Director – Healthcare PR

Media Contacts; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare PR agency in London is seeking a talented Associate Director or Junior Director. This role involves leading global PR accounts for a top pharmaceutical company, managing a team, and collaborating with international counterparts. A passion for healthcare and significant agency experience are essential. The agency offers impressive career development opportunities and an excellent flexible benefits package.

Benefits

Exceptional perks including work-from-anywhere in summer

Award-winning training and development programs

Great place to work recognition

Impressive budget for socials

Flexible benefits package including wellbeing perks

Qualifications

• Significant healthcare PR agency experience up to at least senior account director level or equivalent in-house experience.
• Proven experience in managing global PR campaigns.
• Strong team spirit with management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of account handlers.
• Work on global PR account with a top pharmaceutical company.
• Collaborate closely with US counterparts and other agencies.

Skills

Healthcare PR agency experience

Global PR campaign experience

Team management

Passion for healthcare

Job description

Riding high from their recent ‘Agency of the Year’ win, our client, a global healthcare PR and medical communications agency is looking to bolster its senior ranks with a talented Associate Director or Junior Director. The team are passionate about improving health outcomes and ultimately patient lives, and as leader of a team of passionate colleagues you will need to be as well! If you want the chance to win awards, progress your career and work with a fantastically friendly and supportive team this is the call to make.

The team are in their central London offices 3 days a week and the agency operate a flexible working policy. Staff also enjoy exceptional perks such as the opportunity to work from anywhere over the summer months.

The Associate Director/ Junior Director’s Role:

• You will be working on a full-rounded global PR account with a top pharmaceutical company across a few therapy areas.
• The work will be majority global, with some UK focused work and will include media relations, social and digital, data comms/congresses, issues management, disease awareness, internal comms, patient advocacy, etc.
• You will lead and manage a team of account handlers and will be proactive in inspiring and developing those you manage
• You will be working in close collaboration with US counterparts and other agencies

Requirements:

• You will have significant healthcare PR agency experience up to at least senior account director level or equivalent in-house experience
• You will have global PR campaign experience
• Team spirit and experience in management will also be required
• A passion for healthcare is a must!

What you will get:

• An award-winning agency who will prioritise your development and career goals e.g. they often support staff to go on secondment, paying for their accommodation and set up costs for international placements
• Industry- leading training and development programmes at all levels designed by their in-house Learning & Development Director
• Winning the ‘Great Place to Work’ award for over a decade!
• Impressive budget for socials
• Excellent flexible benefits package including wellbeing perks, extra opportunity for holidays, help with travel costs and opportunity for career breaks.