Associate Director, Earned Media

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human‑centred creativity, and AI‑driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact‑obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Real Chemistry is looking for an Associate Director to join our growing Earned Media team! This role can be remote, TX, Carmel, IN, remote FL, remote TN, or remote PA.

What you’ll do

• Work directly with a variety of clients in the biotech and pharma spaces to manage media strategy, execution and related internal/external media expectations.
• May serve as day‑to‑day client contact for media needs on select accounts and as a strong #2 on others.
• Manage and own media engagement with local, trade and some national & top‑tier media/journalists.
• Track and prepare media outreach summaries/updates for internal teams and clients.
• Support organic and new business development efforts (i.e. media research, slide preparation support, etc.) and actively contribute to new business decks, along with smaller‑scale presentations representing earned media team.
• Manage media projects by anticipating challenges, maintaining media budgets, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams.
• Lead broad‑based earned media workstreams and manage internal and external client expectations.
• Maintain core relationships with reporters by meeting regularly and sharing learnings with teams and clients.
• Serve as knowledge relationship manager for key sponsored content outlets (STAT, etc.) and share information more widely.
• Responsible for providing integrated, 360‑degree PESO thinking.
• Collaborate with the analytics and influencer teams to identify influencers to engage and activate.
• Accountable for training junior staff on Real Chemistry processes, responsibilities and the healthcare media landscape.
• Integrate and collaborate with cross‑functional leaders, understand cross‑functional capabilities and motivate cross‑functional teamwork (social, paid, search, and analytics teams).
• Set clear performance objectives and utilize all management tools to communicate alignment and performance measures.
• Embodies and incorporates Real Chemistry Core Values.

What this position is a perfect fit for you if

• Our Company values – Best Together, Impact‑Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” really speak to you.
• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
• You are highly organized self‑starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

What you should have

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• High‑level understanding of how PESO plays out in today’s modern media world.
• Excellent project management skills, including solid attention to detail.
• Highly effective organizational, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple assignments with ease and flexibility.
• Can effectively and confidently present to internal and external audiences in a variety of ways.
• Understands how to maintain media budgets and media scopes.
• Demonstrates deep understanding of the integrated media landscape as well as related firm resources (notably analytics).
• Experience with medical meeting support and orchestrating regulatory milestones.
• Thought leadership and sponsored content experience.
• Able to plan projects and proactively delegate responsibility, communicating deadlines clearly.

Benefits

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vision plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning.

Office and Hybrid Policy

We have office locations in the US, UK, and Europe. For employees within an hour of an office, we expect attendance two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are actively opening new office locations near you, and the Real HART policy will apply. Employees who work remotely will meet quarterly for collaboration, culture, and learning opportunities in their region.

Equal Opportunity

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.