Description

At GSK, our Corporate Media Relations team helps protect and enhance the company's reputation with global financial, health and science media. In this role, you'll support the team by managing key processes, helping prepare for major announcements, and contributing to global media activity. It's a great opportunity to learn from experienced communications professionals, build your skills, and grow your career in a leading global company.

An ideal role for early‑career communications professionals looking to develop in a global organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Manage key systems and processes for the global corporate media relations team, including media and social monitoring, production of insight reports and recommended actions to improve reach and impact.
• Manage media responses for corporate issues and routine enquiries, ensuring accuracy, speed and alignment with legal, medical and business partners.
• Support media planning and preparation of senior leader briefings for major announcements, corporate campaigns and crisis readiness; provide rapid response when needed.
• Participate in proactive global media programmes to build GSK's reputation with global, national and specialist media, including campaign planning, messaging and briefing senior spokespeople.
• Work closely with regional and local communications teams to adapt global narratives for local markets and ensure consistent delivery.
• Use monitoring and analytics to measure impact and refine approaches to media engagement and owned/social channels.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Some experience or strong interest in media relations, communications, public affairs or journalism.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with clear, accurate storytelling for media and external audiences.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced communications environment, demonstrating high standards of judgement, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and coordinating stakeholder stakeholders.
• Flexibility to work across time zones and occasional travel.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Experience in life sciences, healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with global media teams across multiple regions.
• Track record of media programmes incorporating social amplification and owned channels.
• Experience using media monitoring and analytics tools to generate insight.
• Familiarity with stakeholder engagement and public affairs in a corporate setting.

Closing date for applications: 8th March 2026

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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