Account Manager (Ad Agency)

Job Title : Account Manager (Ad Agency)

Location : Mettawa, IL 60045 (Hybrid)

Duration : 12 Months

PRIMARY FUNCTION / PRIMARY GOALS / OBJECTIVES

The Account Manager serves as the primary liaison between the Ad Agency and the brand teams and is responsible for managing the day-to-day relationships within the Agency. Working in partnership with the Agency's creative staff and external resources / suppliers, the position provides strategic direction and counsel to help the brand teams meet their business objectives / sales goals.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

• Maintain knowledge of guidelines including, but not limited to, corporate branding, promotional material development, PromoMats review and corporate compliance.
• Possess a thorough understanding of their accounts' (both U.S. and Global) product attributes, marketing objectives, target audience, competitive environment, market dynamics and medical / regulatory / legal position.
• Maintain an intimate understanding of the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.
• Demonstrate critical creative thinking and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multi-task to enhance productivity and manage workload.
• Demonstrate leadership in conflict resolution to facilitate effective outcomes.
• Possess ability to work in a high-volume, rapidly paced environment.

PROJECT / PROCESS MANAGEMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY / SCOPE

QUALIFICATIONS

What are the top 3-5 skills requirements should this person have?

1. Experienced Agency Account Manager who possesses ability to think strategically and can provide solutions that can help our marketing partners meet their objectives.

2. Maintains an understanding of the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.

3. Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multi-task to enhance productivity and manage workload

4. Detail-oriented, ability to manage multiple products, tasks and client domains

5. Maintains broad experience developing relationship and growing accounts

What are the top 3-5 skills requirements that would be nice to have-but not required?

1. Pharmaceutical Experience : Demonstrates an understanding of pharmaceutical marketingal, product attributes, marketing objectives, target audience, competitive environment, market dynamics and medical / regulatory / legal

2. Digital background : familiarity with online tools, apps and digital solutions that are critical to success in the pharmaceutical marketing space