Full-Time Science & Social Media Manager

Science & Social Media Manager (9 month fixed term engagement)

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 strategy, ensuring that LGC's science stories and corporate reputation are well represented internally and externally.

This role will involve business partnering with LGC’s 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 LGC’s 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 Group’s corporate reputation, running LGC’s 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 judgment and be able to proactively identify stories and escalate potential issues in a timely manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help develop and implement LGC’s science communications and content strategy.
• Work closely with senior science leaders and the wider science community to identify, develop and share science stories.
• Manage content creation, calendar planning, and content production.
• Support communication efforts for scientists attending events.
• Work with the Group Corporate Communications Team to manage communications around M&A activity.
• Serve as a key point of contact for issues management and crisis communications.
• Use data and analytics to evaluate communication strategies.
• Identify brilliant science stories and create engaging campaigns.
• Identify and engage with key science, industry, and financial media.
• Provide proactive communications support for senior science colleagues.
• Ensure LGC’s communications policies and processes are followed.
• Have a proven track record in science or medical writing.
• Develop and implement communications/media plans.
• Develop content for internal and external audiences.
• Develop and advise on news releases.
• Strong experience in content planning, and creation of science/healthcare communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confident developing and implementing communication plans, digital content strategy, social/media content.
• Some issues management/crisis communications experience.
• Degree in communications, public relations, journalism, life science, or a related field.
• Some experience supporting and advising senior leaders.
• Some experience with video content, design, and editing tools is advantageous.
• Proficient in PowerPoint, content development and management systems.
• Experience developing and editing websites and social media channels.
• Budget management.
• Management of suppliers.
• Proactive in managing content calendars.

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