Account Director

New York City, NY (Remote)

$58/hr – $79/hrSenior Level6+ years expTemporary

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Owns account strategy and client relationship leadership, mobilizes Digitas Health resources to meet requirements, and drives brand-aligned marketing through strategic briefs, client advocacy, and opportunities to grow the account.

  • Leads development of strategic briefs, brand strategy, and marketplace direction
  • Partners with delivery and brand teams to set expectations and maximize value for the client
  • Seeks opportunities to upsell and cross-sell within the account

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Expertise
  • - Responsible for understanding the account dynamics and mobilizing Digitas Health resources to most effectively meet account requirements
  • - Responsible for brand understanding and communicates this understanding within Digitas Health
  • - Knows how to bring right Digitas Health resources to client advocacy opportunities.
  • - Can articulate the role of branding in relationship to Customer Value Marketing.
  • - Demonstrates significant knowledge of pharmaceutical marketing and is comfortable playing a leadership role with client brand teams when needed Value
  • - With VP/Director, Responsible for setting client account expectations
  • - Develops Strategic Brief marketing goals, brand strategy and other critical marketplace data and direction
  • - Participates in account development and enables account strategy.
  • - Ensures client contact with members of brand team and supports Director of Delivery Management with respect to client communication

Requirements

  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree and 6 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Rx or OTC in marketing are required
  • Experience in client management and marketing program development required.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and superior communication skills are essential
  • The ability to address complex strategic marketing problems and propose viable solutions is necessary.
  • Must exhibit strong leadership ability and exercise good judgment and diplomacy.

Benefits

  • Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Heartbeat

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Heartbeat is a full-service marketing agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. Challengers are playing a high-stakes game — they must battle behemoth competitors, upend ingrained audience habits, or transform a “me-too” product into “yes-please.” It is our lifeblood to change the fate for these brands. By questioning common wisdom and challenging category convention, we find novel ways to engage audiences, change behaviors, and shift marketing landscapes. That’s the mission, here are the creds: over 250 employees between NYC & LA; longtime agency leaders; a pile of awards from the likes of Clio Health, MM+M, and Med Ad News; the most diverse agency community in healthcare; and a culture that has been celebrated as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and MM+M for eight years. Damn straight. For more information about Heartbeat, drop us a line at marketing@weareheartbeat.com.

Founded in 1998
New York, New York, USA
316 employees (134 in marketing)
91% recommend to a friend
98% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.8%
Direct
46.5%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.4%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~317

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
79 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
8.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6