Junior Account Executive - Consumer Health & Wellbeing (£26K-£28K, DOE)

Who are we?

Virgo Health is a specialist health communications agency, part of the GOLIN group and the wider IPG network of companies with more than 200 offices around the world as well as hubs in London, New York and Chicago. We are passionate about helping people to make better decisions around health and wellbeing. Whether it’s clinicians selecting the best treatment, patients understanding their disease better or empowering consumers to self-treat, we always make sure that the human aspect is at the heart of what we do. We work with pharmaceutical, diagnostic and consumer health companies, industry bodies, public and private health providers, as well as patient organisations. We support clients across the communications spectrum.

Our integrated consumer health team across Golin and Virgo are looking for a Junior Account Executive. Would you like to be part of a team that has won 2 Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity? Keep reading!

What is the role?

As a Junior Account Executive (JAE) you will be in a trainee role. As well as demonstrating a real thirst to understand the consumer healthcare industry and to develop PR abilities, you will play a key role in the smooth running of client accounts, with the main responsibilities including logistical and administrative support, and developing PR skills and processes. The JAE role will allow you to demonstrate key skills and behaviours required to be a PR professional, consistently delivering high standards of work to deadlines, and gaining the ability to multitask and prioritise in order to manage time effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Communications
  • Develop an understanding of the consumer health media landscape, target journalists and sell-ins
  • Develop an understanding of how press materials are tailored to different types of media
  • Build an understanding of social media and when and how it is used
  • Develop proficient first drafts of basic communications materials
  • Develop a knowledge of the products and accounts that you work on and the role that communications plays in supporting them
  • Ensure all the written communication is produced within the Virgo house style format and quality
  • Play an active role in your peer group meetings and participate in wider company activity to build specialist knowledge and experience
• Account Administration
  • Build good rapport with clients, playing an active role in any meetings or teleconferences you attend
  • Ensure call readiness for updates and status meetings, booking rooms as needed, starting calls promptly with materials ready to be shared
  • Ensure the team is prepared for client and new business meetings, supporting with organising meeting materials and ensuring meeting rooms are prepared in advance
  • Help the team manage effective account team administrative procedures, e.g., printing, binding, scanning, team action lists etc.
  • Develop and proactively update interval action lists, status reports and minutes, generating client-friendly versions, as appropriate, to a good standard
  • Play an active role in VHC morning media scanning and take responsibility for ensuring that clients receive daily coverage in a timely fashion, discussing any needs for further action with the team
  • Work within agreed time allocation for jobs and accurately input hours worked into timesheets

Skills/requirements:

• Degree or graduate-calibre skills and qualifications
• Interest in consumer health & wellbeing
• Excellent organisation and administration skills with systematic and logical approach to planning
• Computer literate with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of using social media, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.
• Attention to detail

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Hybrid working, 2 days/week in the office
• 6 weeks annual leave
• Monthly well-being allowance
• A fantastic office space in Shoreditch
• Industry-leading gender neutral family-friendly policies
• Clear career progression and excellent training programmes developed by our L&D Director
• + many other perks!

Please note that only applicants who will send a cover letter to valerie.kalna@virgohealth.com will be considered.