PR Account Director - Health PR

Job Description

Finn Partners is looking for a talented Account Director, to join our growing Health PR Practice. Ideally , you will have 3-4 years of experience in health PR or have journalism background. As account director, you will support our senior partner in the management of client accounts. You will be directly responsible for some clients reporting to the senior partner to ensure that client expectations are being met. You will help to develop communications strategies and be responsible for communications planning. It is important that you keep up to date with NHS policy and developments in healthcare. Our ethos is to ensure every client is happy with the work we do for them and will recommend us to others.

Activities:
• Client relations (attending client meetings, reporting directly to clients)
• Communications strategy (helping to develop communications strategy and communications planning)
• Client corporate documents (interviewing and copywriting)
• Media relations (pitching articles to target media, building relationships with target media)
• Press releases (writing, reviewing draft releases, or drafting and submitting to clients for sign off)
• Award entries (reviewing draft submissions or interviewing, drafting and submitting online)
• Research (reviewing policy and other NHS documents)
• Client newsletters (interviewing and copywriting)
• Case studies (interviews and drafting)
• Events (supporting the managing director with planning and organisation)
• Monitoring client websites

We offer excellent prospects for promotion via a goal-oriented career guidance programme, along with a generous benefits package that includes:
• Market-leading holiday provision: 25 days' holiday plus 5 additional ''summer days''
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Referral bonuses for hiring and new business
• Free breakfast and complimentary snacks
• Hybrid working structure
• Wellness subsidy
• Monthly tax-free allowance to cover work from home expenses

ABOUT FINN PARTNERS:
Named as a Best Place to Work 2020 by PR Week, 1,000 of the most accomplished professionals in the industry make up FINN Partners. With 20 offices across eight countries around the world, our managing partners alone have more than 175 years of combined experience working in the consumer, technology, travel & leisure, financial services, healthcare, education and manufacturing sectors. The firm offers a full-service approach including integrated public relations, content creation, social, digital marketing and research services. Founded in New York in 2011 by Peter Finn with an innovative new model in which entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and partnership drive client success and sustainable agency growth, the firm delivers world-class client service, coupled with best-in-class employment practices, to produce award-winning work and a rewarding culture.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1nnpy-3-135-216-174-42 in your application.