Some exciting news from Just:: HQ!
We’ve been shortlisted for three Communiqué Awards, the winners of which will be announced on 2nd July. We’ll be attending the ceremony to see if we’ve been successful in any of our categories:
- Excellence in Corporate Communications – External Stakeholders
- Excellence in Communications – Payers/Policy Makers
- Excellence in Professional Education
After our successes last year, we’re especially excited to see if we can make it two in a row!
In addition, it was great to be recognised by the Holmes Report as finalists for their EMEA Healthcare Consultancy of the Year 2015.
This is what they had to say about Just::
“Launched by Jennie Talman and Emma Crozier in 2006, UK firm Just:: Health now ranks as one of the country’s top independent healthcare players, employing 35 people and reporting fees of £3.2m in 2014. That steady growth was reflected in the hire of new managing director Kirsty Mearns in 2014, to oversee the firm’s operations and clients and free up Talman and Crozier to focus on new products and campaign innovation, respectively.
“Unusually, for a healthcare firm, Just’s positioning revolves as much around creativity as it does around sector expertise. This has paid off via such campaigns as Beat It Now!, which helped secure a place for the meningitis B vaacine on the UK national immunization programme; Shire’s ADHD ‘experience maze’, which improved understanding and empathy of a low-empathy area; and, ‘HIV Today’, which involved demonstrating the experiences of people living with HIV for the launch of ViiV Healthcare’s new HIV therapy, dolutegravir.
“Like many independent firms, particularly in the healthcare space, Just’s internal culture remains a competitive differentiator, with low employee turnover also helped by the addition of a new office in central London. The firm has a broad range of expertise across PR, media, advocacy, medical education, digital and public affairs, enabling a cross-disciplinary approach to strategic planning and, in 2014, it rolled out a new account management program that aims to improve client experiences.
“Just’s client roster includes several of the largest pharma players, including Shire, GSK, Roche, Sanofi and AbbVie. In the last 12 months, furthermore, the firm added a number of new clients: Danone Nutricia, Molecular Partners, Celgene and Jazz Pharmaceuticals – reflecting its diversification beyond traditional pharma. In addition, Just supports Lions Health – a subsidiary of Cannes Lions — to enhance the current global reach of the festival.”
Hopefully we’ll have more exciting news to report soon. Watch this space!