Background:
Our clients are seeking a Freelance PR Account Director for an 8 month contract in Central London. Candidates for this position should be talented senior account managers or freshly made account directors with proven experience of ethical pharmaceutical public relations either in an agency or client-side. They will have gained experience of developing and leading projects and programmes for global or pan-european communications for prescription medicines, medical devices or diagnostic products at any stage of the life-cycle, as well as implementing international disease awareness campaigns. As such they will be able to demonstrate their skills in strategic planning and counsel, as well as delivery of high quality, creative and successful multimedia content for media, healthcare professional and patient audiences.
The successful candidate will be working with members of the management team to lead accounts, they will need to demonstrate their ability to manage, coach, and inspire others, work effectively with other team members above and below, and will be called upon to line manage more junior members of the team. We all have the opportunity to contribute and learn from wider, 360 agency projects with other ethical marketing disciplines, as well as new business.
The candidate will enjoy working in a highly creative, top tier global agency environment where talent is highly valued and nurtured. Provide extensive training to its employees at all stages of their career development covering all elements of healthcare marketing as well as key client handling and leadership skills.
Fforde is acting as a recruitment agency/business.
KEY WORDS: PR, Public Relations, Account Director, Ethical Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Medical Communication, Project Management, Account Management, Line Manager, Senior Management, Contract, London