This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised individual to join a rapidly-growing, specialist division within the UK’s most creatively awarded healthcare agency.

Langland is currently the UK’s most awarded healthcare agency and ranks in the UK’s Top 50 Advertising Agencies (Campaign January 2010). Founded in 1991, the agency has 60 staff, an annual turnover in excess of £8 million and one of the most impressive client lists in the sector. Current clients include Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bayer Schering, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. Based in Windsor, Berkshire, we enjoy superb, architect-designed premises in a prestigious office development overlooking Windsor Castle.

The agency handles a wide portfolio of leading healthcare brands, both in the UK and overseas, including products for schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and cancer. In addition to these ethical medicine and OTC brands we also work on corporate accounts, health awareness campaigns and direct-to-patient communication programmes for clinical trials.

The Patient Access and Retention Business Unit creates global communication programmes to assist many of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies in their clinical research activities. Langland is recognised as one of the leading agencies in this specialised field and has achieved international recognition for its creative work.

We are looking for an Account Executive to play a significant part in the delivery of creative solutions to patient access and retention challenges on a global scale. Working in a dedicated Business Unit and reporting directly to the Global Business Director, you will be responsible for the operational activities on a portfolio of diverse studies. The team is currently five strong but is being increased to seven. As an Account Executive, your project management responsibilities will include:

Working with clients, the Global Business Director and our in-house creative teams to create innovative marketing programmes for patient access and retention

Account planning including researching therapy areas and developing patient profiles; market research

Assisting with the preparation of creative briefs, briefing the creative team and assessing creative work against the brief

Managing the operational activities on a portfolio of clinical studies including translation and production tracking, proof reading and the distribution of materials to study sites across the world

Assisting with planning and booking media space for patient recruitment campaigns across all media including TV, press, radio and the web

At Langland, we aim to exceed our clients’ expectations in every way. We are looking for a graduate who can quickly add value and accept responsibility in this dynamic, fast-moving team. You will need to demonstrate:

Initiative and a ‘can do’ attitude

Excellent communication skills: both oral and written

Very strong organisational ability

Meticulous attention to detail

The ability to work well in a fast-moving, team environment

Candidates should have a minimum of a First or 2.1. in a first degree from a well-respected university. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who feel that they can add value in this area as a result of their academic studies or work experience. Applications from candidates with backgrounds in clinical research, communications, a life science, medicine, nursing, anthropology, cultural studies, languages or the delivery of healthcare services overseas (particularly Eastern Europe, Africa or Latin American) would therefore be welcomed.

The agency is based in the heart of Royal Windsor, surrounded by the bars, restaurants and shops of this lively, historic town. Our premises, designed by award-winning architects, Jump Studios, incorporate light, open plan offices, flexible work and meeting spaces, a sumptuous lounge / library and meetings suite and a staff recreation facility with kitchen / diner, TV, games console and massage chair!

Windsor is easily accessible by train from London. The journey from Paddington takes approximately 30 minutes, with a change at Slough, and Windsor can also be reached in under an hour from London Waterloo. Many of the existing team join this train as it passes through stations such as Clapham Junction, Putney, Barnes, Richmond and Twickenham. Windsor is also very conveniently situated for people living in Reading and surrounding areas, Ascot, Bracknell and Guildford to the South and towns such as High Wycombe, Chesham, Beaconsfield to the North.

Langland is a Best Companies accredited employer.