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Reporting to

Account Manager/Account Director

Overview

The Account Executive works closely with the wider account team to deliver successful multi-channel campaigns for the agency’s healthcare clients. The Account Executive is a key point of contact for clients, suppliers and other agency stakeholders, ensuring that work produced is of a high standard and that timelines and budgets are met.  Account Executives meet with clients regularly to ensure a thorough understanding of their advertising and promotional needs, budgets, target audience, competitors and other critical market information.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day interaction with clients including status calls and writing of contact reports
• Interaction with creatives, digital, print and production departments to ensure that work produced is of a high quality
• Conducting internal briefings and planning meetings to meet client needs
  Liaison with other external stakeholders including media buyers, printers and pharmaceutical industry experts
• Monitoring media coverage, market dynamics and competitor intelligence to report results to the wider team and clients
• Review and analysis of scientific data and subsequent translation of that understanding into briefings
• Handling budgets, managing campaign costs and invoicing details
• Management of the approval process, proof-reading and quality control checks prior to release of materials/campaigns
• Following up with stakeholders several times throughout the project cycle to ensure needs are being met
• Staying current on company offerings and industry trends
• Management and coordination of advertising and promotional campaigns post client approval, to ensure projects run smoothly

Requirements/competencies

• Good at building and maintain effective working relationships
• Good organisational and time management skills
• An exceptional eye for detail
• Ability to understand client needs and handle the negotiation process
• Ability to review and understand clinical data and subsequently translate that knowledge to a non-scientific audience
• Computer skills, especially MS Office, and at least a basic understanding of digital communication channels
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Confident presentation skills
• A creative and innovative thought process
• An outgoing and congenial personality, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Passionate about producing the very best creative work, the type that wins awards
• Life Sciences Degree educated
• Familiarity with the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry
• Keen interest in advertising and communications

In return

we offer a £24k+ starting salary and host of other benefits, summarised on the website, as well as the opportunity to be part of a fantastic team in a great environment.