About the job

Marketing Assistant Graduate (12-month Graduate Internship / Placement)

Job Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Hours of work: Mon – Fri (37.5 hours a week)

Onsite requirement: This will be a hybrid role, with 3 days per week on site.

Location: Elm Park, Dublin

Salary: €36,750.00 per annum

Education required:

To be eligible for this placement you must have graduated from a UK or Irish university in the last 2 years, and be educated to degree level in Science, Business, Marketing or similar.

An excellent opportunity for a talented graduate to start a career in Marketing with a global pharmaceutical leader

About our client

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, our client sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs and an in-house marketplace for rotations and project work. With strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.

This role will work collaboratively with Therapy Area team colleagues across a portfolio of products to support the delivery of strategic and tactical brand plans.

The therapeutic areas you could be involved in are:

• Therapeutic Area (Commercial) Oncology
• Therapeutic Area (Commercial) Immunology/Neuroscience/Cardiovascular

Your responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support and in some cases lead in the development and delivery of defined activities and content to support brand objectives and customer needs in a specific disease area/s.
• Coordinate internal processes (e.g., FUSE) and production of promotional and non-promotional material.
• Lead and coordinate approval and implementation of external funding arrangements including management of internal processes e.g., HIP.
• Manage events agency and liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure successful event delivery for meetings with transfer of value.
• Support market research/insight gathering projects on the market environment for the portfolio.
• Create and manage excellent matrix relationships internally and with external clients/agencies, including, but not limited to medical experts, sales professionals, marketing experts
• Provide project and event management support for internal and external events and meetings
• Be responsible for coordinating contract agreements and payments
• Management of vendor requests and general engagement with procurement
• General administration e.g., record management and trackers, field force material distribution.
• Ensure compliance with relevant policies and standard operating procedures.

We are looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria:

Experience within UK/Ireland healthcare and /or pharmaceuticals environment is an advantage, but not necessary

Educated to degree level in any Science, Marketing, Business or other relevant subject

Clear motivation and ambition to gain experience in a therapeutic area environment

Ability to evidence skills which are transferrable to the business environment (e.g., good time management, teamwork) experience of successfully working with teams through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities

You will be able to demonstrate

Proactivity – ability to work independently and proactively under own initiative, taking responsibility and driving projects and activities to a successful conclusion

Analytical thinking – can understand and use complex data and can communicate complex data to a wide range of professional and lay audiences, adapting their wording and style to suit

Prioritisation – manages multiple priorities well, demonstrating good attention to detail under tight deadlines and the ability to prioritise effectively

Collaboration & teamwork – can develop effective relationships with team and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. Has the confidence to work with all levels and types of people, as an effective member of a cross-functional team

Customer focused mindset – delivering high quality projects and activities to internal and external groups with awareness and responsiveness to their needs

Fluency in English – verbal and written – is required

You will be IT savvy and highly proficient with Microsoft office (Outlook, Excel, PPT skills and Word at Advanced Level)