Paid Media Executive Full Time NEW

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.

Our role

As the Paid & Endemic Media Executive, you will play a key role in the establishment, management and optimisation of healthcare media campaigns across both biddable channels (search, social, programmatic) and endemic healthcare publisher environments (HCP journals, medical networks, point of care).

You will develop foundational expertise in the healthcare media landscape, gaining hands on experience with campaign delivery, partner liaison, and performance analytics. You will support internal teams, liaise with suppliers and help ensure campaigns run effectively while learning the core skills needed for progression within the media discipline.

This combined remit reflects modern healthcare media roles, where integrated knowledge across paid and endemic ecosystems is increasingly essential for impactful and compliant campaigns.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Work with media planning team to research the most effective solutions and mediums to reach and engage target audiences
• Share paid media recommendations, specifications and best practices with the account and creative teams to utilise buys most effectively
• Work alongside the Senior Paid Media Executive to communicate media requirements to partners, establish rates, availability, negotiate prices and favourable packages
• Maintaining contact with partners, ensuring statistics, delivery figures are up to date
• Support on the development of media plans that finalise the strategy and negotiated rates / solutions with partners.
• Monitor each media campaign to ensure that the advertisements run/appear on different media according to the agreement with partner. If not, work with the partner to account for the missed advertisement
• Analyse the effectiveness of the campaign and use this data to inform future campaigns

This role could be a great fit for you if:

• You have ideally some Media agency experience as an internship or a Media degree looking to get into the industry
• Ability to take on administrative tasks
• Keen to grow and pursue self-development

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.