Marketing Communications Specialist

Marketing Communications Specialist
The Marketing Communications Specialist is responsible for executing, and optimizing Highridge Medical’s global events and integrated marketing communications. This role drives high-impact engagement with surgeons, distributors, and internal stakeholders—ensuring all events and communications reinforce Highridge’s brand, support commercial objectives, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

This individual partners cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Medical Education, and Executive Leadership to elevate Highridge’s presence across trade shows, surgeon education programs, and internal/external communications channels.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

- Develops messaging and content while actively participating in the generation of marketing collateral to support all phases of the product and/or product segment life cycle.  May lead cross-functional teams and/or allocate necessary work to complete projects on time and in budget.

- Independently responsible for executing all marketing communication activities for assigned products in a way that supports the overriding business unit strategy.  This includes collaboration with internal production team and external vendors, where appropriate.

- Manages on-time delivery of assigned projects from approved concept through delivery of final materials.  This includes schedule management, vendor coordination, review/approval workflow and budget management.

- Assists with communication strategy development and executes marketing projects once strategy is defined.

- Is ultimately responsible for the execution of strategic global marketing message in collaboration with Product Marketing and Marketing Communications team members.

- Actively participates in creative briefing sessions with Product Managers, Marketing staff and external agencies.

- Ensures all projects completed for assigned product brand(s) stay on time and within budget.

- Participates in key stage-gate meetings during the product development cycle for assigned products.

- Works with Marcom & cross-functional team members to maintain final marketing materials, online literature catalogs, provide meeting planning and support and assist with various projects as needed.

- Develops and maintains a moderate level of product knowledge for assigned product brands in order to communicate product details effectively for external audiences.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all of the "essential functions" for purposes of the ADA.

Expected Areas of Competence (i.e., knowledge, skills, and abilities)

- Ability to communicate both orally and in written form with a clear and concise manner.

- Excellent time management and organization skills.

- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional/multi-disciplined teams including but not limited to: Product Management, Commercialization, Sales Administration, Market Communications, and Sales force representatives.

- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite & other PC based systems, as well as Internet Explorer

- Understanding of Marketing Communications concepts

- General knowledge of medical device industry

Education/Experience Requirements

- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Journalism, Communications or other related field.

- Minimum one (1) year of experience in marketing, corporate communications, or medical device product management.

Travel Requirements

Up to 25%

Salary Range: $58,000.00- 65,000.00