bringing science to life
We’re an award-winning healthcare communications agency.
We combine our years of experience in global consumer brands with specialised healthcare writers, academics and film-makers.
Together, we help clients distil complex benefits into simple life truths and deliver these through bold creative experiences.
This gives brands clearer territory to inspire their audiences.
Put simply, we bring science to life.
services
We work across all sectors of healthcare communications – from prescription-only medicines to OTC brands and medical devices. We support all channels - from video and print to patient education and digital communications – for all stages of a product’s life-cycle. Our credentials cover a wide range of clinical areas including: Cardiovascular / Dental / Dermatology / Endocrinology / Gastroenterology / Haematology / Hepatic / Immune system / Infectious disease / Neurology / Oncology and Osteology
Senior Team
Rick Rowley – Managing Director
MBA, former member of the Executive Board of Saatchi & Saatchi and founding Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Health, which became the number three healthcare agency in Europe.
Rick founded Beaconbrands in 2001.
Fiona Day – Client Services Director
A BSc in physiology, Fiona has been part of the Beaconbrands Health client service team for eight years, directing video and animation projects for Omega Pharma, Nestlé Purina and Lundbeck.
Kingsley Roberts – Planning Director
Graduating in Advertising in the mid 1990s, before moving into integrated marketing, Kingsley worked for agencies such as Bates 141, The Marketing Store Worldwide, and EURO RSCG. He directed multinational campaigns for BAT, Heineken, Diageo, Gillette and Roche.
Annick Moon – Medical Writing Director
PhD/post-docs in physiology with 10+ years providing communications consultancy to pharmaceutical companies from positioning and messaging to copywriting and script development. She is experienced in all major therapeutic areas.
Nigel Minchin – Head of Digital
With a PhD in Astrophysics and over 10 years of experience in digital strategy, development and Search Marketing, Nigel has worked for several blue-chip companies and delivered successful digital projects for clients in the public, charity, education and commercial sectors.
Laura Dunmow – Design Director
With many years brand design experience, Laura specialises in packaging that delivers across international platforms for major blue-chip brands. She’s worked for major agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi and was a founder member of a successful London design agency with clients including Nestle Purina, Merck and Mars – to name a few!
Some of our clients
Metaphor of Action
Planning a Mode of Action project? Here are 5 reasons to consider Metaphor of Action.
When you want to demonstrate how your science works then Mode of Action (MoA) animations can be a great way to do it. Realistic and highly finished 3D visuals can even bring to life processes that have …
5 Self-Care strategies for the next 5 years
As the new UK Government reiterates its manifesto promise to protect NHS spending in the new parliament, policy planners and think tanks will be looking to the notion of Self-Care as a hard objective to soften the pressure on the NHS. With the right steerage and vision, it could pierce the extraordinary …
AIDA and the digital content age
Remember Aida? Awareness, Interest, Desire, Action?
When digital meant a Casio stopwatch on your Christmas list, advertising was the be all and end all. Everything was rooted in AIDA and advertising could open and close the deal by the time you got to the tagline. Of course, had it been well planned, …
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