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LifeArc is looking for a Senior Manager, PR and Media to lead their communications efforts. This key role will elevate LifeArc's profile through strategic media engagement and content management, requiring significant experience in media strategy, relationship-building, and crisis communications. You'll work in a dynamic environment focused on impactful life science initiatives, supporting the mission of putting patients first.
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Job Title: Senior Manager, PR and Media
Location: London
Job Type: Permanent
Agencies: We will only work with recruitment partners on our preferred supplier list and will not engage with speculative CVs submitted.
Are you passionate about making life science life changing and delivering impact for patients? We want to hear from you.
About the role:
Join the Communications and Marketing team at LifeArc in an exciting role leading the PR and media function. This role will be vital in raising the profile of LifeArc with key target audiences and stakeholders by engaging with national, international and trade media. Some of the key activities will involve developing and implementing a media strategy, drafting press releases, building relationships with key journalists across different sectors, media training for spokespeople and leading on crisis comms.
The Senior Manager, PR and Media will be responsible for handling all PR and media activities for LifeArc with the aim of building our reputation and profile-raising with key external audiences in the UK and international life-sciences ecosystem. The post-holder will work with the wider Communications and Marketing Directorate, LifeArc's Board and Executive team and colleagues across LifeArc to build an external understanding of the organisation, generating and identifying opportunities to tell our story.
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About us:
LifeArc is a not-for-profit life science organisation, leading the way for change in rare diseases in the UK and supporting promising initiatives in global health. We seek out research in areas of unmet need that has great potential, providing support to help it become breakthroughs that change lives.
What we can offer you:
Focused on finding life changing solutions for underserved patients, our people thrive in an inclusive, and supportive environment that prioritises their health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary approach guarantees our people growth opportunities, while our culture of innovation and collaboration drives the impact we make delivering on our purpose of 'putting patients at the centre of everything we do'.
We are dedicated to creating a diverse, flexible, equitable and happy work environment so our colleagues can thrive as their truest selves. We act with courage, curiosity, care & commitment to deliver quality & excellence for our patients and each other Join us, and you'll be given the scope to develop your professional skills and experience in a safe, supportive and challenging environment
Salary will be determined by qualifications and experience along with other exceptional benefits. Because we understand everyone has different requirements, our flexible benefits allow you to choose those which are important to you. Our pension scheme offers employer contributions of up to 12%, private health insurance, and annual leave of 31 days PLUS bank holidays.
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds, for example, are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At LifeArc we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so whatever your background or lived experience, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and you may be just right for this or other roles.
We all have potential. At LifeArc, you'll discover what you can really do with it.