Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Coordinator

Job Title:

Coordinator

Location:

Hybrid - San Diego and Remote

Position type:

FLSA:

Full time

Non-Exempt

Department:

Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

At Avidity Biosciences, we are driven by our mission: to profoundly improve people’s lives by revolutionizing a new class of targeted RNA therapeutics. We are doing this by realizing the broad and disruptive potential of our Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOC™) platform. Beginning with our muscle disease franchise, our programs tackle the root cause of disease. Our innovative pipeline is set to advance and expand into additional cells and tissues, allowing us to address unmet patient needs across a wide-range of therapeutic areas. We utilize our proprietary AOC platform to design, engineer and develop transformative therapeutics that combine the tissue selectivity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and the precision of oligonucleotide-based therapies to access previously undruggable tissue and cell types and more effectively target underlying genetic drivers of diseases. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, come make a difference with us. 

Position Overview

The Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Coordinator will report directly to the Executive Director, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations and is responsible for providing support across both corporate communications and investor relations functions. In this role, the candidate will utilize project management skills to handle and prioritize multiple communication/investor relations projects, playing a key role in supporting internal and external communications across key stakeholders including analysts, investors, employees as well as social media channels. This role requires a lot of interaction with various groups across the organization including medical affairs, patient advocacy, finance, legal, HR and the administrative team. This role is ideal for someone who is really interested in the communications/IR function and wants to be fully integrated into the team.

Responsibilities

• Team Scheduling including investor and analyst meetings
• Managing conference and NDR logistics including tracking, monitoring schedules, registrations, calendar scheduling, and partnering/coordination with the administrative team
• Updating and tracking Corporate Calendar
• Coordinating Investor and Analyst volume series logistics
• Providing Earnings process support
• Press Release PRN and Nasdaq disclosure submissions
• Monitoring and updates to Comms plans as required & ensuring timelines are executed
• Familiarity with social media, including calendar tracking and approvals
• Managing and tracking Communications and Investor Relations contracts
• Assist with internal communications, intranet updates as directed
• Management of team’s SharePoint and folder structure
• Monitoring corporate deck website updates
• Coordinating basic Website updates including redline reviews
• Management of meeting minutes into IRI platform

Qualifications

To perform this role successfully, an incumbent must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The preferred requirements listed below are representative of the skills, knowledge, and/or abilities required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations or a related field preferred
• 3-5 years previous experience in a communications role or related field. Experience in healthcare, biotech or drug development is preferred
• A passion for communications and supporting an organization committed to helping patients in need
• Experience with developing content for social media and employee communications
• Strong decision-making with the ability to work independently and as a team
• Exceptional organizational, and time management skills, and very detail oriented
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex subjects
• Commitment to quality and attention to detail
• Responsiveness, multi-tasking and balancing demands while managing multiple deliverables and deadlines
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment
• Proven collaborator with a strong ability to work effectively across functions and levels
• Proactive, self-starter; able to work independently and in team environment