Description:
As a Health and Social Care PR Account Manager, you will be central to driving excellent client delivery and trusted counsel. You’ll bring at least two years’ experience in media relations, social media, and reputation management, with a strong track record of securing coverage across local, trade, national and digital media, including in fast-paced and issues-sensitive environments.
While this role will largely support PR work, PLMR Healthcomms provides integrated PR and Public Affairs campaigns to clients and you may be asked to support public affairs work as well. While policy experience is not essential, strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills are a must.
Key responsibilities and duties
- Leading and delivering integrated PR programmes for health and social care clients, including press releases, reports, interview briefing notes, stakeholder outreach and crisis statements.
- Developing compelling news angles and media pitches that raise client profile and support strategic objectives.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, journalists, and sector stakeholders, becoming a trusted point of contact.
- Providing day-to-day leadership on accounts, steering teams to deliver high-quality work, on time and to budget, and identifying opportunities to add value.
- Monitoring health and social care policy and media developments, advising on implications, risks and opportunities.
- Supporting and guiding clients through reputation management and issues-sensitive communications
- Contributing to account development and new business, including identifying leads, supporting pitches and developing proposals.
- Managing, mentoring and developing junior colleagues, helping build their consultancy skills
- Producing accurate, client-ready content with strong editorial standards and minimal senior amendments
- Representing PLMR Healthcomms at sector events, seminars and conferences, supporting the firm’s profile and network.
- Continuing to build sector expertise in health and social care, meeting personal development objectives set with your line manager.