Hill Holliday Health has hired Linda Bennett as its managing director. She will co-lead the business unit with ECD David Leonardi, and is responsible for its total revenue and growth strategy. She will be based in New York and will work closely with Leonardi and report to Hill Holliday president Chris Wallrapp.
Hill Holliday Health, the recently-branded healthcare arm of Hill Holliday with 125 employees, has a client roster which includes Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen pharmaceutical division, Novartis, ALK, Bayer, Ironwood, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. The healthcare agency's work has earned numerous creative awards including Cannes Lions, Clio Health, and several golds at the DTC Nationals.
Bennett, who most recently was general manager at Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, has been a leader in the healthcare industry for more than two decades within the Publicis Healthcare group of agencies. Her experience includes professional and consumer marketing, medical communications, and multi-channel marketing for OTCs, traditional Rx brands, and high science specialty brands in the U.S. and globally across the product life cycle.
Throughout the course of her career, she has worked with Amgen, AstraZeneca, Genentech, GSK, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, P&G and others.
“I am excited to be joining a team that’s establishing itself as a leader in the industry – in both business growth and creative innovation,” said Bennett. “What Hill Holliday Health has done in just a few years, in particular the client relationships they’ve built, is incredibly impressives.”