Senior Writer, UW Medical Center

I've got three senior writer positions open on my team!

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Elizabeth Sharpe, Director of Internal Communications

The other two openings on this team, Harborview Medical Center and School of Medicine, are posted separately on this board.

I'm looking for seasoned, highly versatile writers with a portfolio of stories, quick-turn copy — and especially — significant experience writing and supporting video messaging on behalf of C-suite-level executives, and experience working in healthcare or an academic institution. Also, the writer must be comfortable in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, and be a go-getter who loves to take initiative and proactively identify stories and communications opportunities.

UW Medicine Strategic Communications has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Writer to join their team.

Reporting to the Director of Internal Communications, the Senior Writer is responsible for creating compelling executive and organizational communications that help inform, engage, and connect audiences across UW Medicine and beyond. This role translates complex, sensitive, and time-sensitive information into clear, strategic messaging across written, digital, presentation, and multimedia formats. The Senior Writer plays a visible role in shaping communications that support senior leaders, strengthen organizational alignment, and advance UW Medicine's mission through engaging content, thoughtful storytelling and strong editorial judgment.

This hybrid role combines remote work with regular onsite presence to support interviews, reporting, outreach and engagement, and multimedia content development.

• Draft and refine high-visibility communications on behalf of senior leaders across UW Medicine, ensuring each message reflects the leader's voice, priorities, and intended audience.
• Write and adapt content for speeches, talking points, presentations, videos, and multimedia campaigns that translate strategic priorities into clear, compelling messaging.
• Navigate a variety of topics and translate complex and sensitive information into clear, concise, and strategic messages for internal and external audiences consistent with institutional priorities.
• Guide message review and approval processes, exercising sound judgment to ensure communications are accurate, timely, polished, and aligned with institutional goals.

• Create engaging, error-free content for a wide variety of audiences, including physicians, nurses, staff, patients, and community members, and across channels and formats, such as email, intranet, presentations, video, social media, and feature stories.
• Develop, edit, proof, and fact-check content to ensure consistency with UW Medicine's brand voice, style standards, and accessibility expectations.
• Use communications platforms and digital tools to deliver targeted messaging, monitor engagement, and coordinate timing and channel strategy with communications partners.

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with leaders, faculty, staff, and other constituencies across UW Medicine to stay informed on priorities and emerging communications needs.
• Provide editorial review and strategic communications consultation to help colleagues and partners strengthen message clarity, effectiveness, and audience alignment.

• Support urgent and sensitive communications needs by helping develop and deliver timely, accurate messaging for emerging issues and in critical situations.
• Collaborate with leaders, subject matter experts, and communications partners on coordinated crisis and rapid-response communications efforts.

• Bachelor's degree in communications, writing, public relations, journalism, or a related field.
• Three to four years of demonstrated success in organizational and executive communications for a healthcare organization and developing written and video content on behalf of C-suite leaders.