At DDB Health, we believe health can’t wait. The pace of healthcare is accelerating—and we love it. That is why at DDB Health, we DARE TO DO BOLDLY. We believe there’s nothing more important than health, and we need to stay a step ahead in order to achieve it. Our agency of courageous, curious, generous and gritty people are committed to solving the toughest health challenges. Through our omnichannel creative approach, we inspire our customers to take bold action that advances health.
Inclusivity:
We, at DDB Health, are an inclusive home. We believe that every voice matters, and we aim to reflect the world around us. Together, we can boldly tackle every health communication challenge with diverse thought and enhanced perspective.
Flexibility (new):
At DDBH we have a flexible hybrid working environment with employees able to split their time between the Soho headquarters and their home office, Friday afternoons free of meetings, Summer Fridays, and other perks and arrangements that enable our people to do their best work. We strive to be our boldest and best no matter where we are each doing our work – either with our clients, from home, or from the office.
DDB Health is a global network of healthcare communications companies dedicated to helping clients use creativity—and creative technology—as a force for good health. Through deep insight into customers, channels, and behavior, DDB Health creates meaningful change on behalf of important healthcare brands.
Title: Senior Account Executive
Company/Location: DDB Health
Department/Discipline: Account Services
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Initiate project development with client and internal agency creative team including project brief development
- Follow through on all product tactical materials and plans (internally and with client)
- Interact with all members of agency product team to ensure accurate information exchange and smooth flow of brand work
- Partnership with Project Management to coordinate efficient flow of projects throughout the agency
- Work with PM team to prepare estimates for all product jobs and circulate to client for appropriate approvals
- Partnership with Project Management to track budgets regularly
- Management of all monthly billing and product finances
- Review and comment on creative work prior to client submission, ensuring client direction is addressed
- Develop weekly status reports with project coordinator
- Ensure accurate production timelines for internal and client distribution are initiated at beginning of each project
- Develop short-term planning for the product
- Follow agency procedures to ensure quality of the creative product
- Participate in industry conferences as opportunity arises
- Maintain the product competitive folder on the server and circulate new ad evaluations/POV to agency and client product teams
- Manage and oversee team’s adherence to server maintenance for account
- Review medical journals for product-related articles to be distributed, working with the team to develop a summary of highlighted facts and POV for agency and client brand teams
- Work with supervisor to write strategic documents to service the brand’s needs/review supervisor’s strategic documents
- Attend Medical/Regulatory meetings and be able to support agency work and capture input
- Maintain knowledge base of current market situation (ie, competitive news stream, social feeds, Firstword etc)
- Maintain day-to-day contact with core brand team members to ensure proper information flow from client to agency/agency to client
- Develop relationship with client departments (i.e., regulatory, production, marketing operations)
- Attend client meetings and provide written summary/contact report of discussions, and internal briefings
- Represent agency work within the context of core team/regulatory team reviews and following through with modifications based on the feedback
- Attend primary review/review committee meetings as needed
- Develop product scientific knowledge base (includes understanding of product indications, market research, marketing plans, competitive brand promotion/intelligence, and sales training binder)
- Develop understanding of client corporate culture
- Model core values of Courage, Curiosity, Generosity, and Grit
- In person client travel is required
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, communications, science, or related area
- 3+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical advertising
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to build strong relationships with client and agency team members
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Comprehensive, strategic, and systematic thinker
- Display an interest and enthusiasm for the position, company, and industry
- Excellent writing skills
- Computer proficiency, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, social media, search, etc
- Ability to anticipate needs, changes, problems
- Ability to proactively identify solutions as challenges arise
The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.
Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.
