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Get Access To All JobsSenior Public Relations Specialist – Value-Based Enterprise
General Summary - (Hybrid- 3 days in Detroit office)
The Senior Public Relations Specialist supports Henry Ford Health System by developing and executing innovative PR, communications, and storytelling strategies that elevate the organization’s mission—especially within its Value-Based Enterprise.
This includes supporting key entities such as:
- Health Alliance Plan (HAP)
- Populance (population health)
- Community Care Services
- Mosaic Clinically Integrated Network
In this role, you’ll act as a strategic partner, project manager, and storyteller, driving communications that position Henry Ford Health as a leader in value-based care. You’ll collaborate closely with communications, marketing, and executive leaders while enhancing brand visibility and supporting system growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic PR and storytelling plans across clinical care, research, education, community impact, and philanthropy
- Build and maintain strong media relationships; actively pitch stories to national, local, and industry outlets
- Create engaging content (press releases, digital, social, internal, and external communications)
- Serve as project manager for major communications initiatives and campaigns
- Partner with internal leaders to provide strategic counsel and alignment on messaging
- Collaborate across teams to ensure consistent, integrated communication strategies
- Track and measure engagement and performance metrics
- Support media monitoring, distribution, and reporting
- Assist with media events and public-facing opportunities
- Support thought leadership and executive visibility strategies (media, speaking, op-eds)
- Develop content strategies for diverse audiences (consumers, media, internal stakeholders)
- Participate in on-call support during emergency communications situations
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, or related field
- 5+ years of PR/communications experience with increasing responsibility
- Exceptional written, verbal, and digital communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to work with leaders at all levels
- Ability to translate complex medical concepts for broad audiences
- Passion for storytelling, curiosity, and a collaborative mindset
- Strong project management skills; able to manage multiple priorities
- Strategic, creative, detail-oriented, and innovative thinker
Preferred/Additional Skills
- Experience with media monitoring and distribution tools
- Knowledge of healthcare, value-based care, or population health
- Ability to analyze data and measure communications impact
Core Competencies
- Communication, teamwork, and collaboration
- Accountability and ownership
- Customer service and professionalism
- Adaptability and continuous learning
- Respect for diversity and inclusion
Work Environment
- Standard office environment
- Occasional after-hours/on-call support as needed
Summary
This role is ideal for a strategic communicator and storyteller who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to make a meaningful impact by elevating healthcare innovation, leadership, and community impact.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Public Relations, Communications, or related field from a four-year college/university
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years in public relations, communications, or related field with increasing responsibility
- Communication Skills: Exceptional oral, written, and digital communication skills
- Interpersonal Skills: Excellent people skills; able to work effectively with a broad cross-section of leaders
- Critical Thinking: Ability to distill and communicate complex medical and other concepts to diverse audiences
- Mindset: Passion for storytelling, natural curiosity, and a collaborative client-partner approach
- Work Style: Ability to manage multiple projects, accounts, and complex issues with a focus on strategy, innovation, creativity, attention to detail, and accuracy
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
Senior Public Relations Specialist – Value-Based Enterprise
General Summary - (Hybrid- 3 days in Detroit office)
The Senior Public Relations Specialist supports Henry Ford Health System by developing and executing innovative PR, communications, and storytelling strategies that elevate the organization’s mission—especially within its Value-Based Enterprise.
This includes supporting key entities such as:
- Health Alliance Plan (HAP)
- Populance (population health)
- Community Care Services
- Mosaic Clinically Integrated Network
In this role, you’ll act as a strategic partner, project manager, and storyteller, driving communications that position Henry Ford Health as a leader in value-based care. You’ll collaborate closely with communications, marketing, and executive leaders while enhancing brand visibility and supporting system growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic PR and storytelling plans across clinical care, research, education, community impact, and philanthropy
- Build and maintain strong media relationships; actively pitch stories to national, local, and industry outlets
- Create engaging content (press releases, digital, social, internal, and external communications)
- Serve as project manager for major communications initiatives and campaigns
- Partner with internal leaders to provide strategic counsel and alignment on messaging
- Collaborate across teams to ensure consistent, integrated communication strategies
- Track and measure engagement and performance metrics
- Support media monitoring, distribution, and reporting
- Assist with media events and public-facing opportunities
- Support thought leadership and executive visibility strategies (media, speaking, op-eds)
- Develop content strategies for diverse audiences (consumers, media, internal stakeholders)
- Participate in on-call support during emergency communications situations
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Communications, or related field
- 5+ years of PR/communications experience with increasing responsibility
- Exceptional written, verbal, and digital communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to work with leaders at all levels
- Ability to translate complex medical concepts for broad audiences
- Passion for storytelling, curiosity, and a collaborative mindset
- Strong project management skills; able to manage multiple priorities
- Strategic, creative, detail-oriented, and innovative thinker
Preferred/Additional Skills
- Experience with media monitoring and distribution tools
- Knowledge of healthcare, value-based care, or population health
- Ability to analyze data and measure communications impact
Core Competencies
- Communication, teamwork, and collaboration
- Accountability and ownership
- Customer service and professionalism
- Adaptability and continuous learning
- Respect for diversity and inclusion
Work Environment
- Standard office environment
- Occasional after-hours/on-call support as needed
Summary
This role is ideal for a strategic communicator and storyteller who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to make a meaningful impact by elevating healthcare innovation, leadership, and community impact.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Public Relations, Communications, or related field from a four-year college/university
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years in public relations, communications, or related field with increasing responsibility
- Communication Skills: Exceptional oral, written, and digital communication skills
- Interpersonal Skills: Excellent people skills; able to work effectively with a broad cross-section of leaders
- Critical Thinking: Ability to distill and communicate complex medical and other concepts to diverse audiences
- Mindset: Passion for storytelling, natural curiosity, and a collaborative client-partner approach
- Work Style: Ability to manage multiple projects, accounts, and complex issues with a focus on strategy, innovation, creativity, attention to detail, and accuracy
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Public Relations Specialist
Frame your PR portfolio for U.S. specialties
U.S. employers distinguish sharply between agency, corporate, and nonprofit PR. Restructure your portfolio to highlight the specific track you're targeting, crisis communications, media relations, or brand strategy, so your degree field and experience align visibly with the specialty occupation standard.
Confirm your degree meets specialty occupation
The E-3 requires a degree specifically tied to the role. A communications or public relations degree maps cleanly, but a general business degree needs supporting evidence. Gather your academic transcripts and any credential evaluation showing equivalency to a U.S. four-year bachelor's degree.
Target employers with dedicated PR departments
In-house PR teams at publicly traded companies and large nonprofits file LCAs far more routinely than boutique agencies. Search DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway to verify which employers have certified LCAs for communications roles before you invest time in the application process.
Search for E-3 roles using Migrate Mate
Most PR job listings don't advertise visa sponsorship explicitly. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork once you have an offer, and search Migrate Mate's job board to find roles with employers already familiar with E-3 sponsorship requirements.
Address the LCA timeline before accepting an offer
DOL must certify your LCA before your visa application can proceed. Ask your prospective employer to submit the LCA immediately after your written offer. Delays here push back your consulate appointment, so confirm the employer has an HR team or legal counsel ready to file promptly.
Prepare for nonimmigrant intent questions at your interview
Consular officers assess whether PR specialists plan to stay permanently. You'll need to articulate clear ties to Australia, family, property, or professional obligations, alongside your U.S. role description. A well-documented job offer letter specifying the specialty occupation duties strengthens your position significantly.
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Find Public Relations Specialist JobsPublic Relations Specialist E-3 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Public Relations Specialist jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Most PR job postings don't flag E-3 sponsorship directly, so filtering by visa type is the most reliable approach. Migrate Mate lets you search roles specifically matched to E-3 eligibility, connecting you with employers already familiar with the LCA and consular process for Australian nationals. From there, confirm the role meets specialty occupation requirements before applying.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Public Relations Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, when the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field like communications, public relations, or journalism. The qualifier is 'requires', if the job description says a degree is preferred rather than required, or accepts any bachelor's degree regardless of field, USCIS may dispute the specialty occupation classification. Make sure the offer letter specifies both the degree requirement and the relevant field.
How does the E-3 compare to H-1B for Public Relations Specialists?
The E-3 has a significant practical advantage: no lottery. H-1B selection for PR roles depends entirely on random selection from a pool that has been oversubscribed in recent years. The E-3 allocates up to 10,500 visas annually for Australian citizens and that cap has never been reached, so a qualified PR specialist with a job offer can apply at any point in the year without waiting for a registration window.
Can I switch PR employers once I'm in the U.S. on an E-3?
Yes, but you can't simply transfer your existing E-3. Your new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp if yours has expired, or a change of status if you're applying from inside the U.S. Plan for a gap between your last day and your new start date to allow LCA certification time, which DOL typically processes within seven business days.
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