Associate Director / Junior Director – Healthcare PR & Communications

Riding high from our client’s ‘Agency of the Year’ win, a global healthcare PR and medical communications agency is looking to bolster its senior ranks with an experienced 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.

Role & Responsibilities

• Work on a full‑round global PR account with a top pharmaceutical company across a few therapy areas.
• Drive a majority global workload with some UK focus, covering media relations, social & digital, data comms/congresses, issues management, disease awareness, internal comms, patient advocacy, etc.
• Lead and manage a team of account handlers, proactively inspiring and developing those you manage.
• Collaborate closely with US counterparts and other agencies.

Requirements

• Significant healthcare PR agency experience up to at least senior account director level or equivalent in‑house experience.
• Global PR campaign experience.
• Team spirit and management experience.
• Passion for healthcare.

Benefits

• Career development and secondment support, including international placement costs.
• Industry‑leading training and development programmes.
• Over a decade of winning the ‘Great Place to Work’ award.
• Flexible benefits package, wellbeing perks, extra holidays, travel cost support and career break opportunities.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Public Relations and Consulting

Industries

Public Relations and Communications Services, Public Health, Business Consulting and Services

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