Job Description

Job description  

The Science & Social Media Manager will play a key role supporting the Group Corporate Communications Team in developing and implementing a high impact science communications and content ensuring that LGCs science stories and corporate reputation are well represented both internally and externally. 

The role will involve business partnering with LGCs Diagnostics & Genomics Innovation Hub leader and  global science community providing trusted communications counsel and proactive support to senior science leaders. The successful candidate will identify create and share LGCs many brilliant science stories creating high impact and engaging campaigns for use across internal and external communications channels.  

This role will also involve protecting and strengthening the Groups corporate reputation running LGCs Group press office function including out of hours cover and proactive media monitoring. With hands on issues management and media relations experience this candidate will have good editorial judgement and be able to proactively identify stories and escalate potential issues in a timely manner. 

Key responsibilities

• Help develop and implement LGCs science communications and content strategy aligned with the Groups purpose Science for a Safer World. 
• Work closely with LGCs senior science leaders and wider science community to identify develop and share brilliant science stories on internal and external channels as well as assisting with key events (E.g. Science Conference). 
• Manage content creation calendar planning and lead content production to ensure consistency and quality across all internal and external channels including media monitoring and enquiries as well as outofhours requests. 
• Support communication efforts for scientists attending or presenting at key internal and industry events and conferences including development of presentations news releases media engagements social media content and reporting. 
• Work with the Group Corporate Communications Team to ensure communications around M&A activity is managed effectively. 
• Serve as a key point of contact for issues management and crisis communications as needed across the Group implementing rapidresponse strategies to protect the Groups reputation and maintain business continuity. 
• Use data and analytics to benchmark and evaluate the impact of communication strategies and provide insights for continuous improvement across all available communications channels.
• Identify brilliant science stories and create engaging communications campaigns ensuring highquality on brand content is impactful on intranet Group website and social media platforms. 
• Identifying and engaging with key science industry and financial media to share LGCs brilliant science and career stories. 
• Providing proactive communications support for senior science colleagues for thought leadership and key presentations (e.g. colleague town halls). 
• Ensuring LGCs communications policies and processes are being followed with proactive social and other media monitoring in place. 

Qualifications :

The candidate will have a proven track record in science or medical writing they will be confident developing and implementing communications/media plans and developing content for internal and external audiences including thought leadership science communications and issues preparedness and management. This candidate will also be capable of developing and advising on news releases around significant business announcements.

• Strong experience in content planning and creation of science/healthcare communications or science/medical journalism/writing. 
• Has worked as a journalist or writer either in house and or/agency/specialist media working with complex technical companies or clients (e.g. pharma/life sciences). 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to both write and review copy for corporate and external publications and convey complex information to ensure it is both accessible and engaging for colleagues and external audiences. 
• Confident developing and implementing communication plans digital content strategy social/media content and campaigns. 
• Some issues management/crisis communications experience including liaison with media and other external stakeholders. 
• Degree in communications public relations journalism life science marketing or a related field. 
• Some experience supporting and advising senior leaders including confidence offering media relations/messaging advice. 
• Some experience with video content design and editing tools is advantageous. 
• Proficient in PowerPoint content development and management systems with experience developing and editing websites and social media channels. 
• Budget management. 
• Management of suppliers. 
• Proactive in managing content calendars and ensuring timely delivery of content.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime

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