Junior Account Executive, Healthcare PR – £26-28.5k (depending on experience) London, England, [...]

Virgo Health Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare communications agency is looking for a Junior Account Executive to support client accounts and develop PR skills. The ideal candidate will assist in administrative tasks, communication materials, and build relationships within the healthcare industry. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and comprehensive benefits including six weeks of annual leave and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid working, 2 days/week in the office

6 weeks annual leave

Monthly well-being allowance

Fantastic office space in Shoreditch

Gender neutral family friendly policies

Clear career progression

Excellent training programmes

Qualifications

• Demonstrated systematic and logical approach to planning.
• Enthusiastic to learn new skills in a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Provide logistical and administrative support for client accounts.
• Develop first drafts of communications materials and manage media relations.
• Participate actively in team meetings and ensure timely client updates.

Skills

Excellent organisation skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Computer literacy

Experience with social media

Interest in healthcare

Job description

Junior Account Executive, Healthcare PR – £26-28.5k (depending on experience)

London, England, United Kingdom

About us:

Virgo Health is a specialist health communications agency, part of the GOLIN group and the wider IPG network of companies with more than 200 offices around the world as well as hubs in London, New York and Chicago.

We are passionate about helping people to make better decisions around health and wellbeing. Whether it’s clinicians selecting the best treatment, patients understanding their disease better or empowering consumers to self-treat, we always make sure that the human aspect is at the heart of what we do. We work with pharmaceutical, diagnostic and consumer health companies, industry bodies, public and private health providers as well as patient organisations.

When we choose to work in healthcare, we choose to work in an industry with people at its heart; we celebrate our differences and how we complement each other. But at Virgo, ‘Being Human’ is what unites us, and it’s fundamental to our culture. We show empathy and support for each other to grow our skills. embracing inclusive and flexible ways of working and rejecting outdated workplace culture. We have a brilliant team that works well together to deliver effective content and to celebrate our successes.

What is the role?

As a Junior Account Executive (JAE) you will be in a trainee role. As well as demonstrating a real thirst to understand the healthcare industry and to develop PR abilities, you will play a key role in the smooth running of client accounts, with the main responsibilities including logistical and administrative support, and develop PR skills and processes. The JAE role will allow you to demonstrate key skills and behaviours required to be a PR professional, consistently delivering high standards of work to deadlines, and gaining the ability to multitask and prioritise in order to manage time effectively.

What will you be doing?

• Develop an understanding of the media landscape, target journalists and sell ins
• Develop an understanding of how press materials are tailored to different types of media
• Develop proficient first drafts of basic communications materials, e.g., backgrounders, case studies, speaker information, emails to clients
• Become familiar with using tools such as Gorkana, Factiva and Brand Watch
• Develop a knowledge of the products and disease areas that you work in and the role that communications plays in supporting them
• Build good rapport with clients, playing an active role in any team meetings or teleconferences you attend
• Ensure call readiness for updates and status meetings, booking rooms as needed, starting calls promptly with materials ready to be shared
• Help the team manage effective account team administrative procedures, e.g., printing, binding, scanning, team action lists etc.
• Review and reference documents and develop Veeva (or similar) skills uploading client documents for review and tagging references, building experience with correct referencing format and software, where needed
• Develop and proactively update interval action lists, status reports and minutes, generating client friendly versions, as appropriate, to good standard
• Play an active role in morning media scanning and take responsibility for ensuring that clients receive daily coverage in a timely fashion, discussing any needs for further action with team

Skills/requirements:

• Excellent organisation and administration skills demonstration systematic and logical approach to planning
• Enthusiastic to learn new skills as part of a high – performing team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Computer literate with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams
• Experience of using social media, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc
• Interest in healthcare

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Hybrid working, 2 days/week in the office
• 6 weeks annual leave
• Monthly well-being allowance
• A fantastic office space in Shoreditch
• Industry-leading gender neutral family friendly policies
• Clear career progression and excellent training programmes developed by our L&D Director

+ many other perks!

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