Director, Health Communications

Location: Hybrid in the Washington, DC area, with commute as needed to client and hirify.global offices and required travel to the Atlanta, GA area for meetings and presentations.

Salary: $143,756.00–$244,385.00 annually

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory and technology services provider helping clients solve complex challenges and navigate change.

What you will do

• Lead the day-to-day execution of large health communications and public health campaigns, ensuring milestones, deadlines, quality, and outcomes.
• Coordinate creative, marketing, sales, public relations, external agency, and other cross-functional teams.
• Develop project plans, budgets, timelines, resource allocations, workflows, and campaign objectives.
• Launch and monitor campaigns across digital marketing, social media, paid media, and public relations channels.
• Work with clients, federal health stakeholders, senior leadership, staff, and contractors to align strategy and delivery.
• Prepare progress updates, KPI reporting, post-campaign analyses, lessons learned, and recommendations.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public health, health communication, health education, marketing, public relations, social sciences, or an equivalent field.
• 12+ years of consulting project management experience and 3+ years managing large programs exceeding $10–50 million annually.
• Strong project management, leadership, organizational, communication, collaboration, and multitasking skills.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Asana, Trello, or Monday.com and with Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice to have

• PMP or related project management certification.
• Master’s degree in communications, public health, social sciences, business, or a related discipline.
• Experience with HHS, CDC, federal government, health promotion, chronic disease, media buying, paid social, and public health behavior change campaigns.
• Experience working with marketing agencies, delivering communication programs, developing new business, or managing award-winning campaigns.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on solving complex client and public health challenges.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams of creatives, communicators, strategists, technologists, clients, and partners.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available throughout the employment process.
• Full-time employment with compensation determined by experience, skills, certifications, competencies, location, and contract requirements.