Senior Account Executive

About the role

• Agency: Biolumina
• Job Function: Account Management and Growth
• Job Subfunction: Account Management

About the role

• Title: Senior Account Executive
• Company/Location: Biolumina / New York, NY
• Department/Discipline: Account

About the role

The SAE supports the Account Supervisor in managing the day-to-day activity of the account, including managing client deadlines, maintaining the integrity of the client’s budget and developing creative briefs. The SAE must be a proactive person who can multi-task, foster a positive team atmosphere, and be a leader.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Manage account independently on a day-to-day basis
• Develop creative and strategic thinking skills
• Develop creative briefs
• Manage client expectations at all times to foster effectiveness/productivity
• Provide input to and draft sections of the agency tactical plan
• Maintain regular client contact at product manager level and become integral part of client team ensuring that the client is updated and briefed on all relevant account activity
• Meet/manage all client deadlines
• Monitor fee hours and proactively alert agency management and/or clients of projects are heading out of scope
• Effectively lead internal meetings (e.g. status meetings, job start-ups, etc.), making important, relevant contributions, and generate workable conclusions
• Evaluate creative work for consistency and accuracy
• Keep senior management briefed on account activities
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of scientific category and brand
• In person clinet travel is required

Additional Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally
• Demonstrate good problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate ability to set priorities while handling multiple projects and to delegate work appropriately
• Remain calm despite high pressure situations
• Project a professional, positive attitude toward peers and clients within the department and the agency
• Uphold the Company Values in all decisions and interactions
• Maintain accurate time sheets
• Foster a positive team environment demonstrating respect for peers and supervisors
• Assist other members of department/team as needed when workload allows
• Establish credibility and maintain leadership image both internally and externally; convey confidence without over promising
• Understand when it’s appropriate to make decisions independently and when to escalate
• issues/decisions to management

Management Responsibilities

• Generate performance reviews for AEs, AAEs, and support staff, when applicable
• Provide constructive and direct on-going feedback to team members
• Delegate work effectively, where appropriate

Qualifications

• College degree, preferably in marketing, advertising, communications or science/medicine
• 3 years agency or comparable experience, Pharma experience a major plus!
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Well-developed knowledge of business practices/vendor relations

Biolumina’s Values

Open Mind

• Always ask why—of your teammates, your clients, and yourself. And don’t stop there—keep asking questions
• Be respectful of others’ ideas, opinions, and diverse backgrounds
• Be flexible and adaptive to new ways of doing things

Brave Heart

• Speak your mind…and your heart
• Courageously step forward to try something new and help others to do the same
• Be brave enough to defend your opinions—and brave enough to change them

Ready Hands

• Be proactive and push things forward
• Reach out to offer help and raise your hand to ask for help
• Go out of your way to show gratitude

Additional information

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.

#LI-EA2 $80,000 - $95,000

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