Vice President, Public Affairs & Healthcare

Vice President, Public Affairs & Healthcare

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Berlin Rosen is a fast‑growing, full‑service consulting and communications firm with more than 300 communications and campaign strategists in New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Since its founding in 2005, Berlin Rosen has powerfully expanded its presence in corporate, social impact/ESG, nonprofit, entertainment, media, racial justice, healthcare, hospitality, real‑estate, architecture, design, urbanism, land use, lifestyle, technology, issue advocacy and workers’ rights communications.

We have received more than 50 awards and recognitions, including being the only agency to be named #1 on Observer’s PR Power List for three consecutive years, #2 in City & State’s New York Political PR 75 (2024), PR Week’s Outstanding Large Agency (2023), PRNews’ Large PR Agency of the Year (2021) and 5/5 Stars on Forbes’ latest Best PR Agencies in America list.

People of all backgrounds and abilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Berlin Rosen is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff, and recognizes that its continued success depends on hiring and retaining high‑quality, creative professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Opportunities for advancement exist, and we are committed to helping all staff develop and grow.

Berlin Rosen’s Public Affairs Practice comprises over 30 communications professionals who bring a unique campaign‑style approach to strategic communications. We work with visionary clients in Washington, D.C. and states across the country on issues ranging from healthcare, energy, higher education, housing, and tech. Our bipartisan team has hands‑on experience within the health industry from all angles, including patient advocacy, healthcare regulation, and payer and policy communications.

Berlin Rosen is seeking an experienced communications, media relations and public affairs strategist to join us as a Vice President. In this role, you will counsel clients across our practice through comprehensive communications strategies that engage stakeholders and public audiences across integrated communication channels – including earned, owned, and paid media – to drive direct impact on the health industry and the stakeholders impacted by policy and regulatory changes.

You will work with a team of expert colleagues and lead the day‑to‑day account flow by managing junior staff and client relations.

You should thrive in a fast‑paced environment, demonstrate thoughtfulness in creating a collaborative culture, and have expertise in team capacity planning and business development.

Role location: This role is based in our New York, NY or Washington, D.C. office on a hybrid basis. The team is in‑office 3 days per week.

• Lead the development of integrated communications strategies including earned, owned, and paid media to meet clients’ objectives
• Drive high‑touch, daily client communications with the same client leads: brainstorming, flagging concerns and problem‑solving
• Manage a team of junior staff on each account you lead, strategically influencing deliverables’ quality and staff development by delegating, modeling smart practices and providing feedback
• Coordinate across internal and external teams to deploy integrated services (media relations, digital advertising, research) to meet your clients’ goals
• Drive new story angles and other media opportunities for clients, conceptualizing creative feature stories even when there is no news to announce and identifying new targets across print, broadcast, radio and podcasts and testing new approaches until the story lands
• Lead thought leadership programs for executives, drafting persuasive and compelling pitches and op‑eds on behalf of a client; identify new opportunities to raise an executive’s visibility through awards or conferences
• Work closely with senior team leaders on capacity planning to ensure that the team is running efficiently
• Contribute to business…