Job Overview

Job Title: Communications Assistant    

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term

Location: London, Hybrid

Salary: £33,833 

Application Closing Date: Thursday 24th April 2025

Job Purpose

The BMJ Group Media Relations team (part of Corporate Marketing) is looking for a Communications Assistant to help raise public awareness of BMJ Group’s mission and products through global news and social media.

In this role, you will help implement proactive media and social media activities to support our business goals, and showcase our impact and influence.

If you have an interest in health news and social media, this is a great opportunity to make a real difference. The role will involve connecting with news journalists, authors, and external stakeholders, as well as working collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Distributing press releases to journalists across the world, as well as staff and journal social media editors, to promote new journal content and other BMJ Group news

• Tracking and logging daily media coverage and compiling a weekly media coverage report using our media monitoring database and analytics tools

• Posting press released content on Eurekalert, the company website, corporate social media channels (via Sprout Social), and Buzz

• Maintaining our expert Media Panel as a valuable resource for journalists

• Working closely with our media database account manager to refine and improve our monitoring service

• Working with our Communications Manager to create multi-media content for corporate social media channels

• Keeping up to date with trends in health communications and social media

Key Skills

• Attention to detail and ability to analyse and present data to compile visually engaging media coverage reports

• IT competence, including Google applications and WordPress (essential), Google Analytics, and social media tools, such as Sprout Social (desirable)

• Good written and verbal communication skills for working collaboratively with a range of external stakeholders and colleagues

• Ability to work under pressure, be flexible, and respond effectively and promptly to the often unpredictable nature and intensity of media relations work

• An interest in health news and social media and awareness of what is relevant to BMJ Group’s focus and strategy

Why work for us

Help us create a healthier world. We are a global healthcare knowledge provider. We publish The BMJ, one of the world’s most impactful medical journals and over 70 influential speciality journals. We offer digital tools to help health professionals worldwide tackle critical healthcare challenges. Find out more about us here.

Flexible Work and Workplace Perks

• Flexible work available to all employees: Remote first; Core hours; 9-day fortnight

• Discounted onsite gym and fitness classes 

Generous benefits

• Generous double-matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%

• Discounted dental and travel insurance

• Seven x salary life assurance cover and a generous income protection package

• Discounted gym membership, cycle-to-work and season ticket loan

• Discounts for retail and leisure products through yourReward 

Work-life balance and wellbeing

• Twenty-five days holiday + bank holidays + a BMJ Day off.

• Additional holiday through long service; buy up to 5 additional days 

• Leave for moving house, volunteering or getting married

• Concierge service Seniorcare by Lottie

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are not buzzwords to us, but fundamental company priorities

• We believe that a diverse workforce brings unique strengths and insights, enabling us to better serve our customers and drive positive change in our industry. 

• If you are from an under-represented or historically marginalised community, we are particularly interested in hearing from you. 

• Join our employee-led networks focusing on Gender, Race and Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Well-being, Parents and Carers and Age.

• Disability Confident Committed employer

Learning & Development

• Personal development plan 

• Mentoring scheme

• Career Coaching

• Opportunities to pursue professional development

• Strengths-based development