Join our team!
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
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 is looking for an ambitious, self-starter who is ideally able to start in early September. Our paid interns are fully integrated members of our team and are key players in helping us do great work for our incredible clients.
This isn’t a “get our coffee” internship – we want our interns to develop real skills and knowledge. Account interns help with a variety of tasks across several accounts. Our client portfolio includes some of the following: Advocates for Opioid Recovery, American College of Cardiology, BHG, CareDx, and MDxHealth.
This is a paid position of $14/hour. On limited cases, we have adjusted this for graduate students with more extensive experience.
Responsibilities
- Develop daily media monitoring reports
- Assist with media relations activities, including building media lists and crafting newsworthy pitches
- Assist with client social media efforts including drafting content, creating graphics, and monitoring for engagement opportunities for Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
- Draft written content, such as newsletters, blog posts, press releases, client presentations, measurement reports
- Attend various events to support clients with either taking notes or supporting live social media efforts
- Attend and capture action items from internal and client meetings/conference calls
- Participate in new business brainstorms and research
- Assist with administrative tasks, such as preparing for client meetings, weekly team meeting, and other tasks as assigned
- Other projects and duties as requested, directed, or assigned
Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Our future intern:
- Has an appetite and drive to always do more
- Is thorough and detail-oriented, particularly with spelling and grammar
- Has excellent writing, analytical, and oral skills
- Has a professional demeanor and is a team player
- Works well under pressure in a fast-paced environment – juggling multiple projects at once while meeting deadlines
- Is extremely organized and able to manage time well
- Can approach a project with a can-do mindset, but will ask questions when they’ve exhausted all options
- Has a working knowledge of social media for business
- Is proficient with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Bonus points if you have:
- Graphic design experience and working knowledge of Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere)
- Government relations and public affairs experience
Recent grads, graduate students, junior and seniors studying public relations, communications, marketing, journalism, or a related major with an interest in healthcare communications. Prior communications and public relations experience is strongly preferred.
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter, along with two writing samples (one short, such as a social media post, and one long, such as a press release) in PDF format to Kellsie Brannen at kellsie.brannen@curastrategies.com.