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Advocate Aurora Health · 14 hours ago

Director, Executive Division Communications (Wisconsin)

AAO Milwaukee - 750 W Virginia St

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$66.85/hr - $100.30/hr

7+ years exp

Advocate Aurora Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, and they are seeking a Director of Executive Division Communications. The role involves providing strategic counsel to a Division President on communications initiatives, managing crisis communications, and ensuring message consistency across various stakeholders.

Health Care

Responsibilities

Provide strategic counsel to a Division President to prioritize, plan, and deliver strategic communications initiatives that inform and engage communities, elevate the organization’s profile and build goodwill

Support localized crisis communications and issues/change management to protect and enhance organization’s reputation and maintain engagement. Prepare proactive and reactive crisis communication plans in collaboration with other communications leaders

Drive strategy to ensure message influence, alignment and relevance among key constituencies, including the media, elected and public officials, community members, donors and other target audiences

Write speeches, talking points, presentations, and other external-facing written communications for a Division President

Develop and execute division executive communications plans to ensure leader engagement and effectively cascade information in a comprehensive way

Coordinate Division President communications with the CEO communications team to ensure message consistency and amplification with the CEO

Coordinate with internal communications to ensure consistency of messaging to teammates and clinicians

Qualification

Strategic communicationsCrisis communications planningExecutive communicationsPublic relations strategiesOralWritten communicationRelationship developmentTime managementCritical thinkingCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising or other business-related field, or bachelor's degree combined with relevant experience

7+ years of experience in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or other business-related field, including experience working with executives and formulating and executing communications strategies

Proven ability to develop communications and public relations strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to leadership

Superb oral and written communications, executive presence and relationship development skills

Experience with proactive and crisis communications planning

Independent and takes initiative with consistent follow through

Superior time management skills with capability of working with and meeting deadlines

Ability to think critically, understand complex concepts, synthesize information, create clarity to support sound decision-making

Specific experience and strong record of success in understanding the environment, identifying opportunities, designing solutions and aligning action to drive communications performance

Highly strategic with a demonstrated track record in assessing complex, competitive issues and situations and in developing related initiatives in partnership with other stakeholders to drive results

Thrives in a fast-paced environment, having a change mindset and comfortable navigating ambiguity

Strong communication skills, including presentation creation and delivery

Collaborative with other teams to ensure cohesive storytelling and strategy alignment