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Content Manager (Cancer Research Horizons)

Salary: £35,000pa - £40,000pa

Department: Research & Innovation

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

(We're open to a variety of ways of working, including full time, part time, job share and compressed hours providing it meets business needs)

Location: Stratford, London - Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: Sunday 11 September 2022 23:55 ( This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found)

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.

What will I be doing?

The Content Manager is responsible for shaping and delivering communications for Cancer Research Horizons' researcher, industry, and investor audiences, including through press activity and development of owned editorial content.

Through knowledge of cancer research and the scientific community, you'll develop and deliver a pipeline of engaging communications projects - ensuring visibility in the right places at the right time. You'll showcase great stories about Cancer Research Horizons' activities that inform, inspire and engage our researcher, industry and investor communities with our ambition to beat cancer.

Key duties include:

• Develop and deliver a programme of engaging content to position Cancer Research Horizons as a thought-leader in the field of drug discovery and commercialisation.
• Research, draft and distribute press releases around key milestones, issued to publications targeted at our researcher, industry and investor audiences. Proactively follow up to maximise reach.
• Proactively build and maintain positive relationships with appropriate journal and trade-press editors to help secure editorial content - be that news, feature articles, commentary etc.
• Drive innovation and continuous evaluation of content formats and dissemination strategies.
• Manage suppliers and freelancers as required and contribute to a team culture of teamwork, collaboration, innovation and efficiency.

What skills are we looking for?

• A scientific background, with excellent scientific knowledge, specifically translation research and commercialisation of research.
• Extensive experience identifying, commissioning, writing and editing compelling stories.
• Experience as a journalist or an in-house press officer, with a proven track record in proactive media relations.
• An understanding of pharma/trade/financial press and academic publications.
• Knowledge of researcher, industry and investor audiences.
• Audience focused, with experience of using analytics to measure impact of digital communications.
• Enjoy keeping up to date with the latest trends and findings in cancer research.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to think and plan strategically.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Desirable

• Proven ability to communicate translational science and research. to a researcher/industry/investor audience.
• Significant experience in developing digital content strategy, commissioning and production.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.