Senior Account Executive | Healthcare Communications | London

Overview

Hanover is seeking a motivated and self-starting Senior Account Executive to join its Healthcare Communications team in London, United Kingdom. The role involves delivering public relations services to existing healthcare clients while providing timely research and administrative support for new business activities. Team members operate across areas such as product public relations, patient advocacy, crisis management, disease awareness, corporate communications, and media relations.

Requirements

Applicants must have previous experience in a relevant public relations and communications position gained from either a United Kingdom public relations consultancy or an in-house communications team. Candidates are required to possess a good knowledge and understanding of healthcare communications, alongside excellent written and verbal communication skills. Additional requirements include good existing business media contacts, a strong desire to broaden and deepen these relationships, strong attention to detail, high organization, effective time management, and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. A demonstrable interest in the United Kingdom media, business news, and current affairs is necessary, as is a strong understanding of how using artificial intelligence can make work more effective and efficient.

What you get

The position includes a competitive salary along with a core benefits package. Benefits feature bonus potential linked to recruitment, new business, and long service, alongside twenty-five days of annual leave plus bank holidays. Employees receive private healthcare and dental insurance, travel insurance, and a company pension plan featuring a five percent employer contribution. Additional perks comprise flexible working policies, eligibility to apply for a sabbatical after two years of service, summer Friday finishes at three in the afternoon, and early Friday finishes at four in the afternoon during the rest of the year. Professional development is supported through the Hanover Academy, which incorporates training, coaching, mentoring, and reverse-mentoring opportunities backed by a generous training budget. Staff also have access to international secondments, collaboration across the AVENIR GLOBAL network, a wellbeing program that includes pre- and post-maternity leave coaching, a working parents group, subsidized gym membership, and a Culture Club with a robust social calendar and corporate social responsibility activities.