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Here's What You'll Be Doing
Coyne is looking for an experienced Senior Vice President to join our growing healthcare/pharmaceutical practice. Candidates must have an exceptional understanding of pharmaceutical public relations experience at an agency. The candidate must be a big-picture thinker, idea generator, and media relations strategist for multiple client accounts and will also assist in the preparation of RFP responses. This role will also oversee campaign management, including consumer activations, media relations, blogger/influencer engagement, vendor relationships and event planning. The candidate should be personable, highly motivated, detailed-oriented, an excellent multi-tasker, and comfortable working in a fast-paced open environment. Additionally, the candidate must have experience managing and mentoring multiple junior and mid-level staff members.

Agency, Client & Brand Leadership

• Play an active role in new business development, including prospecting, pitch strategy, and presentation leadership
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and introduce integrated offerings across Coyne’s capabilities
• Serve as a senior strategic lead and portfolio director across pharmaceutical companies, brands and products, spanning early-stage, launch, growth, and mature phases
• Develop and guide communications strategies around clinical milestones, regulatory events, product approvals, launches, and post-launch optimization
• Lead issues and crisis management, working seamlessly with legal, regulatory, medical affairs, and advocacy stakeholders
• Design and evolve advocacy and patient engagement strategies aligned with brand and disease-state objectives
• Support market development and launch readiness, including disease education, narrative development, and competitive positioning
• Translate complex clinical and scientific concepts into compelling brand stories that resonate with diverse audiences
• Provide senior-level leadership, mentorship, and guidance to account teams
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration across Coyne’s healthcare, corporate, digital, and creative teams
• Ensure excellence in strategic thinking, execution, and client service delivery

Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of healthcare communications experience, with significant depth in pharmaceutical product communications
• Strategic mindset paired with hands-on execution capability
• Trusted senior counselor with strong client service and relationship-building skills
• Proven experience managing pharma brands across multiple therapeutic categories
• Demonstrated track record supporting:
  • Product launches and approvals
  • Market development and disease education initiatives
  • Clinical data readouts and milestones
• Strong background in issues management and advocacy development
• Success in leading and/or contributing to new business efforts and growth
• Strong mentorship and development skills among junior team members

What We Offer Employees

• Industry-leading salary
• Blue chip benefit package
• Unlimited paid time off
• Unlimited sick days
• Hybrid working environment

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Here's What You'll Be Doing
Coyne is looking for an experienced Assistant Vice President to join our growing Consumer Brands team. You must have an exceptional understanding of consumer brand public relations. You need to be a big picture thinker, idea generator, and media relations strategist for multiple client accounts. You will support the team's overall client strategy by serving as the day-to-day point of contact for clients. Additionally, you will oversee campaign management, including consumer activations, media relations, blogger/influencer engagement, manage vendor relationships, and event planning.

Here are the specifics

• Develop client strategies and budgets
• Client account management
• Media relations
• Lead/participate in creative sessions
• Management of junior staff

What you should have

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of experience working in PR on the agency side or in-house
• Experience working with large-scale consumer brands
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, and be a problem solver
• Strong understanding of the media landscape and ability to guide your team to land prominent media placements
• Experience managing a team

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Here's What You'll Be Doing
Coyne is looking for a Senior Account Executive to join our growing Consumer Health team. Candidates must have an exceptional understanding of the consumer health landscape. The candidate will play a lead role in high quality client service focusing on media and influencer relations, and produce high level client ready work that produces results. This role will provide daily support in the team's overall client strategy, campaign management, including consumer activations, media relations, blogger/influencer engagement and event planning. The candidate should be personable, highly motivated, detailed-oriented, an excellent multi-tasker, and comfortable working in a fast-paced open environment. Additionally, the candidate should have experience managing and mentoring junior staff members.

Here are the specifics

• Media and influencer relations
• Media target identification
• Account management
• Participate in creative sessions
• Client communication
• Account management
• Provide data driven analysis and reporting
• Development of press releases, pitches, fact sheets, and client correspondences
• Event coordination and management of events on-site
• Management of junior staff

What you should have

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3+ years of experience working in PR on the agency side or in-house
• Must have a passion for consumer health PR
• Experience working with large-scale consumer health clients
• Ability to think strategically and creatively and be a problem solver
• A strong understanding of the media landscape and ability to land prominent media placements
• History of Blogger/influencer management experience
• Experience managing a junior staff
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Strong verbal communications skills
• Candidate must live in NYC/NJ area

What We Offer Employees

• Competitive salary
• Robust health and welfare benefits
• Hybrid work model
• Unlimited paid time off
• Unlimited sick days
• 401K plan
• Training at every level
• Summer Fridays

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Here's What You'll Be Doing
Coyne PR is looking for an Account Executive to join their growing Healthcare practice. Account Executives work on a variety of account responsibilities, including conducting media outreach, media monitoring and reporting, and drafting/writing press materials and client correspondence. You will manage junior level staff while supporting senior staff with client work and actively participate in brainstorms. Must be able to work in a team-oriented, collaborative, fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. While pharma experience is a plus, it is not required.

Here are the specifics

• Media Outreach
• Monitor media/today’s news
• Media reporting and results
• Develop media lists
• Keep a pulse on media throughout the day
• Attend and assist with on-site events
• Draft pitch memos
• Research for program development
• Managing client material submissions/reviews

What you should have

• Graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations or Communications
• Three-four years of experience in Healthcare PR
• Understanding of the media landscape
• Knowledge of media reporting tools like Meltwater and Muck Rack
• Knowledge of social media tools
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong attention to detail skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with client submission platforms (e.g., Veeva) is a plus, not a must

What We Offer Employees

• Industry-leading salary
• Blue chip benefit package
• Unlimited paid time off
• Unlimited sick days
• Hybrid working environment

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Here's What You'll Be Doing
Account Coordinators work on a variety of account responsibilities including conducting media outreach, media monitoring and reporting and drafting/writing press materials and client correspondence. You will support senior staff with client work and actively participate in brainstorms. Must be able to work in a team-oriented, collaborative, fast paced, deadline driven environment.

Here are the specifics

• Media Outreach
• Monitor media/today’s news
• Media reporting and results
• Develop media lists
• Keep a pulse on media throughout day
• Conduct blog/blogger research and outreach
• Media mailings
• Attend and assist with on-site events
• Draft pitch memos
• Demonstrate knowledge of AP Style and grammar
• Keep minutes of client calls
• Research for program development
• Take notes/scribe and participates in brainstorms

What you should have

• Recent graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations or Communications
• Internship experience in PR
• Must have a passion for PR
• Understanding of the media landscape
• Knowledge of media reporting tools like MuckRack and Meltwater
• Knowledge of social media tools
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to multitask
• Strong attention to detail skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills

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You will support team members on a variety of account responsibilities including conducting media outreach, media monitoring and reporting and drafting/writing press materials and client correspondence. You will support senior staff with administrative work and actively participate in brainstorms. Must be able to work in a team-oriented and fast-paced, deadline driven environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities Include:

• Media Outreach
• Monitor media-today’s news
• Media reporting and results
• Develops media lists
• Keeps a pulse on media throughout day
• Conducts blog/blogger research and outreach
• Understands and uses Facebook/Twitter
• Media mailings
• Creates list of editorial calendars
• Prepares award entries
• Attends and assist with on-site events
• Drafting pitch memos
• Demonstrates knowledge of AP Style and grammar
• Keeps minutes of client calls
• Research for program development
• Take notes & scribes/participates in brainstorms
• Understanding all software (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Cision, Lexis Nexis)
• Attends Coyne College & PR workshops
• Complies with general office rules (ie, Rebus time input)
• Maintains own blog
• Create and update clip books
• General administrative support to team

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Our internships are designed to give students the opportunity to participate in a variety of PR and social media-based projects and will provide you with real hands-on experience in the world of Public Relations. The work you will be responsible for as an intern is vital to Coyne’s growth and success. As an intern, some of your everyday duties will include: compiling “today’s news,” putting together clip logs, media lists, and mailers, participating in brainstorms, having the opportunity to learn about and potentially pitch stories to the media, and writing media alerts and press releases. Our primary goal is to provide a meaningful and fulfilling experience for students who are planning a future in public relations.

Please see below for the requirements for our internship program. Applicant must:

• Be a current senior or post grad.
• Have declared a major in Communications or Public Relations (must provide documentation, i.e. transcript from school).
• Be available to work 15-20 hours a week.

So, now that you have some background on the program, here are the specific details:

• Upon hire, you are assigned to a specific team, though you may work on different projects or events if other teams have a need.
• Not only is our internship program paid, we will also work with your University or college for you to receive credit for your internship experience.
• Internship is located in our Parsippany, NJ office.

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