"Associate, Media Relations"

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Associate, Media Relations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), the Associate, Media Relations provides foundational support to a high-impact media team shaping how the organization's work is seen, trusted, and amplified. You'll support media operations, content development, measurement, and relationship building while gaining hands-on exposure to healthcare public relations, earned media strategy, and emerging media trends in a mission-driven environment.

Role Overview

• Provide foundational operational support to the full media team, maintaining media databases and organized documentation.
• Draft first versions of media materials, pitches, and background content for review and refinement.
• Conduct research to identify proactive story ideas, emerging trends, and new media opportunities.
• Build and maintain targeted media lists, tracking reporters, outlets, and influencers across earned and social channels.
• Support logistics for media interviews, onsite shoots, and press engagements.
• Assist in coordinating media outreach and early relationship development with reporters.
• Lead daily media monitoring, tracking coverage, sentiment, and performance metrics.
• Maintain reporting dashboards and contribute to evolving measurement and analytics approaches.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment with institutional priorities and campaign objectives.

Key Qualifications

• 2-4 years of professional experience in healthcare public relations or communications.
• Demonstrated exposure to earned media strategy, media monitoring, and content development.
• Familiarity with media ecosystems, including traditional, digital, and social channels.
• Experience supporting media campaigns, agency or in-house PR environments preferred.

Core Skills

• Strong writing and editing capabilities with attention to clarity, tone, and accuracy.
• Creative thinking paired with strong organization and follow-through.
• Ability to monitor trends, synthesize insights, and translate them into actionable ideas.
• Collaborative mindset with the confidence to engage internal partners and external media contacts.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Hybrid, primarily remote with flexibility to come onsite as needed for key meetings, stakeholder engagement, and team collaboration
• Reporting to: Senior Director, Media Relations

Compensation Philosophy

Benefits

Pay Range: $75,500.00 - $116,900.00
FSLA Status: Exempt