Sr. Content Specialist (Hybrid)

Sr. Content Specialist (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

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We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Sr. Content Specialist (Hybrid) on our Mission Operations team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 d ays a week in the office.

This role is responsible for translating emerging best practices and industry insights into clear, practical activation resources for health system physician leadership teams, including slide-based materials used in advisory and facilitation work. Drawing on input from the physician faculty, convening, and external research, this role produces high-quality content—such as decks, self-service resources, reports, and case studies—that makes complex ideas accessible and actionable. Helps physician faculty curate and customize tailored presentations and resource recommendations for health system clients.

This role requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in their job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines. This role solves complex problems and works with independence, receiving minimal guidance. This role may drive defined workstreams within a broader project or may have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives. Typically acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Content Development

• Translate emerging best practices, industry insights, and physician faculty expertise into clear, practical activation resources for audiences including frontline physicians, care teams, physician leaders, and health system leadership teams.

• Develop executive-ready slide decks used in advisory, facilitation, and teaching engagements.

• Create materials that are easy to use in live discussions, with clear flow, prompts, and takeaways.

• Create user-friendly supporting content such as self-service resources, reports, case studies, talking points, and interview or discussion guides.

• Collaborate with physician faculty and data teams to customize and curate tailored slide decks and resource recommendations for high-touch report-outs and client-specific engagements.

• Adapt content for different audiences, activation contexts, and delivery formats.

Research & Collaboration

• Conduct a blend of primary research (interviews, convening synthesis, faculty input) and secondary research (literature reviews, industry reports) to identify emerging best practices and industry trends.

• Conduct background research needed to draft survey questions and program evaluation criteria in ways that reflect the common language and terminology used by health system well-being teams.

• Partner with physician faculty, Activation, and Product leaders to validate interpretations, relevance, and applicability.

• Translate research findings into usable guidance rather than academic research outputs.

• Synthesize patterns across research sources to identify practical implications for activation and advisory work.

Content and Event Stewardship

• Support convenings and live sessions by developing agendas, run-of-show documents, and session flow in partnership with SMEs and speakers.

• Coordinate speaker and presenter preparation, including materials, timing, and session logistics from the events team.

• Draft and proofread text for participant-facing materials such as invitations, session descriptions, and supporting content.

• Shepherd assigned content through required internal feedback, editorial, legal review, and proofreading processes.

• Design, implement, maintain, and curate knowledge management systems that organize activation content for reuse and iteration by the entire program team.

• Establish conventions for versioning, organization, and ongoing upkeep of content assets.

May include other responsibilities as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree required

• 5+ years of experience in developing insight-driven content for senior leadership audiences

• Demonstrated experience synthesizing qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear insights, practical guidance, and usable materials for senior leader audiences

• Strong slide-based storytelling skills, with experience developing executive-ready presentations for advisory or facilitation contexts.

• Experience or familiarity with health systems, physician leadership, and/or organizational well-being, including an understanding of the contexts in which physicians work strongly preferred.

• Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail, including experience drafting clear, concise, and audience-appropriate reports, briefs, or guidance materials.

• Experience working with subject matter experts to translate their complex expertise into accessible, well-structured content.

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy.

• Experience with research methods, including interviews, literature review, and thematic synthesis.

• Experience operating in ambiguous environments and exercising judgment about framing, level of detail, and emphasis.

• Experience managing and organizing content assets, including maintaining version control, documentation, and reusable content libraries.

• Some travel required.

  The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago.

  This role is an exempt position, and the salary range for this position is $87,394-$115,797. This is the lowest to highest salary we believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to business consideration and geographical location, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan. To learn more about the American Medical Association’s benefits offerings, please click here. (

  We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment . As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran or disability status.

  THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION