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, depending on experience, training, location, and other job-related factors

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare education organization serving 100,000 students through five accredited institutions, including medical, veterinary medicine, and university programs.

What you will do

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

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, talking points, and presentations.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-changing environment and adapt communications to different institutional voices and audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience in higher education, healthcare, or professional services.
• Experience with executive communications, thought leadership, or AI-enabled communications workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with regular in-office collaboration.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement program with a 6% employer match.
• Flexible Time Off policy and 12 paid holidays.
• Eligibility for an annual incentive program based on individual and organizational performance.