[Hiring] Assistant Director, Media @University of Washington Medical Center

Role Description

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Director, Media to join their team. Reporting to the Director of Communications, the Assistant Director, Media is responsible for managing the Media team and leading media relations work, including:

• Developing media materials
• Pitching IHME’s research to journalists
• Responding to inquiries
• Coordinating researcher interviews

This is a fast-paced environment that requires the ability to manage competing priorities, adapt quickly to evolving news cycles, and lead a team with confidence and clarity under pressure. The role develops and executes strategies to drive global media coverage of IHME’s work, growing earned media and owned platforms including the Global Health Insights (GHI) podcast and newsletter.

This requires strong people and project management skills and the ability to cultivate strategic relationships with journalists, media outlets, and external communications firms and consultants, to reach policymakers, donors, and other stakeholders worldwide. The Assistant Director, Media identifies, creates, and disseminates high-quality, policy-relevant stories and uses analytics to measure and refine that outreach.

Office is located in Seattle, Washington. This position is eligible to work fully remote; work schedule required to overlap 50% of IHME Office hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific Time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or related field
• 10 to 15 years of experience in media relations, public relations, or a combination of work in journalism and communications

Requirements

• Strong management and leadership capabilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Professional maturity and sound judgment
• Ability to translate complex research into clear messages
• Superb time management skills
• Comfortable learning and using AI tools
• Creative, strategic thinker with project management experience
• Excellent communications skills, both written and oral
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
• Aptitude for public speaking
• Experience with media relations
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior colleagues

Benefits

• Pay Range Minimum: $130,008.00 annual
• Pay Range Maximum: $162,000.00 annual
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Company Description

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research organization at the University of Washington (UW). Its mission is to deliver timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice. IHME carries out its mission through various projects in different research areas including:

• Global Burden of Diseases (GBD)
• Injuries and Risk Factors
• Future Health Scenarios
• Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency
• Resource Tracking
• Impact Evaluations

The Global Impact Group (GIG) serves IHME’s vision of all people living long lives in full health through innovative communication and collaboration.