External Communications Specialist

Do you want to join the industry-leading Corporate Affairs function in an international, innovative, world-class pharmaceutical company? Be part of an organization committed to putting patients first? Pfizer has always evolved with the changing needs of the people who rely on us to create a healthier world. Guided by our four values: Courage, Joy, Equity and Excellence, our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Location: Belgium, Brussels - La Plaine

About the role

Communications is responsible for developing and delivering campaigns that celebrate the value and impact of Pfizer’s medicines and vaccines, our role in transforming health and care, and the significant contribution of our breakthrough science to society.

Main responsibilities
- Support Pfizer to lead the conversation in an external environment, focusing on media and social media.
- Basic media relations; media pitching, story monitoring and relationship engagement with nominated sections of local media
- Content planning and creation for corporate digital channels (social media and local Pfizer corporate site) and channel management including all compliance processes
- Execution of communications strategies for local corporate and brand priorities, delivering supervised results according to local strategic plans
- Managing local community requests and brand-influencing activities

About you
- Able to work and multi-task under pressure, have strong organizational ability and respond quickly (with support) to changing situations in complex project environments
- Confident in building effective relationships, inside and outside the company
- Excellent writing skills
- Graduate or Graduate equivalent with some communications experience, ideally in the healthcare or pharmaceutical sector
- Language skills: Dutch (C2); French (C1) and English (C1)

What do we offer?

Innovative company Pfizer has a pipeline full of innovative medicines for a variety of conditions. As a Pfizer colleague, you'll have the opportunity to maximize the impact of medicines for patients in a variety of ways. In short, you make a real difference.

Development opportunities We are always looking for top talent. We believe you will never stop learning and there will always be a new opportunity for your development. That is why we have broad opportunities in the Dutch organization. There are regular opportunities for training or to gain experience in a different field or even advancement to an international position.

A culture where you can be yourself We are a large, international organization with people from all over the world. At Pfizer everyone should be able to be themselves, that's what we strive for and live by.

Work/life balance At Pfizer, we know that if you really want to make an impact on people's lives, it's important that your people are at their best. That's why we offer our colleagues good working conditions, such as an appropriate salary and opportunities to work from home. Working a lot of overtime is not the norm for us. We also believe that work and having fun should go hand in hand. That's why, for example, you can participate in all kinds of activities outside of work.

Are you interested?

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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- Pfizer has four offices in Belgium with which it supports its Belgian and international activities: 1) Anderlecht, where the Pfizer Clinical Research Unit is located. This is a fully equipped phase 1 research center. With that of New Haven (US), it is one of two Phase 1 Pfizer research centers in the world, 2)_
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