Brand & Strategic Communications Manager

Location: Medford, Massachusetts, United States

Salary: U.S. national base pay of $71,600–$119,400 per year; geographic differentials may apply. The role is also eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global information and analytics company supporting research, education, healthcare, and clinical practice through trusted content and advanced analytics.

What you will do

• Develop Cell Press’s strategic storytelling approach across its brand, mission, values, journals, people, and initiatives.
• Create communications strategies, campaign concepts, narratives, content plans, and creative approaches for major editorial moments.
• Write, edit, brief, commission, and manage high-quality content from internal experts, freelancers, agencies, and creative partners.
• Build integrated campaign strategies across web, social media, email, and other channels, adapting content for different audiences.
• Define KPIs, analyze campaign performance using communications and analytics platforms, and turn findings into recommendations.
• Lead campaigns from planning through activation and retrospectives while coordinating stakeholders, timelines, deliverables, and external partners.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of experience in brand communications, strategic communications, content marketing, brand marketing, journalism, or a related discipline.
• Experience developing storytelling or integrated communications campaigns for external audiences.
• Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, strategic thinking, editorial judgment, and presentation skills.
• Experience leading multi-stakeholder campaigns from strategy through execution and measurement.
• Experience with multi-channel strategies, audience segmentation, stakeholder management, and KPI-based performance analysis.
• Familiarity with HubSpot, Cision, or comparable communications, marketing automation, measurement, and analytics platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience in scientific or scholarly publishing, science communications, or another science-related organization.
• Familiarity with researchers, authors, and the scientific community as an audience.
• Experience translating complex scientific or technical subject matter into accessible stories.
• Experience with paid social media campaigns or targeted email marketing.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working options and support for work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan.
• Wellbeing support including a wellness platform, Headspace subscription, and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Parental, adoption, and surrogacy support, paid time off, study assistance, sabbaticals, and volunteer and Employee Resource Group participation days.