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WE Communications, one of the world’s largest independent PR and integrated communications companies, is in search of a versatile and highly productive Business Development Specialist. If you are looking for a creative, innovative, strategic and fast-paced culture, this role may be the perfect fit for you.
The Business Development Specialist will be responsible for working with leadership in our Consumer, Healthcare, and Technology sectors to qualify new business opportunities, as well as manage and support priority RFPs and presentations. You’ll work in partnership with others across the North America region to showcase our ideas, capabilities and people in compelling ways that can move our prospective clients’ business forward.
This is a great opportunity if you have agency experience and a passion and interest in new business development. If you consider yourself high energy, organized, self-directed, resourceful, and patient in the face of changing priorities and tight-deadline situations, then this is the team for you!
In the current environment, companies have a business imperative to advance and defend their reputations through communications programs and campaigns that articulate their purpose, mitigate risk and drive results. WE Communications’ Corporate Reputation + Brand Purpose team puts purpose at the center of strategic communications, making it the lens and guide for all stakeholder communications, from the executive voice to employee engagement, to public affairs and crisis and issues management. With purpose as a through-line, we help our clients build resilient and authentic reputations and maintain a long-term license to thrive.
WE is looking for a Senior Vice President, Corporate Reputation + Brand Purpose, to lead our US crisis and issues management offering, providing strategic counsel and strategy to existing and prospective clients across our core sectors of consumer, healthcare, and technology. This role will be responsible for leading a team focused on crisis preparedness, live issue response and understanding the broader policy and issues landscape, providing clients with the counsel, tools and resources needed to respond effectively and protect their reputation.
Importantly, you’d serve as a key member of the Corporate Reputation + Brand Purpose leadership team, leading the charge in activating on a range of corporate reputation, issues management and public affairs opportunities with clients, helping to define our unique value proposition, deepening our relevant experience and strengthening and expanding our team as we grow.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of the WE Global Health team, this role is for a candidate with a passion for navigating the pharmaceutical and medical device industry to deliver impactful leadership in a growing team. We are looking for a brilliant new Senior Account Manager to take on the day-to-day running of a number of the top clients within our healthcare practice.
The ideal candidate will be a superstar healthcare / pharmaceutical communicator who wants an environment where passion, creativity and curiosity are valued. We are looking for someone who has experience running accounts in the healthcare industry, that span product / data communications, disease awareness campaigns, corporate communications and media campaigns.
Successful candidates will have a knack for first-class client service, top tier storytelling (content creation and media relations) and high-profile campaign delivery. They will have a deep understanding of healthcare audiences and an interest in being part of a growing practice (including the agency responsibilities that might entail). This a great chance for an experienced AM, or newer SAM to take on the challenges and opportunities that come from working for a global agency with great ambitions and greater potential.
If you’re passionate about working for innovative clients and have proven success in managing accounts, know how to make clients happy and are able to effectively motivate a team, we’d love to hear from you.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As part of the WE Global Health team, this role is for a candidate with a passion for navigating the pharmaceutical and medical device industry to deliver impactful storytelling. Key strengths for this role include content creation, media relations team coordination and project management. You should have a can-do attitude, as well as a willingness to learn, contribute and engage with our growing tea and clients. Previous agency or healthcare experience is not a strict requirement, but you must have prior professional experience in communications, healthcare and / or project management, and be committed to professional development in this area.
This is a great opportunity for an ambitious candidate who is looking to grow and develop both their own professional skillset, and also support the growth and development of the health business within WE Communications.
You will be reporting into a fantastic Senior Account Manager or Account Director, who will invest time and energy in your personal development and career progression, and joining a talented, collaborative and committed team.
If this sounds of interest, we’d love to hear from you.
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with some of the most exciting Tech, Health and Consumer brands? Would you love to work in an agency where Purpose isn’t just a buzz word but core to what we do? Then we should meet!
We’re always on the lookout for great talent so if you don’t see an open role listed on our careers page that interests you at this time, please submit your CV and we’ll keep in touch for future vacancies.
WE is one of the largest communications and integrated marketing agencies in the world, with 23 offices across the world. We're independent, we're all about our people – both our clients and our employees – and we believe in the power of communications to move audiences to positive action.
We want you to have a great place to work and thrive. Along with exciting projects, we offer our colleagues an in-depth integration training plan, 25 days of paid annual leave (increasing to 30 days with service), office closure between Christmas and New Year, allowances to support personal choices and for connectivity purposes, private health and dental insurance, and many things more. You care about others? WE does too – with our community involvement program you can use up to 24 hours of paid community service time.