Job Description

High Lantern Group Associate Description

Location: Atlanta

High Lantern Group (HLG) is a strategic communications and advocacy consultancy focused on advancing many of the most important issues across industries such as technology, advanced manufacturing, consumer products, and healthcare.

HLG is looking for an Associate to join its growing team of talented consultants. This is an opportunity to work alongside smart and dedicated individuals who inspire and push each other to achieve their best work, and to contribute to a culture of excellence and high performance. This position will be based out of the HLG Atlanta office, with opportunities to work across HLG’s broad portfolio of clients.

This is an opportunity to join a highly successful strategic consulting firm experiencing rapid growth. The successful candidate will play a vital role on client projects in areas including communications and marketing strategy, messaging, product marketing, and content creation.

Responsibilities

• Drafting client deliverables and other collateral, including: presentations, strategic messaging, executive remarks, op-eds, newsletters, and press releases
• Refining client materials
• Conducting research and analysis on clients, industries, and stakeholders, including tracking news and trends
• Constructing reports for internal and client-facing presentations
• Developing client proposals and engagement strategies
• Supporting client engagements day to day, including project coordination and administration, as needed

Experience and Attributes

• Motivated self-starter with experience or interest in strategic communications, business, and public policy
• 1-3 years of professional work experience
• Excellent writing, research, and communication skills
• Ability to distill complex information into clear, concise takeaways
• Strong attention to detail and the capacity to balance multiple responsibilities
• Comfortable with fast turnarounds across multiple clients
• The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Fluent in Microsoft Office and comfortable using AI tools such as Claude Cowork
• Bachelor’s degree required

About High Lantern Group

With offices in Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., High Lantern Group combines deep subject-matter expertise in corporate and social leadership, healthcare and life sciences, aging demographics, technology and innovation, and public policy outcomes, delivering integrated strategy, communications, and coalition-building solutions.

The High Lantern Group team is differentiated by:

• Excellence-driven performers who set a high bar for themselves, their work and their team.
• Curious, innovative thinkers motivated by meaningful impact and energized by translating insight into action.
• Client-centered collaborators who strive to build trusted relationships, communicate with clarity and purpose, and deliver original, tailored solutions to complex challenges.

High Lantern Group provides a competitive salary range for our open requisitions. Actual salary is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, experience, training, education, and other business and organizational needs. In addition to the base salary, this position is eligible for performance-based incentives and a competitive benefits package.

High Lantern Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, HLG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Disclaimer: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.