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Medical Media & Communications Manager

HMA Digital
Barnsley
3 weeks ago
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Closing date for applications: Friday 20th June 2025

Applicants must be based in the UK and be able to commute a minimum of one day per week to our Barnsley (Yorkshire) office.


HMA is looking for an experienced Medical Media & Communications Manager to join our award-winning digital agency, working on a key client account within the medical and healthcare sector.


This is an exciting opportunity for a confident and organised communicator with medical marketing experience to lead the delivery of advertising and communications projects across multiple channels. You’ll work in a highly regulated environment, supporting one of HMA's major healthcare client with impactful campaigns that demand precision, creativity and clarity.


We’re looking for someone with excellent project management skills, stakeholder confidence and a passion for crafting compliant, compelling medical communications.


In this role, you will be responsible for:


  • Project Managing Multiple Campaigns: Coordinating the planning, execution, and delivery of a wide variety of medical communication projects, often simultaneously, across digital and print.
  • Advertising Asset Creation: Overseeing the development of multiple advertising materials and assets by collaborating with in-house copywriters and designers to deliver high-quality, compliant creative assets. Please note that this role does not involve media booking, as we collaborate with the client’s dedicated media agency for all media planning and buying.
  • Content Contribution: Collaborating with our medical copywriter and account director to shape and refine content that meets brand objectives and regulatory requirements, with responsibility for creating content/copy directly where appropriate.
  • Stakeholder Management: Building strong relationships with client-side contacts, navigating different priorities and ensuring project alignment across multiple teams.
  • Process Excellence: Ensuring all projects adhere to medical regulations and internal QA procedures, while maintaining consistent momentum and meeting deadlines.


You will be a great fit if you:


  • Have 5–10 years of agency experience, with healthcare or pharmaceutical clients.
  • Have a strong understanding of the medical marketing landscape, including the compliance needs surrounding content and promotions in this sector.
  • Are a highly organised project manager, able to juggle multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment without dropping a beat.
  • Possess excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex client requirements into clear creative briefs.
  • Are confident working with internal creative and marketing colleagues to deliver best-in-class advertising solutions.
  • Have a keen eye for detail and a passion for evidence-based, strategic communications.


Example projects you may work on:

  • Development of multi-format promotional materials for healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patient audiences (presentations, leaflets, web pages etc.)
  • Coordination and delivery of promotional and non-promotional advertising assets across multiple publications and digital platforms.
  • Support on stakeholder presentations, congress materials, and campaign launches.


Why choose HMA?

We’re a collaborative and creative agency with over 20 years' experience in health, science and technology communications. Our team blends strategic marketing, digital innovation and regulatory expertise to bring our clients’ ambitions to life.

You’ll be part of a warm and driven team who have delivered national and international campaigns for clients including:


·       LifeArc – the UK’s largest medical charity

·       Neuven – healthcare workforce innovators

·       Plus a range of NHS organisations and public health bodies


We pride ourselves on delivering excellent work and supporting our people. Whether it's through our Wellbeing Taskforce, profit-share bonuses, or flexible working options, HMA is a place where great work is recognised and great people thrive.


In addition to our digital marketing team, we also design and develop websites, apps and digital health software solutions. Whilst this role will not be focused on this area, below are a few projects that may be of interest:


  • DigiBete – a web platform and app to support children and families with Type One Diabetes, commissioned nationally by NHS England & Improvement
  • stem4 – a suite of evidence-based mental health apps, downloaded over 3 million times around the world, to support teenagers overcome anxiety, low mood and depression and the urge to self-harm
  • Teenage Cancer Trust – A clinical management system and patient engagement portal supporting geographically dispersed clinical teams to work collaboratively and consider each patient’s holistic needs


We’d like to hear from you if you are interested in being part of an agency team that creates and markets award-winning, user-centred digital experiences like these.


Salary will be negotiable based on experience up to a maximum of £40k per annum plus benefits.


As part of the HMA team, you will benefit from:

  • Hybrid working environment with free parking at the office (the successful candidate will be required to work from our Barnsley-based headquarters at least once a week (min. two days a week during induction).
  • Flexible working
  • Regular 1:1 meetings with your line manager
  • 6 monthly personal development reviews
  • Annual salary reviews with interim reviews for exceptional contribution
  • Profit-related bonus scheme (bonuses have been allocated for the last six consecutive years)
  • 24 days holiday (+ bank holidays), rising to 27 days for long service
  • Income protection which includes 24/7 access to health and wellbeing support
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Gym membership
  • An employee-led Wellbeing Taskforce
  • Auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme
  • Regular socials, organised and paid for by the company


Strictly no recruitment agencies.

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