21GRAMS -Account Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-team agency leadership and client storytelling, translating analytics and brand data into strategic briefs and actionable recommendations that optimize campaigns, resources, and relationships.

  • Lead client-agency collaboration by aligning on briefs, messaging platforms, and promotional stories to drive results.
  • Interpret analytics across programming and KPIs to guide decisions and optimize resource allocation.
  • Identify opportunities across customers, markets, and competition, delivering rationales and recommendations to grow business.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain productive working relationships to drive agency success
  • Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of key messages/message platform, data, and promotional story for brand and competition
  • Develop and align on key agency/client documents that drive success (e.g., Project and Creative Briefs)
  • Read and interpret analytics around programming, tactics, and overall brand performance (e.g., metrics, KPIs, goals)
  • Negotiate, when necessary, to meet and deliver on client needs while managing agency resources and projects effectively
  • Continuously identify new opportunities to make recommendations based on customers, markets, and competitive environments, including corresponding rationales
  • Lead by example: exhibit professional conduct while providing ongoing leadership as a role model for the team
  • Demonstrate a solutions-oriented approach and collaborate across teams to drive success
  • Pursue business objectives, while developing talent and preserving the 21GRAMS culture
  • Supervise, train, and mentor team members to develop the skills and careers of others by providing guidance

Requirements

  • 5-7 years advertising experience, agency environment preferred.
  • Pharma/DTC experience
  • Social/digital asset development
  • Website development
  • Data reporting and analytics oversight
  • CTV development and production
  • Black box experience
  • Financial oversight

Benefits

  • Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region.
  • Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long
  • generous holiday and paid time off
  • options for private medical, dental, and vision plans
  • support in saving for the future
  • mental wellness coaching and support
  • access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning
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Real Chemistry

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Real Chemistry drives the commercial success of healthcare companies by creating AI-powered, idea-driven healthcare experiences with the customer at the center. Over 2,000 experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
2.5K employees (648 in marketing)
44% recommend to a friend
44% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
53.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.3%
Direct
53.5%
Referral
5.9%
Social
12.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
461 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
28

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