About Allergan Aesthetics At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit www.AllerganAesthetics.com. The Associate Director, PR & Communications for Facial Aesthetics International (Ex-US), will report to the Director of PR & Communications leading the Allergan Aesthetics facial injectable portfolio. This position will span Consumer, Healthcare Professional and Internal engagement categories, developing and driving data-driven communications initiatives. The role will involve working closely alongside the Director, broader International Communications team and International Marketing function to guide the overall International strategic approach, tactical development, and execution of digital PR efforts across the business, while following through to ensure results driven success at an affiliate level. The successful candidate will focus mostly on our facial injectable portfolio and feed into overarching across portfolio programs that focus on healthcare professional communications, digital execution, internal comms, as well as consumer education campaigns. They will also work closely with the Medical and Affiliate Communications team to navigate and plan the strategy for data-driven communications at key points throughout the year, helping to raise awareness and differentiate our brands to internal and external stakeholders. Ideally, the preferred candidate, will have experience working in-agency and in-house providing knowledge, support and guidance to Affiliate Communications team, introducing latest strategies, platforms and technologies to execute ambitious and disruptive campaigns in country. The Associate Director, Facial will act as representative for Allergan Aesthetics and assigned brands and will be expected to immerse themselves in the aesthetics industry and build relationships with key members of the media, agency partners and key opinion leaders that partner with across the business. They will also need to implement performance metrics to measure program/platform effectiveness and take a proactive approach to evaluation at International and country level to ascertain learnings/best practice. Essential Job Functions: This is not intended as a comprehensive list; it is intended to provide a representative summary of the core duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed, and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks. Work closely and collaboratively with brand teams, countries and multifunctional leadership to understand target needs and motivations. Commercially savvy, ability to understand business and communication models and challenge and lead the thinking on PR and comms Collaborate with international leadership to develop broader engagement strategy for health care practitioners, internal stakeholders and consumers Excellent written and oral communications skills with a competency in press release development, key message creation and public speaking Present plans, results reports, and analysis to departmental leadership in partnership with the Director and marketing teams Develop a solid knowledge of the products, key messages, and regulatory requirements for full product portfolio Learn the complexities of the aesthetics market and media landscape, supporting ideation for and development of strategic PR programs, taking into consideration the cultural nuances across our international leading markets Oversees agency partners to ensure successful and timeline implementation, execution of public relations programs and driving robust evaluation frameworks Excellent written and oral communications skills with a competency in press release development, key message creation and public speaking Helps support cross-functional collaboration across the facial aesthetics teams identifying partnership opportunities and efficiencies Qualifications Knowledge required of: Latest communications tools and methods Business and personal computer hardware and software applications Business English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation Associated Press style writing, public relations and media elements Current Company policies, practices, and procedures, particularly within UK derestriction. Familiar with ABPI guidelines Preferably, experience working in both agency and in-house environments Good understanding of scientific writing and trade communications Skills required in: Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and when presenting to audiences of all levels. Working autonomously and exercising good judgment Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships Maintaining confidentiality of information Ability to manage multi projects with strong project management, time management and organizational skills Excellent attention to detail Insightful market sensitivity High level cultural awareness and quick adaptability Proficient with measurement and analytics Suitable social / digital knowledge and abilities Minimum Qualifications: BS/ BA degree in communication, public relations, journalism, related field or health sciences degree from an accredited university Significant experience; or an equivalent combination of experience and training in a related PR field. Travel Yes, 25 % of the Time Job Type Experienced Schedule Full-time Job Level Code M About AbbVie AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Equal Employment Opportunity At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.