Sarah Blundell

"I think the personality types are a good match. They are all transferable skills that apply to most roles I have had in my career. "

"At Pfizer I am leading a patient program to support cancer patients live their lives with cancer by providing an educational platform and day-to-day support via an app. This role involves working with many different colleagues on activities such a promotion, content development, compliance, approvals and technical upgrades. "

"After embarking on a higher degree with a goal to work in the pharmaceutical industry, I started applying for jobs. A friend had just joined a small medical communication company and asked if I wanted to do some freelance work while I was completing my studies.This was a great opportunity to earn some money and get some more experience. This led into a full-time job at the company as a medical writer, where I was to stay for over 15 years advancing to various other positions every 2-3 years. My eyes were opened to a new career path and I got to work with many different pharmaceutical companies who were our ‘clients’. This role also allowed me the opportunity to spend 3 years living in the US and travelling a lot to events, meetings, medical conferences, where we would provide support to the clients and also organising and working many other events such as advisory boards and educational symposium. I then moved into a smaller start-up company for a few years before joining Pfizer. "

"I love various crafts when I get the time as well as spending time outdoors walking my dog. In the last few years I have joined a book club and now help organise it - this has introduced me to lots of different genres and also bookstagram! I've recently got a Peloton exercise bike in a bid to get fitter. "

"Everyday is different depending on the projects and current priorities. Much of my time is office based in front of the computer doing several teams calls during the week. I get to contribute to several events during the year and attend conferences, which is really enjoyable. "

"I came from a very non-academic family, but always loved science and I think I got interested in the pharma industry when I did a week’s work experience in the pharmacy at Boots the chemist! After that, I chose my A-levels and wanted to become a pharmacist but I didn’t get the A grades I needed for my first choice so I ended up entering the clearing system. This turned out well (I didn’t feel that at the time!) but landed on my feet with a place at the University of Surrey to study Biochemistry. This degree also included a placement year in Industry, which I completed at GSK (a pharmaceutical company) in Hertfordshire. This was such a great opportunity to experience the world of work and get references and this further reinforced my ambition to work in the pharmaceutical industry. However, after speaking to many people I realised that to optimise my chance of a good career path in industry then I would need a higher degree so after getting my BSc, I applied to do a PhD at Sussex University in the Experimental Psychology department, in collaboration with Eli Lilly (another pharmaceutical company). After this I got a job in medical communications and got to travel and worked abroad for while before getting a job at Pfizer. "