Description

Account Director, Healthcare – Hill + Knowlton Strategies

ABOUT H+K

Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) is an international PR and communications agency based across 80 offices in 40 countries and working globally with many of the largest multinational companies. We structure and lead our business around industry sector teams to deliver deep industry knowledge for the benefit of our clients. These teams are supported by specialist areas of creative ideas development and strategy, data and analytics, content creation and publishing, corporate affairs and ESG. The people in our agency are constantly evolving and are expected to re-invent their skills and set new standards in the industry.

We are proud to have been awarded Provoke Sabre EMEA Awards: UK PR Consultancy of the Year 2022, EMEA Agency of the Decade, UK 2022 Silver Agency of the Year: Campaign Awards, EMEA 2022 Gold PR Agency of the Year: Campaign Award.

OUR TEAM

The H+K Healthcare team is a vibrant and close-knit team passionate about creativity and the power of storytelling and content that focuses on thinking about patients as people. Increasingly we are applying behavioural science to our programs and evolving our approach to measurement. The Healthcare team is one of the fastest growing in the London agency, and the potential for this role is huge.  In addition to a healthy team dynamic where collaboration is encouraged, there is also a strong new business pipeline.

We are proud of our industry-leading work in patient advocacy and disease awareness, internal comms/change programmes and product communications. Work will be global, putting the human at the centre of health, across an enviable client portfolio. Clients include: GBT, Roche, Gilead, GSK and many others!

THE ROLE + RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understanding communications needs of senior clients operating within European and global private and public sector businesses
• Help professionally develop other members of the team, act as a team coach, mentor and motivator to the team, creating a high-performance culture.

• Encourage and demonstrate collaborative working across our global H+K network as well as with our behavioural science, internal and creative studio

• Benefit from our cross-discipline approach to our client’s business needs working with our colleagues in internal, brand PR, consumer, medical education, crisis, corporate and our in-house content publishing, creative design and production teams – as well as our expert and truly global health network.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

• Healthcare and PR/communications agency experience is essential
• Strategic thinker with excellent client service skills
• Solid financial and general account management
• Good knowledge of the power of digital content + media to amplify a message across multiple channels
• Demonstrated experience in delivering/planning delivery of a story across a variety of channels relevant to a client’s key audiences

KEY H+K BENEFITS

• 25 days + (3 days at Christmas) annual leave
• Comprehensive health insurance (Bupa)
• SMART pension scheme
• Heavily subsidised on-site bar
• WPP employee discount scheme
• Group life assurance scheme
• Enhanced maternity + paternity scheme
• Vouchers + extra day’s holiday for key milestone anniversaries
• Our dedicated interactive training academy - ‘The Hub’
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellness programmes
• Weekly social events
• 2 x volunteer days per year

OUR LONDON OFFICE

H+K employs over 300 people in the UK, and our stunning Clerkenwell offices run over two floors, encompassing a beautiful roof terrace and subsidised bar area, which is a great spot for client meetings and socialising with the wider agency. 

DE&I

We pride ourselves on creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone belongs. As a company and as co-workers, we are building a workplace where everyone can reach their full potential. We are an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

We believe diversity is strength. Our Commitment at Hill + Knowlton Strategies is to combine our employees unique backgrounds, perspective, and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation that represents all of us and the businesses we work with.  We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will consider all applicants regardless of age, gender identity ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity, and disability status.  We are also happy to provide reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process. Please refer to our Diversity, Equity + Inclusion Recruitment Charter to understand more about H+K’s commitments here.

H+K is Disability Confident Committed and a Dyslexia SMART organisation.  If you require any adjustments to the application or interview process with us, please don’t hesitate to email [email protected]

For more information on H+K: www.hkstrategies.com

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