Ready to do award-winning work that’s transforming the health care system?
The traits we admire in our CURAgeous team members:
- A passion for improving health care and driving smart creative campaigns to achieve transformational change.
- Results-focused approach, and the ability to work closely with senior members of the team to manage and execute a campaign to success.
- A leader with a proactive, positive attitude toward client service and team management.
- Responsive, dependable and accountable to team members and clients, and willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done—someone who doesn’t take no for an answer.
- Enthusiasm about the unlimited growth opportunities that come with being a member of a fast-growing start-up firm and wants to stay for the long-term.
- Mission-minded and excited to join the CURA family, which works hard to do good work (and has fun doing it).
- Not shy in sharing bold opinions, but respectful of the bipartisan nature of our firm
CURA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms CURA’s commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.
CURA is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Read our full policy.
We are always looking for CURAgeous talent, so if you’re interested in working at CURA in a position not listed below, please send your resume and the professional opportunity you’re seeking to thyann.nguyen@curastrategies.com!
CURRENT OPENINGS
CURA Strategies, a fast-growing, award-winning health care communications and public affairs agency, is looking for a Vice President of Public Affairs with a deep understanding of health care policy and extensive experience executing public and government affairs strategies to join the team. If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for working at the intersection of government affairs and communications, desire a leadership position at a fast-growing agency, and want to apply your skills to help transform health care, we want to talk to you.
At CURA, our aim is to transform health care through meaningful client work. Working with clients in the areas of mental health, heart disease, maternal health, substance use disorders, kidney disease, and more, we pride ourselves in creating lasting results for clients – and we are looking for someone who shares our passion and believes in our mission.
Unburden yourself of tired big agency politics that offer no clear path for professional growth and join our growing team of talented people who thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Health Policy Expertise and Public Affairs Strategy: Leverage in-depth understanding of the U.S. health policy landscape to craft and execute comprehensive public affairs and strategic communication strategies. These strategies, aligned with client objectives in the health care sector, can include elements such as stakeholder engagement, grassroots initiatives and direct lobbying, all designed to drive positive policy change and improve people’s lives. This approach ensures a holistic and proactive advancement of client interests in government affairs and communications.
- Advocacy Campaigns: Work cross-functionally with communications and digital colleagues to develop and execute advocacy strategies designed to advance clients’ legislative and regulatory priorities.
- Relationship Building: Proactively develop and nurture impactful relationships with key Congressional offices, relevant federal regulatory agencies, industry coalitions, and other stakeholders to enhance our clients’ influence and reputation.
- Policy Analysis: Stay abreast of legislative and regulatory developments in health care, providing timely analysis to clients and internal teams to inform strategic decision-making.
- Client Relationship Management: Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic counsel on government affairs and strategic communications, and ensuring their objectives are met.
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of government affairs and communications professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment. Contribute to team trainings as needed and participate in team-building activities that support the overall CURA culture.
- Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with communications and digital colleagues to ensure we’re delivering integrated approaches to our clients.
- Business Development: Support new business by identifying opportunities and working with the leadership team to develop proposals. Contribute to ongoing CURA marketing efforts.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, communications, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred
- 9+ years public affairs experience, including legislative health policy experience
- Must have Hill experience
- Experience working in a consulting firm (i.e., PR agency, government affairs firm) preferred
- Must have knowledge and understanding of the legislative and regulatory process
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including managing teams and complex projects with a proactive, innovative and positive attitude toward client service
- Experience with and enthusiasm for building and cultivating key policy and stakeholder relationships to help achieve clients’ advocacy goals
- Must have familiarity with digital advocacy tools and social media engagement
- Must have excellent writing and organizational skills and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
WHAT WE OFFER
We take pride in nurturing a supportive and collaborative culture. In fact, in a recent employee survey, 100% of our employees “strongly agreed” that CURA’s managers cared about them as a person, cared about their development, helped them to be successful in their job and allowed them to utilize their strengths. Here are some of the benefits that set us apart:
- Unlimited PTO after one year of employment
- Weekly free lunches (plus lots of free snacks and drinks in the office!)
- Robust health benefits program with 100% of premium covered by CURA
- 401K with company match
- Flexible work hours and locations
- Workplace and off-site social gatherings and company retreats
- Professional learning and development opportunities; including weekly one-on-ones with direct managers and quarterly personal meetings with the CEO
- Weekly all-team meetings with updates on clients, new business and overall financial transparency
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Transportation and mobile phone stipends
All applicants shall receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. In a recent blinded employee survey, 100% of employees strongly believe, “Everyone here [at CURA Strategies] is treated fairly regardless of race, gender, age, ethnic background, disability, sexual orientation, or other differences.”
MORE ABOUT CURA STRATEGIES
CURA Strategies is an integrated strategic communications and public affairs agency exclusively focused on health care and wellness.
Our name, CURA – Latin for care, concern, and attention to others – exemplifies our mission: to work with clients to transform the health care system and improve lives. Whether our client is a business, a non-profit or a government agency, we believe that taking transformative action to improve people’s lives is always the winning strategy. Our culture is built on a love for transforming health care through integrated communications, a desire to proactively serve and contribute, and strong partnership with our clients to deliver results.
Led by a bipartisan team of DC communications veterans, our approach has received considerable notice from industry peers. Since our launch in 2016, CURA has received numerous awards and recognition, including:
- PRovoke North American Boutique Agency of the Year (2023)
- Top 10 Most Trusted Healthcare PR Firms, Insights Care Magazine (2021)
- PR News Best Places to Work (2020)
- PRWeek Boutique Agency of the Year, Honorable Mention (2020)
- PRovoke Global & North American New Agency of the Year (2018)
To apply, please send resume to:
Thy-Ann Nguyen
Chief of Staff
Thyann.nguyen@curastrategies.com
Cover letter is optional. This position requires coming into the office at least 3 days a week.
CURA Strategies, a fast-growing, award-winning health care communications and public affairs agency, is looking for a results-oriented, self-starting Digital Marketing Director who can develop, implement, track and optimize digital marketing campaigns for CURA and our clients. If you live and breathe digital marketing, desire a highly visible leadership position, and want to apply your skills to help transform health care, we want to talk to you.
At CURA, our aim is to transform health care through meaningful client work. Working with clients in the areas of mental health, Veterans health, maternal health, opioid addiction, cardiology, kidney disease, and more, we pride ourselves in creating lasting results for clients – and we are looking for someone who shares our passion and believes in our mission.
Unburden yourself of tired big-agency politics that offer no clear path for professional growth and join our growing team of talented people who thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Plan and execute effective social, email and digital marketing campaigns tailored to clients’ goals and needs, through various channels including web, SEO/SEM, PPC, retargeting and paid social
- Collaborate with the team to develop ads and landing pages; creatively direct digital campaigns with limited outsourcing
- Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
- Identify and analyze digital trends and insights, and optimize spend and performance based on that analysis
- Plan, execute and measure experiments and conversion tests
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate
- Interact directly with clients on campaign planning, execution and reporting; provide clients with thoughtful analysis of campaign results and recommendations for optimization and performance improvement opportunities
- Brainstorm and execute new and creative growth strategies for clients and CURA
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s in digital marketing or related field
- Minimum of 7 years of work experience in digital marketing; agency experience a plus
- Experience and strong interest in clients in the area of health and wellness is a plus; experience running advocacy campaigns and/or campaigns to reach health care providers, policymakers and policy influencers should be called out in cover email and resumé
- Must have strong grasp of current marketing tools, trends and best practices, and be able to lead integrated digital marketing campaigns from concept to execution
- Demonstrable experience leading and managing social, email and digital marketing campaigns, including SEO/SEM, Google Ad Words and display advertising
- Highly creative with expertise in identifying target audiences and devising digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate
- Experience in optimizing landing pages and ad copy/creative/targeting, including experience with A/B and multivariate experiments
- Solid knowledge of analytic tools and ad serving tools necessary for campaign set-up and reporting
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development and constraints
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking
- Experience with organic social media growth campaigns, graphic design and website development a plus — please include in your cover email
CURA is looking for the right cultural and professional fit for this position, so the position title and salary will ultimately be based on experience.
WHAT WE OFFER
We take pride in nurturing a supportive and collaborative culture. In fact, in a recent employee survey, 100% of our employees “strongly agreed” that CURA’s managers cared about them as a person, cared about their development, helped them to be successful in their job and allowed them to utilize their strengths. Here are some of the benefits that set us apart:
- Unlimited PTO after one year of employment
- Weekly free lunches (plus lots of free snacks and drinks in the office!)
- Robust health benefits program with 100% of premium covered by CURA
- 401K with company match
- Flexible work hours and locations
- Workplace and off-site social gatherings and company retreats
- Professional learning and development opportunities; including weekly one-on-ones with direct managers and quarterly personal meetings with the CEO
- Weekly all-team meetings with updates on clients, new business and overall financial transparency
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Transportation and mobile phone stipends
All applicants shall receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. In a recent blinded employee survey, 100% of employees strongly believe, “Everyone here [at CURA Strategies] is treated fairly regardless of race, gender, age, ethnic background, disability, sexual orientation, or other differences.”
MORE ABOUT CURA STRATEGIES
CURA Strategies is an integrated strategic communications and public affairs agency exclusively focused on health care and wellness.
Our name, CURA – Latin for care, concern, and attention to others – exemplifies our mission: to work with clients to transform the health care system and improve lives. Whether our client is a business, a non-profit or a government agency, we believe that taking transformative action to improve people’s lives is always the winning strategy. Our culture is built on a love for transforming health care through integrated communications, a desire to proactively serve and contribute, and strong partnership with our clients to deliver results.
Led by a bipartisan team of DC communications veterans, our approach has received considerable notice from industry peers. Since our launch in 2016, CURA has received numerous awards and recognition, including:
- PRovoke North American Boutique Agency of the Year (2023)
- Top 10 Most Trusted Healthcare PR Firms, Insights Care Magazine (2021)
- PR News Best Places to Work (2020)
- PRWeek Boutique Agency of the Year, Honorable Mention (2020)
- PRovoke Global & North American New Agency of the Year (2018)
To apply, please send resume to:
Thy-Ann Nguyen
Chief of Staff
Thyann.nguyen@curastrategies.com
Cover letter is optional. This position requires coming into the office at least 3 days a week.
- If you have a passion for working in integrated communications, desire a highly visible client-facing position with growth and leadership opportunities, and want to apply your skills to help transform health care, we want to talk to you.
- CURA Strategies, a fast-growing, award-winning health care communications and public affairs agency, is looking for a results-oriented, self-starting Account Supervisor with experience in communications/public relations to join our team.
- At CURA, our aim is to transform health care through meaningful client work. Working with nonprofit and corporate clients in the areas of mental health, health disparities, cardiology, kidney disease and more, we pride ourselves in creating lasting results for clients – and we are looking for someone who shares our passion and believes in our mission.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide day-to-day project management and communications support to healthcare clients.
- Proactively manage client relationship: project tracking, status updates, new ideas, rapid response, budget tracking, invoice coordination
- Contribute to the development of strategic communications plans that shape policy and/or enhance corporate/brand/product positioning.
- Conduct proactive outreach to journalists and online influencers to build relationships and place stories
- Direct client interaction providing account updates and creative recommendations on how to meet public policy and/or brand marketing goals through all communications channels.
- Develop relationships and coordinate correspondence with external audiences: third party organizations, healthcare professionals, policymakers, media, etc.
- Develop and edit high quality content for social media and written materials, including media correspondence, bylines, policy briefs, press statements, etc.
- Oversee/support email marketing campaigns and e-newsletter programs to nurture key audiences for clients; experience working in an email marketing system (EMS) and/or customer management system (CMS) a plus
- Manage projects related to earned and social media research and analysis
- Contribute to new business proposals
- Assist with organizing activities that support the overall CURA culture
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will be eager to learn and have at least 4-5 years of public relations/communications experience, preferably in a PR agency. Candidate must have demonstrated media relations experience. This candidate would ideally have worked and have strong interest in the health care space and have basic knowledge of health care stakeholders and hot health care topics. Specific exposure to issues related to mental health, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic policy issues (e.g., market access, drug pricing, etc.) is a plus.
We are looking for a strong cultural fit to add to our fast-growing work family. When hiring a team member, we are looking for someone with a great attitude and a steadfast work ethic. Strong writing and organizational skills and ability to multi-task is fundamental to succeeding in this position. We believe in a healthy work-life balance—including unlimited PTO after one year of employment—but agency life requires being open to flexible work hours when client needs arise. Candidate must be detail-oriented with a proactive, innovative and positive attitude toward client service. Candidates should be self-motivated and diligent with a high degree of proactivity and accountability for team-based work.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Unlimited PTO after one year of employment
- One month paid sabbatical after five years of employment
- Weekly free lunches (plus lots of free snacks and drinks in the office)
- Robust health benefits program
- 401K with company match
- Flexible work hours
- Company outings and social gatherings
- Professional learning and development opportunities
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Transportation benefits
All applicants shall receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. In a recent blinded employee survey, 100% of employees strongly believe, “Everyone here [at CURA Strategies] is treated fairly regardless of race, gender, age, ethnic background, disability, sexual orientation, or other differences.”
To apply, please send your resume to:
Thy-Ann Nguyen, Chief of Staff
Thyann.nguyen@curastrategies.com
A cover letter is optional. Please indicate if you are looking for a fully remote position or are available and interested in coming into the office at least two days a week.