Director of Executive Communications, OSUCCC – James

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Job Title:

Director of Executive Communications, OSUCCC – James

Department:

James | James Administration

Scope of Position   

 The Marketing and Strategic Communications Department is responsible for the overall image management and all internal and external communications and marketing activities for The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and associated departments, clinics and research facilities. The Director – Executive Communications is responsible for leading, providing oversight for and executing communications strategies for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James). Through these strategies, the Director and team must effectively convey the vision, expertise, culture, services, successes and progress of the OSUCCC – James.  

 

Position Summary   

The Director for Executive Communications leads, provides oversight for, and executes communications strategies for the CEO of the OSUCCC – James. This role requires excellent reporting, writing, and editing skills, as the Director will often be required to produce high-quality content on a quick deadline. They plan, coordinate, write, and produce national reputation and thought leadership content, including significant and complex projects such as book chapters, editorials, and high-level speeches/presentations. The Director also develops executive communications (both internal and external, such as correspondence, event briefings, backgrounders, and talking points), print materials, PowerPoint presentations, and content for digital, interactive, social, and other emerging communication technologies to advance the vision of the CEO’s office and the OSUCCC – James brand and reputation. The Director collaborates with leaders and teams across the OSUCCC – James, the Wexner Medical Center and the university to ensure alignment between the CEO’s communications strategies and broader medical center and university messages and initiatives. 

 

Superior written and visual storytelling abilities are required. This position is responsible for not only planning and creating high-quality content but also distributing it through various communication channels – traditional, interactive, social and emerging technologies – and optimizing its findability and shareability by w