Total 3 Director/C-Level PR / Media / Communications job vacancies in Washington, District of Columbia

Job Overview:

As a Lead Medical Writer on most types of writing projects. You will prepare assigned documents in accordance with IQVIA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and customer requirements as well as to the agreed timelines. Perform Senior Review of straightforward medical writing deliverables. Negotiate timelines and discusses/resolves customer comments. Provide written and verbal feedback to junior staff, and to customers when appropriate. Keep abreast of current medical and/or technical writing/regulatory knowledge, including Good Clinical Practice (GCP), along with developments and advances in drug development/medical and/or technical writing.

Responsibilities:

• Writes clear and concise clinical submission documents, including clinical study reports, protocols, clinical overviews, investigator brochures, and summary documents; experience with late-stage health authority responses is a plus.

• Contributes to project plan concerning timelines as well as organization and table layout for a specific document.

• Ensures that documents meet regulations, and the key messages as defined by the team are clearly and adequately represented.

• Review and edit documents for consistency, progression, structure, and grammar.

• Review statistical analysis plans and incorporate into clinical study reports or submission documents, as applicable.

• Drive the document preparation process, manage timelines, receive, and review primary statistical output, draft, and distribute document for review, compile comments and edits, lead comment resolution meetings independently.

• Participate in team and client meetings as requested. Deliverables above plus able to work independently on a range of complex clinical documents

• Interprets, summarizes, and presents statistical and medical information to ensure accuracy of content in highly complex document types independently

• Resolves complex problems independently

Education and Experience required:

• 8+ years of experience in medical writing or related field

• Required - Bachelors Degree in Life Sciences or related field

• Preferred - Masters or PhD in Life Sciences or related field

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all, including veterans and candidates with disabilities. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

IQVIA’s ability to operate and provide certain services to customers and partners necessitates IQVIA and its employees meet specific requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccination status. https://jobs.iqvia.com/covid-19-vaccine-status

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $124,400.00 - $211,900.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

Job Description:

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing, the Senior Director of Content and Media Strategy at Berklee is a dynamic leadership role that holds accountability for steering the strategic success of institution-wide content and media initiatives, ensuring a cohesive and impactful narrative across Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Berklee Valencia, Berklee NYC, Berklee Online, Berklee City Music, Berklee Summer Programs, and Berklee Abu Dhabi.

The Senior Director provides visionary leadership by setting and implementing editorial policies, fostering a unified brand voice, and strategically developing and managing all editorial content and publications. This encompasses a diverse range of print and digital platforms, including Berklee.edu, Berklee Now, Berklee Today (alumni magazine), and the Sounds of Berklee podcast. With a keen focus on storytelling, the Senior Director plays a pivotal role in reinforcing Berklee’s impact and reputation in music, the performing arts, higher education, and beyond.

In addition to overseeing the editorial strategy and vision, this role will continuously identify improvement opportunities, establish target audiences, management of content calendars, and set and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure the achievement of success metrics. The Senior Director also actively contributes to executive communications, institutional announcements, and high-level internal and external communications by writing, editing, and providing strategic guidance.

As the principal media advisor to senior leadership, the Senior Director also manages the media relations, developing and overseeing media and public relations strategies to generate news coverage regionally, nationally, and internationally. This includes playing a central role in crisis management, hosting media on campus, and identifying opportunities for Berklee, its leadership, and its innovative students to be featured in various media outlets. The Senior Director conducts media and content planning meetings with various areas of the institution, shaping mid- and long-term approaches to enhance Berklee’s reputation and visibility. This role is instrumental in fostering effective communication with diverse audiences, including students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff, donors, external media, and the general public.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Editorial Content Strategy: 

• Develops and oversees comprehensive editorial content strategy aligned with institutional goals.

• Manages news coverage generation and execution, ensuring content reaches target audiences.

• Plans content strategy and calendar in coordination with enrollment strategy, advancement goals, and strategic initiatives.

• Conducts ongoing strategic assessment using KPIs and SEO to enhance content visibility.

• Monitors industry trends in higher education communications, music, dance, theater, business, technology, etc.

Public and Media Relations Strategies:

• Develops relationships with key journalists and media contacts in the music, entertainment, and performing arts industries, pitching proactively for key opportunities for institutional leaders and educators to be featured in prominent media.

• Leads daily media relations activities and crisis response planning.

• Maintains contact with college leaders to collect data reflecting national news cycles.

• Edits and approves staff writers' press releases and media action plans.

• Directs maintenance of databases and files for media relations documents and resources.

• Prepares itineraries for visiting media during college events and travels as a media relations liaison.

• Oversees the department's hometown news operation and coordinates with the communications team on news releases.

Quality Control and Brand Compliance:

• Directs Berklee's Proofreading Services to ensure brand consistency in public-facing materials.

• Assumes project management and communications liaison duties for written digital and print collateral.

• Collaborates with marketing, social media, design, and digital strategy directors for effective content campaigns.

• Oversees regular updates to the Berklee Style Guide and promotes its usage.

• Manages the Berklee Inclusive Language Guide, supporting diversity initiatives.

Management and Hiring:

• Recruits, hires, and manages all editorial staff and freelance/contract employees.

• Establishes and implements department-wide and individual staff goals.

• Oversees workflow distribution and performance evaluation.

• Manages editorial workflow for public content on Berklee.edu's Drupal CMS.

Writing and Executive Communications:

• Oversees and contributes to writing, proofreading, copyediting, and quality assurance of editorial content.

• Writes, edits, and advises on top-level messaging for speeches, thought leadership pieces, executive bios, and more.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum ten years of professional media relations and/or editorial experience. Minimum five years of experience managing in-house and freelance writers, publicists, or contributors.

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, or equivalent; master's degree preferred.

• Demonstrated editing, writing, reporting, and proofreading experience.

• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.

• Experience conveying the diversity of a multicultural institution.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively at all levels.

• Strong familiarity with music, dance, and theater.

• Hybrid schedule: The position must be on campus a minimum of three days a week.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to manage public relations crises effectively.

• Effective management and leadership skills.

• Familiarity with Berklee, its alumni, and the worldwide music industry.

• Strong news and feature writing, grammar, editing, and proofreading skills.

• Demonstrated success in packaging content for media pitches, writing press releases, and generating results.

• Experience in managing regional, domestic, and international publicity efforts.

• Comprehensive understanding of video, television, and radio broadcast preparation practices and ability to deliver media training.

• Ability to maintain quality of work while adhering to deadlines.

• Ability to create and maintain positive relationships within the office and with students, faculty, and staff throughout the institution.

DIRECT REPORTS: 

• Director of Content Strategy, including their team of three full-time and one part-time writers/editors.

• Director of Media Relations and two full-time publicists.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee: 

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.  Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Team at hroperations@Berklee.edu or call 617-747-2375.

Berklee is committed to increasing the diversity of our institution, community, and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

Employee Type:

Staff

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

Live Nation’s Concerts Division is where tours are born, artists come to life, and fans get to experience the rush of live music. From our dozens of owned/operated Amphitheaters to our Global Touring team, from Ticketing and Venue Operations to Marketing and Sales... we foster a fun and upbeat work culture with no shortage of opportunities. With perks ranging from free concert tickets to dog-friendly offices, to progressive benefits like student loan reimbursement and adoption/fertility support... it’s no wonder we are certified as a Great Place to Work organization and one of People Magazine’s “50 Companies that Care”. We want everyone to feel like they belong and can thrive in our community, so we strive to help you achieve your career and personal goals. Live music is our passion and where we find our common ground. There has never been a better time to join Live Nation.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

I. Essential Duties

• Meet and exceed monthly, quarterly and yearly financial goals
• Proactively solicit new business opportunities by conducting effective sales calls, facilitate meetings and presentations to potential clients, handle special event inquiry calls, negotiate space, assist with client catering needs through local caterer, create event proposals and conduct site inspections.
• Negotiate and close contracts
• Build/generate new leads to increase size of potential client database from cold calls and market prospecting to include, but not limited to conventions, corporations, DMCs, tour operators, meeting planners, associations, SMERF (Social, Military, Educational, Religious and Fraternal) groups, concierges, hotels, organizations (i.e. Chamber of Commerce, Convention Center, Convention & Visitors Bureau, etc.) etc.
• Develop strategic and promotional plan to drive Special Event/Rental sales for the venue/region to reach/exceed annual goal. Plan to include strategic initiatives, competitive analysis, insights on new areas of opportunity, etc.
• Sales generation – maximize revenue while developing long-term relationships with clients (both local and national)
• Monitor changes in the sales / special events industry and develop strategies to improve and adjust to those changes
• Evaluate/identify potential business from new clients for both local market venues as well as Live Nation’s portfolio of opportunities
• Seek out and develop relationship with local industries (i.e. corporations, hotels, non-profits, etc)
• Fully integrate into CVB to capitalize on the corporate and convention business that comes to the local market
• Become involved in local and national outside organizations directly related to the hospitality industry (i.e. MPI, PCMA, ISES, HSMAI)
• Attend local trade shows, participate in sales blitzes and other off-site sales efforts
• Responsible for overall financial aspects involved in promoting and selling the venue
• Create and implement required reports on the productivity of sales by establishing revenue goals, enhancing client database, increasing check averages, managing contribution margin and exceeding goals in all categories
• Oversee and coordinate service vendors to fulfill client proposal and event needs
• File management of Caterease (Special Events software system)
• Strategic planning and forecasting
• Oversee all departmental accounting paperwork
• Development, management and fulfillment of the Special Event marketing budget
• Weekly reports to the GM on corporate sales trends, bookings, sales recaps and  department productivity
• Submit monthly reports to GM and VP of Sales including, but not limited to: Special Event Revenue Report, Forecast, Revenue Pipeline, Talent Cost, Event Export Reports, Revenue Breakdown and Lost Business

II.       Supervision of the Department(s)

• Actively train and develop team on effective sales calls, prospecting and presentations
• Manage Sales Managers and provide strategic direction on how they can reach/exceed their individual goals, both short-term and long-term
• Execute weekly department meetings to keep staff informed, assess/set goals and create strategies for new business development
• Provide a positive and creative team environment within the department(s)
• Oversee daily management of sales team
• Ensure accuracy and delivery of all required reports (SEO’s, leads, event calendars, forecasting, sales revenue reports, etc) are distributed in a timely manner for proper planning
• Understand all operational department responsibilities, capabilities and limitations to smoothly ensure maximum guest satisfaction and operational communication
• Serve as an advisor to staff members on logistical arrangements, recommend and monitor new business opportunities, develop professional and personal goals of the staff maximizing productivity and stimulating growth, both internally and externally
• Monitor office procedures to ensure timely returned calls, maintain filing, trace system, lost business and proper etiquette
• Handle all recruiting, hiring, disciplinary and terminations in accordance with all Live Nation policies
• Maintain open communication and handle conflict resolution with staff
• Conduct evaluations of staff, outline goals and monitor progress, maintain action plans, propose/ raise recommendations
• Ensure staff training is complete and satisfactory.  Ensure consistent and on-going mentoring for department employees
• Monitor department office procedures

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of five years sales experience in the hospitality industry
• 3+ years of team leadership experience
• Working knowledge of local and regional markets, restaurant and venue operations, computers (Windows environment, spreadsheet, databases, word processing), guest relations
• Skill in Interpersonal communications, organization, financial knowledge, and team building
• Ability to delegate, follow up, relate to staff, guests and partners in a positive effective manner
• Tolerance of all cultures, music and art forms

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Physical Work Demands:

• Ability to work in a very fast paced environment with considerable noise and interruptions.  Must be able to change activity frequently.
• Flexible Schedule (days/nights, weekends).

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion.  You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work.  We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife.  As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.  It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. 

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of

Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the CO EPEWA, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.