Description
At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.
Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:
- Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
- Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
- MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
- Panalgo – turn data into insight faster
- The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics
By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics. As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
The Role:
C+D is looking for a creative and enthusiastic reporter and features assistant to join its multi-award-winning editorial team in central London. Reporting to the editor-in-chief, the successful candidate will be responsible for reporting news stories, commissioning op-eds, writing longer interviews and features, and working on multimedia projects such as podcast and video for the UK’s 80,000-strong community pharmacy workforce, particularly C+D’s peer-to-peer Community platform, to engage with and grow the audience. The successful candidate will have plenty of opportunity to grow and progress within the role and develop their skills.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting, pitching and writing news stories and features
- Commissioning comment pieces on the most pressing issues facing community pharmacists and their teams
- Developing an impressive contacts book, ensuring that voices from across the community pharmacy sector are heard
- Commissioning exclusive content for C+D’s peer-to-peer Community platform
- Attending conferences and industry events
- Social media activity
- Exploring multimedia trends and new platforms to increase engagement
Desired skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Lots of ideas for comment pieces, interactive content, campaigns and data-driven journalism
- A proven track record of meeting deadlines
- Fastidious attention to detail
- Self-motivated
- Calm under pressure
- A passion for using multimedia reporting techniques and social media to develop audience engagement
- Capable of quickly getting to grips with complex topics
- Previous journalism experience
- Training from an NCTJ-accredited course
- Up-to-date knowledge of media and publishing law
Location:
- Hybrid (3 More London Riverside London, SE1 2AQ)
Travel Requirements:
- > 10% ad-hoc (may include international).
Benefits:
25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a personal day
5% pension match
Group Life Assurance (100% employer funded)
Group Income Protection (100% employer funded)
Other voluntary benefits such as: Dental, Cash Plan, PMI Excess Cover, Health Screening & Critical Illness
Norstella is an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal, state, or local law.
Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.