Manager, Segment Communications (Healthcare Education)

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA; hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week, Monday–Thursday

Salary: $70,696.34–$127,957.05 per year, plus potential annual incentive

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare education organization serving 100,000 students through five accredited institutions and a community of 400,000 alumni.

What you will do

• Develop and execute internal and external communications strategies across five institutions.
• Own media relations, build relationships with reporters and editors, and create press releases, key messages, briefing documents, and talking points.
• Identify proactive story opportunities and support executive visibility through LinkedIn content, thought leadership, and speaking opportunities.
• Plan and deliver internal communications, all-hands meetings, cross-institution events, presentations, and speaker preparation.
• Build scalable communication systems and workflows, including AI-enabled tools, and measure results using data and feedback.
• Coordinate enterprise messaging, change management, and internal issues communications across institutions and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience spanning internal and external communications.
• Experience working across multiple brands, institutions, or accounts simultaneously.
• Experience in media relations and internal or employee communications.
• Strong writing and editing skills across press releases, colleague emails, and talking points.
• Ability to work collaboratively with shifting priorities and adapt communications to different institutional voices and audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience in higher education, healthcare, or professional services.
• Experience with AI-enabled communications tools and scalable workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment designed to support collaboration, creativity, and relationship-building.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement program with a 6% employer match.
• Flexible Time Off policy and 12 paid holidays.
• Opportunities to develop skills and build careers supporting healthcare education and workforce development.