Media PR, Supervisor – Health & Wellness

Candidate’s must haves:
Agency Public relations experience, with a focus on health & wellness. Proven healthcare/pharmaceutical communications experience, including experience supporting FDA approvals, regulatory milestones, and product communications; strong relationships with health, medical, and trade media; and a track record of securing impactful coverage and delivering successful client programs. The ideal Account Supervisor is highly detail-oriented, organized, and proactive, with a can-do attitude, strong project management skills, and the ability to build trusted client relationships while mentoring junior team members and driving day-to-day account execution.

About HAVAS Red:
Part of the Havas Group, HAVAS Red is a global micro-network of agencies spanning a multinational footprint

Across the U.S. (New York, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, New England); the U.K. (London, Manchester, Edinburgh);

Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane); Dubai; France; Germany; Greece; India; Japan; the Philippines; Indonesia (Jakarta); and Vietnam (Ho Chi Min City).

At HAVAS Red, we know the lines of contemporary communications aren’t just crossing—they’re merging. Our

Merged Media agency model offers clients excellence across earned, social and experience with content at the

heart—because our favorite type of thinking takes place at the intersection.

Powered by undeniable passion, fearless ambition and incredible ideas, Redsters own the earned and earn the

owned. We are in the media, making the media, being the media.

Our mission is to deliver the kind of incREDible and effective Merged Media work that sets a new benchmark for

each market we set foot in.

About the Role:
The Account Supervisor works to deliver the best-quality work across client program development, implementation and reporting, meeting and exceeding campaign KPIs, and makes a positive contribution to identifying and securing new business for the agency. As an Account Supervisor, you will work as part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team navigating all areas of the communications realm—including but not limited to strategy (be it earned and influencer/social or integrated), planning, executing media relations, influencer marketing and relations, reporting and project management.

The AS is a strategic thinker, creative contributor, and media driver across five or six accounts.

You will create ideas and processes, build excellent client rapport and ensure client satisfaction. You will have a full understanding of client needs to apply project management, programming, staff leadership and management skills to assignments. You will help lead junior staff and take responsibility for the team’s success on assigned projects. As a team mentor, you also will help the team improve their writing competencies.

Does this sound like you?

You are, at your core, a team player who thrives on facing client challenges with creativity and enthusiasm

You have a background in corporate and consumer communications, especially with experience in tech, fintech, executive visibility, and consumer/lifestyle beauty a plus

You have experience navigating regulatory and compliance concerns within finance and security communications

You are a ready and willing resource for your teams and have a desire to grow into a team/account management role

You are confident in providing strategic counsel to client and the team but also in recognizing when more senior resources are needed to tackle a particular challenge

You are not afraid to ask questions and create a team environment where your junior team feels the same

You are comfortable advising and executing media relations and have relationships with health and wellness media that you can tap into and/or share with the team

You are comfortable advising on social media and influencer relationship even if not an expert in either

You’re collaborative and can practice strong upward, downward and sideways communication with seniors, peers and juniors across internal and client teams

You enjoy working in a very collaborative team environment and are ready to grow into a leader and motivator for your teams

Key Responsibilities:
Media & Influencer Relations

Develop and cultivate a wide range of relationships across mainstream and specialist media relevant to the client base, creating opportunities to expand contacts whenever possible

Cultivate strong relationships with social influencers relevant to the client base, continually expanding depth and breadth of contacts

Manage media outreach to secure consistent coverage in media outlets across print, online and broadcast

Oversee the development of editorial calendars; manage outreach; delegate assignments

Develop creative pitch angles and identify appropriate media outlets

Develop media materials, including media releases, pitches, bylines, etc.

Manage client approval process and distribution of communications to media

Manage influencer relations campaigns, including the identification of relevant influencers, program management and reporting

Ensure that pitching is timely, targeted and proactively followed up on to achieve agreed-upon KPIs, cultivating a positive client presence

Creativity

Understand client brand category and landscape in order to deliver creative ideas that resonate with target audiences

Proactively share creative work that inspires new thinking in the agency

Actively participate in team brainstorms

Take a creative approach to problem‑solving and strategy

Account Management

Act as a key point of contact for client; lead daily client communications; attend regular in-person meetings; field requests

Display strong writing, editing, listening and verbal communications skills

Meet tight deadlines and have an exceptional eye for detail

Multitask, prioritize and organize

Have a successful track record of developing integrated public relations programs

Finalize client call agendas and participate in regular status calls; assign sections to appropriate team members

Review/edit monthly activity and media coverage reports developed by junior staff and provide to clients

Ensure that client timelines/plans are being implemented and followed

Identify and address issues before they become problems with clients and managers

Help set realistic expectations with clients

Staff / Management & Mentoring

Provide regular updates to managers on account and team progress to help inform decisions; flag problems

Create to-do lists for the team based on client initiatives

Organize team meetings (create agenda, etc.)

Help train new junior employees (database development, logging time, etc.)

Act as a sounding board for junior staff; address any issues or concerns

Hold team accountable for meeting deadlines and hitting media coverage goals

Event Management

Plan and oversee the implementation of events, including research, venue, catering, talent selection and management, theming and decoration, speaker briefs, and speech‑writing

Ensure that guest lists, invitations and RSVPs are effectively managed

Provide quality control, issues management and hands‑on support at events

Professionally interact with clients, stakeholders and guests

Agency Contributions

Assist VP and director with input for new‑business proposals, and attend new‑business meetings Build to-do lists for the team based on client initiatives

Flag potential new‑business opportunities with leadership as identified (e.g., via a client partner or trade show)

Flag industry developments or changes that impact the agency and our clients

Proactively recommend additional projects to existing clients

Play a proactive role in creating a positive agency culture that the industry’s best talent want to be part of

Use networks and networking opportunities to uncover new business opportunities, and bring them to the senior management team

Key Attributes

Passionate

Strong leader

People person

Entrepreneurial

Proactive

Clear and actionable communicator

Strong expectations and management skills

Highly organized

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in communications, liberal arts, business or marketing

Experience: Four to Six years of PR agency experience

Technical: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

The compensation range for this role is: $85,000 – $95,000 annually, DOE

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