Consultant Account Manager Healthcare Communications London

About us

Hanover is an awardwinning communications consultancy that advises enterprises institutions and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.

From our offices across Europe and the Middle East we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels audiences and issues.

Our collective of smart curious people think differently and live by a shared mission purpose vision and values. These shape how we work not just with our colleagues but with clients and partners too.

Our mission is to rewire communications for impact and harness its transformative power to advocate trailblaze and make a difference.

We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company recognising that each person is a unique spark capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people we can drive innovation foster an uncommon work culture and make a positive difference to society.

Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver worldclass work.

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.

We are proud that our team has been recognised with awards such as the PRWeek SABRE and PharmaTimes awards. We were also shortlisted for an agency award at the Communiqu Awards.

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 clientfocused 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.

To break it down further we are looking for people who are driven to: l

Staying abreast of the media with the goal of both 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 and approve before client dispatch

Regularly 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 potentially participating in pitches reassuring clients they will receive support at junior levels

Personal Management

Promote and demonstrate our values across the full range of the role

Contribute to opportunities for continuous improvement in all areas of role delivery and the wider team processes and practices

Demonstrate an enthusiastic and proactive attitude to assessing requirements completing tasks and delivering results for clients and for Hanover

Support and mentor Interns Account Executives and Senior Account Executives by providing guidance to improve quality of work and overall efficiency

Collaboration:

Proactively establish relationships with your peers outside of your immediate team and across the wider business (including in other markets)

Take the time to understand what other teams in the business do (including in other markets)

Financial Management

Adhere to company budget setting and management processes

Thorough understanding of the Hanover financial and marketing systems including Maconomy and Salesforce

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary your core benefits package will include:

• An annual performancerelated 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

Youll also have access to a wide range of opportunities and initiatives including:

• Flexible working policies plus eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after 2 years service
• Summer Fridays finish 3pm) early Friday finish the rest of the year 4pm)
• The Hanover Academy which incorporates training coaching mentoring and reversementoring opportunities to support personal development and career progression across all levels with a generous training budget
• International secondments as well as the opportunity to collaborate with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBALs network
• A wellbeing programme featuring (but not limited to) pre and postmaternity leave coaching a working parents group subsidised gym membership LiveSmart sessions on mindfulness sleep etc.
• Our Culture Club with a robust social calendar all year round Trailblazer of the Month award Lunch & Learns CSR activity and an opportunity to win an Out of Office activity fund

Hanover is an equal opportunities employer committed to encouraging a balanced workforce within our company and the wider industry.

Please note that the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK by the start of their employment.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement

Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating and ensuring a fair inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.

We maintain a strict notolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment ensuring all individuals are treated equitably irrespective of their race ethnicity religion beliefs age sex gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability marital or pregnancy status genetic background or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal state or local laws and legislation.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please send an email to with the nature of your request.

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Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBALs powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.

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