Job Description

Account Manager | Healthcare

London

37.5 hours

Permanent

What we're all about:

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week's UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised at the PRCA National Awards 2025 as Large Consultancy of the Year.


Across our 11 strategically located UK and Ireland offices, Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.


Within Healthcare we work with a large number of UK and International clients. Our clients include Gilead, Alexion (part of Astra Zeneca), Kenvue and the Mayo Clinic. We are members of the HCA and the PAGB.


We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.

What you will get from us:

You'll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:


Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry Industry leading allocation of paid time off Private Medical Insurance Regular social and teambuilding events Paid time off to volunteer for a charity.

What we are looking for:

You will have experience working in a PR and communications role within an agency, with client experience in healthcare and /or the pharmaceutical sector. We're looking for someone who works within a high performing team in a commercial environment.


Excellent communicator with strong writing and inter-personal skills. Maintaining and growing a valuable portfolio of key clients across the healthcare sector. Demonstrate drive, commitment, and a focus to producing work of the highest standard. Exceptional workload management and a good team player. Excellent analytical and writing skills. A knowledge of the ABPI guidelines is useful but not essential. This position would suit someone already working as an Account Manager or someone looking to step up from their current Senior Account Executive role.

What you'll need to do:

A key member of the team utilising your commercial awareness and project management skills in the delivery of exceptional PR, communications, and engagement services to your clients in the across healthcare, pharmaceuticals and scientific sectors


You are at the heart of the account and the client relationship, delegating work appropriately to Executives effectively managing upwards to your Directors.


This role is a mix of corporate, patient focussed, HCP and consumer work that will include, media relations, stakeholder communications, patient advocacy work and content development across geographic markets.


Your specific duties will include:


Ensuring the effective delivery of all projects within your portfolio. Data analysis and summarising scientific research. Media relations including media monitoring and analysis, developing press materials, maintaining relationships with journalists, and presenting good quality, accurate articles with attention to detail. Drafting market and sector updates and insights reports. Undertaking extensive research and providing insight that can help shape campaigns. Using social media to promote engagement activities and support with analysis. Participating in the presentation of new and existing business pitches. Developing and writing high quality content, materials, and presentations. Building client relationships and identifying opportunities to deliver additional support. Managing Account Executives. Contributing to the marketing efforts of the team and wider business.

Equal Opportunities

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.


Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.


We are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email peopleteam@cavendishconsulting.com.