FREELANCE – 3 MONTH – UK BASED
Healthcare/Pharma client agency experience is a must – you will not be considered without this
What if your expertise could help someone, somewhere, to live a better life?
Are you passionate about creating advertising that not only informs but also transforms lives within the healthcare sector?
At Havas Lynx, a global advertising agency at the forefront of healthcare communications, we combine unmatched creativity, extensive expertise, and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and healthcare field. Our communications resonate deeply with audiences and adhere to the highest standards of healthcare advertising.
Committed to driving meaningful change—a change built on a foundation of rich experience, inspired by innovation, and confirmed through our proven track record—we work in close partnership with healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and leading pharmaceutical brands to navigate the complex challenges of today’s healthcare landscape. Our approach blends strategic insights and deep scientific acumen with cutting-edge creativity and digital innovation, crafting campaigns and solutions that significantly improve people’s lives.
We’re a team of over 400+ people in Manchester and London, with a history spanning over 35 years and an ever-evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife through our YouTube #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Everything this company achieves—every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins—is down to everyone who works here.
Please note that this role is based in Manchester, and our current hybrid working arrangement requires office attendance on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Our Role:
Havas Lynx are currently searching for a Senior Account Manager to join our team on a Freelance basis – immediate start, 3 month duration.
What you can expect to be doing
- Build trusted, collaborative relationships with key clients, positioning Havas Lynx as strategic partners
- Take full ownership of projects from briefing through to delivery, ensuring work is on time, on budget, and on brief
- Interpret and challenge client requests where necessary, converting them into clear, actionable internal briefs
- Develop a strong understanding of clients’ clinical development programmes, trial protocols, and patient experience objectives
- Work closely with Strategy, Creative, Medical, Production, and Operations teams to shape and deliver effective, compliant solutions
- Oversee quality control, ensuring deliverables are accurate, medically compliant, ethically sound, and appropriate for clinical trial and patient audiences
- Support the Account Director with client satisfaction, stakeholder engagement, Quarterly Business Reviews, and account planning
- Identify and progress organic growth opportunities with new and existing clients within clinical trials and patient experience programmes
- Support financial management across your projects, including quotations, scopes of work, forecasting, and invoicing
- Monitor job profitability and flag risks or opportunities as they arise
- Lead, mentor, and develop junior account team members, supporting their performance, confidence, and career progression
- Contribute to pitches and new business activity, playing a senior role where required
This role could be a great fit for you if
- You have proven experience in a similar senior account role (typically 4+ years) within healthcare communications
- You bring a strategic account management mindset, confident in balancing client leadership, delivery excellence, and commercial oversight
- You are comfortable managing complex, multistakeholder healthcare projects, often involving global teams and cross functional partners
- You have strong client facing experience and act as a trusted, credible partner
- You are proactive, organised, and confident leading projects end-to-end while mentoring junior team members
- Ideally, you have experience or curiosity around Generative AI tools, data, or innovation in healthcare, supported by relevant learning or certifications (e.g. Coursera, Section, LinkedIn Learning)
What you can expect from us
A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.
You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:
- Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
- Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
- Early Friday finish throughout the year
- Seasonal working hours
- Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
- Extensive L&D support
- Sabbatical opportunities
- Season ticket interest free loans for travel
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance (4x salary)
- Company pension scheme
- Fully compensated company events
- Volunteer days
- Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
- +Medicash healthcare benefit
- 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme
Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.
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