Senior Account Director / Associate Director - Comms

About Us

OVID Health is an independent award-winning health communications consultancy (PRWeek 30^th Health PR Agency 2022) and we’d love you to become a part of our mission. Our purpose is to increase the number of people living healthily and to inspire good care through the power of communications.

We bring clients a creative and personal experience. We’ve built an enviable roster of clients, both established and growing. Most importantly, we treat our team like we treat our clients, giving them a voice and incorporating their ideas into how the business is run.

About You 

We are looking for an ambitious communications professional with a health and life sciences background to join us as a Senior Account Director / Associate Director so we can continue with OVID’s impressive growth over the past year. In this role, you will be at the heart of our ambition to be the independent public affairs/PR health comms agency in the UK!

You will be/have:

• Expertise working across healthcare and/or pharmaceutical comms (PR/brand/corporate/digital/internal/external etc)
• A can-do attitude, with the ability to get stuck in and lead a team as well as provide hands-on delivery
• Great written, presentation and organisational skills.
• A desire to be a part of an ambitious, entrepreneurial agency.
• A kind, entrepreneurial, passionate and values-driven personality.
• Experience working in an agency leading global/UK accounts at Account Director level or above
• Able to drive organic growth with existing clients and oversee account profitability
• Enthusiastic about new business and have a willingness to get involved with new business activity including outreach, proposal development and pitching.
• Ability to lead strategy and client management.

Your role will have a very direct influence on the success of the business, and we’ll reward you accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Leading a range of accounts (pharma (global and UK), med-tech, health tech, healthcare, charity, trade body) to a high standard, maintaining excellent relationships with senior clients.
• Proactively and reactively provide insight and advice to clients by being an expert in client’s business and policy landscape
• Contribute to new business growth by networking, initiating new clients, growing existing clients and playing a significant role in proposal development and presentations/pitch processes
• Leading account teams to create top-quality proposals (proposal management, creating budgets, dealing with RFPs etc).
• Strategic and direct input on marketing initiatives.
• Mentoring and supporting junior members of the team in their development.
• Contributing expert insights to our client and prospective client work.
• Maintaining and growing OVID’s networks and outreach.

Essential Skills

• In-depth understanding of pharma and healthcare comms channels
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to foster good client relationships and to proactively manage clients
• Good financial oversight to build and manage client budgets
• Good knowledge of pharma industry and its regulations
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Good presentation skills
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• IT literate
• Great communicator and a team player able to lead by example

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of market access
• Crisis communications experience

What’s on offer?

An opportunity to have your ideas, voice and thoughts heard and implemented. We’ll take good care of you, and in return you’ll receive autonomy, the opportunity to work in a truly integrated team, a lovely office environment and excellent benefits.

We’re also offering you a chance to enhance your professional development through a bespoke training programme and achieve a stimulating mix of work for a company which has an exciting and meaningful purpose.

Benefits

• Company pension with 5% employer contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off
• Fresh fruit in the office to keep you energised during the day
• Flexible working arrangements – hybrid working with minimum 3 days/week in our lovely Hammersmith offices (with free on site gym)
• Top-spec tech package to support your work
• OVID Book Club- we reimburse you for the books
• Work from up to 30 other co-working spaces across London
• Work from Anywhere 2 weeks per year
• Buy or sell holiday opportunity
• Industry-leading access to training and development personalised to you
• Competitive new business incentive scheme on top of a discretionary annual bonus
• Company socials (recent virtual socials have included Bake off, immersive Game Box, murder mystery, pancake making and an escape room!)
• Unlimited use of the office dog…

Contact

Email: [email protected]  

Website: https://ovidhealth.co.uk  

OVID is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. Please note all candidates applying must have the right to legally work in the UK. We are members of the Healthcare Communications Association, the Public Relations and Communications Association, The Pharmaceutical Marketing Society and the Taylor Bennett Foundation.