitor search engines for Medco, industry and health-related news
  • Trade publication reporting
  • Engage in media-related activities such as maintaining Medco's media room, media lists updates, assist with media inquiries and interviews with SMEs

Qualifications:
  • Exceptional writing skills - press releases, speech writing, social media posting
  • Strong media relations skills, with proven ability to develop and place stories
  • Project management - oversee proactive publicity campaigns working with internal business units and Medco's agency of record. See projects to completion with minimal or no supervision
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and on time
  • Superb organizational and prioritization skills
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Ability to work cross-functionally and interface with all levels of the organization
  • Excellent relationship building skills
  • Leadership competencies - sets example of high performing team member with positive and constructive approach when dealing with others
  • Bachelor's degree in communications/journalism/public relations, or a related field
  • 5 years experience in public relations agency and/or corporate communications department (health care or PBM industry a plus)

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V
Relocation Approved?: No
State: New Jersey
City: Franklin Lakes
Travel Required: Up to 10%
Education Required:

SOURCE: ONLINE JOB WEBSITE 3/10/09
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