Advisor, Healthcare Communications

Advisor, Healthcare Communications – Jarrard, Inc. About Jarrard, Inc.

Jarrard Inc. is a U.S. Top 10 strategic communications consulting firm focused exclusively on healthcare and the unique opportunities and challenges inherent in this sector. Founded in 2006, the firm has worked with more than 1,500 clients across 48 states and has led communications and political strategy on $75+ billion in announced M&A and partnership transactions. Jarrard partners with leaders across the spectrum of healthcare in high stakes moments of growth, innovation, change, and reputational/public affairs challenges.

This array of specialized services is tailored to support leaders in the most impactful parts of the ecosystem that are essential in transforming U.S. healthcare for the better. In 2020, Jarrard Inc. joined Chartis, one of the nation’s leading healthcare advisory firms, and operates as a division under an independent brand.

Chartis is a comprehensive advisory firm dedicated to transforming healthcare. With an unparalleled depth of expertise in strategic, clinical, financial, and digital transformation Chartis helps leading academic medical centers, hospitals and health systems, integrated delivery networks, children's hospitals, physician enterprises, payers, and healthcare service organizations achieve transformative results.

Across both Jarrard and Chartis, we are fortunate to have extraordinarily talented people working in our firm – all brought together around our unifying mission “to improve healthcare”, a shared dedication to our core values, and the emphasis we place on creating an environment that enriches the experiences of our clients, our colleagues and our communities.

Jarrard has offices in Nashville, TN and Chicago, IL. This is a hybrid role and Advisors are required to work in-person at one of our office locations 1-2 days per week.

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The role of the Advisor is a foundational role to the firm and our client teams, as the Advisors serve on multiple client teams as the internal teams’ go-to person, responsible for day-to-day implementation of client work.

This is an in-person position. Candidates must live in Chicago, IL or Nashville, TN or be willing to relocate to either city.

• Develop initial drafts and driving the editing process of client materials
• Edit materials of other team members, as appropriate
• Conduct media pitching, outreach and monitoring
• Draft weekly/monthly results reports
• Weekly self-planning and time management
• Logistics and tactical implementation of projects
• Research in support of client projects and/or their business
• Gain an increasingly sophisticated understanding of industry and competitor issues and trends relevant to client markets, the healthcare industry and service category
• Offer proactive, value-added suggestions to enhance client work (i.e.: asking the right questions, managing up to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner, etc.)
• Timely reporting to manager, colleagues, team leads
• Implement other tasks as assigned by manager or team lead

• Have earned a bachelor's degree; communications, public relations, journalism or political science focus is beneficial
• 2-3 years of professional experience required
• Deliver work on-time to achieve client commitments
• Demonstrate strategic thinking that leads to quality deliverables and program implementation
• Effectively plan and manage their own time well as well as for their teams
• Be a team player, with natural collegiality and desire for collaboration
• Seek out growth opportunities with curiosity and passion
• Come in hungry to learn and contribute
• Be adept at managing multiple priorities and switching gears throughout the day
• Embraces the Jarrard Vision, Mission and Values

• High-stakes work that makes healthcare better
• A collegial and inclusive workplace with understanding co-workers who care as much as you do about getting the work right
• Encouragement to ask probing questions and openness to new ideas
• Creative problem solving alongside clients who see you as a partner, not a vendor
• Investment in your growth and development via…