Communications Specialist – Abbott Diabetes Care (Mississauga, ON) (Permanent) Job at Abbott Laboratories
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Mississauga location in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division . At ADC, we’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.
- Support internal communications relating to the Diabetes division and brand. Ensure that employees are aware of changes and projects within the company. Distribute executive messages, prepare presentations and internal memos, and conduct meetings to share information. Develop print materials and branding strategies for employee use.
- Represent the organization to stakeholders, interested parties, and the public. Identify and prepar HCPs, patients, relevant stakeholders for interviews.
- Manage communication programmes through the design and implementation of detailed activity plans to support tactics for diabetes community.
- Support all affiliate communication initiatives representing Abbott’s Diabetes Care division with media, Patient Ambassadors, high profile individuals, and patient advocacy groups.
- Proactively identify opportunities for the brands.
- Provide communications expertise in the development of market access key messages/stories and other communications materials.
- Play an active role within the ADC marketing team and identify opportunities to work collaboratively with cross-functional colleagues to deliver on brand objectives, including communication elements of marketing team, providing input/insight on trends and opportunities during preparation of the brand plan.
- Bachelor’s degree required (communication, journalism or public relations preferred).
- 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.
- Customer facing experience in Healthcare/Medical Device industry
- Communication experience including working with marketing/advertising, PR, creative agencies
- Strong media relations skills
- Experience working with MS Office
- Strong team player
- Ability to influence and drive forward change
- Strong written and oral abilities.
- Ability to lead and direct 3rd party communications agency and projects.
- Asset - Market Access communication experience
- Confident and outgoing
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
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