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Job Order:

5560

Staff Representative:

Tim Jadwin

Position:

Account Executive

Location:

North Carolina

Company Summary:

A dynamic, full-service healthcare communications agency

Description:

Position Summary:
The AE serves as the client’s primary day-to-day contact for requests from the agency. The AE is primarily responsible for the initiation and execution of projects for the client.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor degree (minimum), preferably in the health sciences, marketing, or communications field
• 2-3 years of pharmaceutical and/or agency experience

Special Requirements:

• Willing to travel
• Willing to work extra hours to meet impending deadlines

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of pharmaceutical industry
• Superior oral and written communications skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Ability to manage numerous projects, requests, and responsibilities
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to monitor competitor and industry development
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
• Basic understanding of marketing principals
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Position Responsibilities:

• Client management
  • Supports AS and AD in cultivating and building solid relationships with clients
  • Assists AS and AD in developing communication (publication, advocacy development, and medical education) plans
  • Schedules and prepares materials for client meetings
  • Documents client contacts (via e-mail), requests (change orders), and meetings (conference reports) concisely and accurately
  • Prepares and sends materials to clients and authors/speakers
  • Researches and recommends (with AS/AD approval) journals and conferences
  • Submits abstracts/manuscripts and follows up on acceptance
  • Performs research as directed by AS/AD
• Project management
  • Opens and closes jobs
  • Builds, maintains, and drives timelines projects must be on time
  • Works closely with operations department to develop cost estimates prior to project initiation and routinely review estimate as project progresses
  • Alerts AS/AD when job may exceed estimate projects must be on budget
  • Reviews monthly billing with AS/AD
  • Maintains status report, including timelines
  • Maintains electronic and hard-copy job folders based on established procedures
  • Manages multiple priorities
  • Responsible for fiscal management of assigned accounts, including budget development and management
  • Monitors overall account status and development
  • Ensures quality control of all projects prior to presentation to client
• Creative and scientific output
  • Provides client/brand backgrounder approved by AS/AD for new clients prior to project kickoff meeting
  • Provides creative/scientific team with complete briefing document, which has been approved by AS/AD
  • Reviews with AS/AD creative and scientific output to ensure it is on strategy, on message, and clearly exceeds client’s expectations
• New business
  • Assists with research as directed by AS/AD
  • Assists AS/AD in proposal development
  • Prepares materials for presentations
  • Coordinates pre- and post-mailings
• Personnel management
  • Trains and supervises JAE
  • Identifies and provides developmental opportunities for JAE

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