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. We work with pharmaceutical, diagnostic and consumer health companies, industry bodies, public and private health providers, as well as patient organisations. Our integrated consumer health team across Golin and Virgo are looking for an Associate Director. We’re looking for an Associate Director to join our Consumer Health team and work on leading consumer health and wellbeing brands. You will be a key overseer of the account, providing strategy and guidance while managing high-profile consumer campaigns and conducting research projects. You will coordinate actions, managing both up and down to ensure we deliver high standards of work to deadlines, embedding strategy and insight throughout, and understanding the broader environment and implications for the team and account.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work on well-known consumer health brands, playing a central role in delivering impactful earned-media strategies and award-winning creative campaigns.
Drive high-profile consumer campaigns and conduct research projects
Lead financial and resource management and delivery across account teams
Role model great line management through managing mid-level team members and supporting their career development
Coach and mentor team members as well as your direct reports to drive development and performance
Apply a high level of commercial and strategic expertise and act as a true partner to clients
Identify potential challenges or risks with your clients, offering thoughtful and informed solutions in a timely manner
Counsel clients for issues and ensuring proactive solutions in place with team, with high quality maintained even under extremely tight deadlines
Several years’ experience in consumer health/wellbeing at a communication agency
Excellent financial and resource oversight to build and manage client budgets
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 with a dog friendly policy
~ Clear career progression and leading training programmes developed by our L&D Director
At IPG we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.