Account Executive (Pharma Agency Required)

About Avalere Health

Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.

Our 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines — Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology — to create the connections that make better health happen.

Avalere Health partners with its clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.

We live and breathe our five values in everything we do: We are authentic. We act with integrity. We value difference. We play for the team. We enjoy the journey. At Avalere Health, we imagine a healthier world and create the connections to make it happen. 

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We are searching for an experienced advertising agency Account Executive to deliver digital promotional marketing campaigns for agency pharmaceutical clients. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of pharmaceutical advertising agency experience and possess a demonstrated understanding of how an advertising agency works and how jobs move through the agency.

The Account Executive supports the Account Team in ensuring client needs are met. This entry level account role is designed for learning the craft of client relationship management. The AE is responsible for day-to-day tasks and project documentation and must collaborate with multiple teams within the agency as well as outside vendor partners to deliver work that exceeds client expectations.

This person must be able to work in an ever-changing environment and must have a positive, can-do attitude. The AE must be detail-oriented and a proactive communicator and be motivated to take the lead on solving problems.

• Maintains working knowledge of client’s business. Keeps account team informed of key business and category news and draws relevant insights and implications.
• Creates initial drafts of account-led documentation, such as scope documents, briefs, statements of work, agendas, and presentations
• Supports Account Leadership in scheduling client meetings and developing agendas, slides, and organizing the meeting details
• Ensures accurate follow-up on agreements in meetings, able to produce comprehensive call notes
• Reviews project and job materials during routing to ensure brand continuity and quality, including Med/Reg/Legal review process
• Anticipates and recognizes account team and/or client needs and actively addresses them.
• Builds a rapport with client and is seen as a “go to” person for basic client requests
• Participates in client and vendor partner conference calls

• 1-2 years of related industry experience, ad agency experience preferred
• Industry-related internship a plus
• Proficient with business software (MS Office) and online tools
• Strong multi-tasking and problem-solving skills, strong writing skills
• Ability to work in a deadline-oriented, fast-paced environment
• Demonstrates strong prioritization and time management skills and can positively maintain momentum on multiple items at one time.
• Driven and possesses an eagerness to learn and a high level of accountability towards a quality work product
• Possesses a natural curiosity and desire to understand the business, customer insights, multichannel marketing and platforms
• Resourceful, able to independently and proactively solve problems
• Ability to communicate both written and orally in an organized and logical manner
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, specifically with team members across multiple locations
• Earns trust and builds relationships with agency staff, agency partners, and client contacts 

What we can offer

Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.

At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.

We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.

We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits. 

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