We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Consultant to join our Healthcare Communications team at Hanover in London. As a Consultant, you will be responsible for delivering outstanding public relations services to our existing healthcare clients and contributing creatively to new business activities. You will develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and provide project management services for various healthcare projects.
Joining our team means working with a group of experts in product PR, patient advocacy, crisis management, disease awareness, corporate communications, and media relations. You will have the opportunity to work across multiple exciting therapy areas including infectious disease, immunology, and oncology. Our clients range from top healthcare companies to promising startups, and your work will help improve the lives of patients and healthcare professionals in diverse disciplines.
Requirements:
To be successful in this role, you should have a good knowledge of healthcare and pharmaceutical PR, along with excellent project management, written, and verbal communication skills. You should be client-focused with meticulous attention to detail. Familiarity with relevant media outlets, both print and digital, as well as an understanding of digital communication channels, is important. Curiosity about the news and the industry environment, as well as the ability to multitask and manage competing deadlines, are also key requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
* Stay abreast of the media, identifying opportunities for coverage and issues.
* Draft high-quality press releases and materials for client review.
* Maintain strong relationships with relevant journalists and patient groups.
* Translate science stories for the public.
* Actively participate in client meetings, drafting action notes, ensuring prompt and accurate follow-up.
* Manage projects against agreed timelines and budgets.
* Provide timely and relevant review of media monitoring reports to highlight key issues for client dispatch.
* Identify reactive opportunities in the news agenda to secure coverage and draft high-quality press releases and media materials for client approval.
* Project manage client events including press conferences, media events, stakeholder events, and new business marketing events.
* Contribute creatively towards new business pitches as part of the wider presentation team.
Personal Management:
* Promote and demonstrate our values across the full range of the role.
* Contribute to continuous improvement in role delivery and team processes.
* Demonstrate an enthusiastic and proactive attitude to assessing requirements and delivering results.
* Support and mentor Interns, Account Executives, and Senior Account Executives.
Collaboration:
* Establish relationships with peers outside of your immediate team and across the wider business.
* Understand what other teams in the business do.
Financial Management:
* Adhere to company budget setting and management processes.
* Understand the Hanover financial and marketing systems including Maconomy and Salesforce.
Benefits:
* An annual performance-related bonus plus additional bonus potential linked to recruitment, new business, and long service.
* 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays).
* Private healthcare insurance.
* A company pension plan, including 5% employer contribution.
* Flexible working policies, plus eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years’ service.
* Summer Fridays finish (3pm) and early Friday finish the rest of the year (4pm).
* The Hanover Academy, which incorporates training, coaching, mentoring, and reverse-mentoring opportunities.
* International secondments and collaboration with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBAL’s network.
* A wellbeing programme featuring pre- and post-maternity leave coaching, a working parents’ group, and subsidised gym membership.
* Our Culture Club, with a robust social calendar, awards, and opportunities for community service activities.
Hanover is an equal opportunities employer, committed to encouraging a balanced workforce within our company and the wider industry.
Please note, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK by the start of their employment.
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