Communications Specialist

Overview

The Communications Specialist is responsible for uncovering and producing human-interest stories related to Cytiva’s vision and mission through audio and written content. These stories will build awareness of the positive impact life sciences have on people and communities around the world, how we’re delivering on our customer promise, and bringing our strategy to life for Cytiva’s ~15,000 associates in 40 countries. This position reports to the Director, Corporate Internal Communications and is an on-site role, based in Amersham, in the United Kingdom.

At Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, our work saves lives—and we’re united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health.

You will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

What you will do

• Develop a strategy and process for telling stories internally and externally, including the Discovery Matters podcast, Cytiva social media and advocacy, and further storytelling activities.
• Create podcast episodes, blogs, pitches and other content to help raise awareness of the Cytiva brand and our mission and vision. Manage stakeholder relationships with podcast guests, blog interviewees and other stakeholders, including internal.
• Build and run editorial calendars for the Discovery Matters podcast and blog, for external and internal audiences, aligned on key messages, and collaborate with comms, brand, marketing, social media, and sustainability teams.
• Content development: Generate high-quality, on-brand content across internal and external channels, including internal and external events, that effectively communicate Cytiva’s market, customer, and industry insights, breakthroughs and innovations.
• Assemble and deliver evaluations of metrics on communications activities to demonstrate effectiveness to the wider business and use these evaluations to recommend data-driven improvements.

Who you are

• Degree in journalism, humanities, communications, political science, international relations, life sciences or other relevant studies
• Professional and demonstrable experience in communications aspects such as research, storyboarding, production, writing, recording, and editing
• Native English or excellent fluent oral and written communications and presentation skills in English
• Self-motivated with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to effectively story-mine and produce stories with minimal supervision

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.