Health Care Content Creator

OPEN MINDS is the premier market intelligence and management consulting firm focused on serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs, including mental health, addictions, autism, intellectual/developmental disabilities, long-term support services, social services, children’s services, juvenile justice, and corrections health care.

OPEN MINDS' mission is to provide organizations serving these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

The OPEN MINDS Health Care Content Creator is responsible for the organization’s daily blog/briefing on strategy issues for the field. This includes developing story ideas, writing briefing drafts, incorporating executive team and reader perspectives in the blog, layout, scheduling, and encouraging post-publication readership.

The ideal candidate for this role has great Ghost-writing skills, is skilled in summarizing complex concepts, can work with senior executives, and has a natural curiosity about the health and human service field. The candidate will need organizational skills to manage a multi-month production schedule and strong adaptability to develop their personal writing style to fit the CEO's preferred writing expectations.

I. Responsibilities of the Health Care Content Creator include:

• Research, writing, layout, artwork generation, and posting of daily executive briefings as the voice of the CEO
• Manage a multi-month editorial tracker of upcoming executive briefing topics and interviews
• Develop and execute strategies for increasing the readership of the daily briefing

II. Position reports to: General Manager, Circle Market Intelligence

III. Direct reports: None

IV. Performance metrics: OPEN MINDS Circle revenue and readership metrics

Skills, experience, and education required of the Health Care Content Creator include:

• Strong research skills, with the ability to conduct independent research, analyze findings, and produce reports with relevant information for OPEN MINDS subscribers.
• The ability to understand and interpret challenging health care policy, technology, and data in a fast-paced environment is required. Experience writing thought leader pieces preferred.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, including the ability to track multiple tasks and multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment.
• Good writing and editing skills, with the ability to proofread documents for grammatical accuracy and correct layout.
• Proficiency with Adobe Suite and WordPress publishing tools; Proficiency using MS SharePoint and MS Teams
• Strong experience creating PowerPoint presentations and generating artwork.
• Demonstrated proficiency with and working knowledge of computer applications, including, but not limited to, word processing, electronic data transfer programs, e-mail, databases, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to work cooperatively in person and by telephone with clients and staff.
• A college degree in a related field is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the health and human service field is preferred.
• Visual acuity is required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading.
• Ability to stand and sit for long periods of time, as well as bending and lifting from a sitting or standing position.
• Ability to travel unattended on an as-needed basis.