General Application - Canada

Manager, Client Experience (HEALTHCARE)

Weber Shandwick is currently seeking a Manager to join our growing healthcare team in Toronto.

We’re looking for a team player with 3-5 years of agency or related experience, ideally with a background in healthcare communications. The person in this role will support the success of a variety of healthcare clients, including pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, patient advocacy organizations and other life science or healthcare organizations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Help develop and execute innovative and award-winning integrated PR campaigns for major Canadian and global healthcare brands
• Contribute to account team implementation of client programs, ensuring adherence to timelines, budget and quality standards
• Build client relationships, confidence and trust (at executional level)
• Work with cross-functional team to leverage traditional media as well as influencers and digital/emerging technologies for PR programming
• Assist in developing a range of external and media materials including press releases, key message documents, pitches, social media content, etc.
• Support event and activation logistics in a variety of settings
• Develop and track meaningful KPIs to measure success of campaigns
• Assist in financial management for clients, including development of invoices, budget reconciliation and activity reports

 Additional Qualifications:

• Proven ability to turn ideas into workable plans
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent oral and written business communication skills
• Exceptional judgment when working with team members, client contacts and vendors
• Commitment and dedication to the agency’s success as well as individual career
• Can anticipate client and team needs
• Attention to detail and quality
• Instills confidence with clients and colleagues

Personal Attributes

• Passion for creativity, innovation and excellence in delivering quality client work
• Ability to navigate competing demands and thrive on deadlines
• Extremely organized and process driven
• Team player that is strong in managing programs and deliverables
• Knowledge of Canada’s regulatory environment and experience as it relates to health-related products (PAAB, ASC, Health Canada)

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays – Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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We are seeking a Copywriter with strong digital / social expertise to join our creative team. We are looking for someone with the right combination of conceptual approach, self-motivation, and writing skills necessary to create, sell, and execute impactful ideas for our clients. This person will be instrumental in defining the conceptual approach and direction for a variety of brands and assignments across a wide range of communication strategies and channels. They need to be obsessive about big ideas which earn attention and crafting compelling stories. We are looking for a specific type of person, someone who embodies talent and decency in equal measure.

Responsibilities:

• Crafting stories and building brands through campaign level thinking and execution
• Remain current on industry, cultural, and technology trends, and look for opportunities to incorporate them into your creative concepts
• Work with art directors, designers, strategists, producers and other team members to flesh out the creative development of social media ideas and tactical executions
• Develop original concepts and executions with the intention of sparking conversation and engagement in the social media space. These ideas can be published across various social media channels, published through influencer channels, or may transcend social media, digital and traditional advertising.
• Ongoing development of new ideas, creative concepts, headlines, video scripts, social posts and various other forms of online/offline brand storytelling
• Presenting ideas and production-ready executions to internal and external stakeholders
• In all social media-specific concepts, be sure to understand various execution formats and incorporate creative/copy/layout best practices for various social media networks including Facebook, Instagram, X, Snapchat, LinkedIn and YouTube
• Write video-based story ideas with the complete understanding of the types of video formats that work best across various social networks (live, long-form, tap for audio, etc.)
• Ensure all creative adheres to existing brand guidelines and social media best practices
• Responsible for editing and proofing materials during all project phases
• Wear multiple hats: depending on your skills, there will be times when you will have to drive the creative process by playing multiple roles throughout concepting and execution phases

CORE REQUIREMENTS

• • 4-5 years of copywriting experience in an agency or related field (advertising, digital, social media, publishing/content or public relations)
  • Must be self-motivated, hard working, well organized, thick skinned and resilient to ever-changing timelines, requests, and deliverables
  • Ongoing drive to understand emerging techniques, trends and philosophies in marketing, technology, interaction and social media
  • Must have a portfolio (share anything that conveys the way you think or approach assignments, even if it was never produced; we like chicken scratches).
  • Bonus Skills: blogging, journalism, social community management

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays – Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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We are always looking for great talent!  If you don’t see an open role listed that interests you at this time, please send us your resume and we’ll keep in touch about future openings. 

Weber Shandwick is a leading global marketing and communications network that delivers next-generation solutions to brands, businesses and organizations in major markets around the world.

We push beyond category convention, pairing data-driven insights with creative prowess to deliver game-changing ideas that earn attention and drive business impact. We have a deep bench of talent across sectors and specialty areas, including brand and B2B marketing, healthcare marketing, change management, employee engagement, corporate reputation, crisis management, data and analytics, technology, public affairs, social impact and financial communications.

Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, we have won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry. Weber Shandwick was named to Ad Age’s A-List in 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019. The firm earned 25 Lions at the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.