Maricich Health is a dynamic healthcare branding, advertising and marcom agency known for our transformative strategies, ideas and creative executions for integrated branding and marketing campaigns. Our team is one of big consumer brand / agency veterans freed to do what they do best. We have a close-knit culture that’s a great fit for smart, collaborative, proactive people who enjoy being hands on and making things happen. We're located in Irvine, CA, featuring one of the most beautiful climates in the world and a stone's throw from the beach and great hiking / biking trails.   

Our work centers on major brands across the integrated healthcare ecosystem including health systems, medical groups, device / medical technology companies, payers and others. We are outstanding at leveraging the challenges of today’s changing medical marketplace into opportunities to help our clients not only gain market share, but improve the health and quality of life of more patients in the process.

Maricich is seeking an accomplished account / client engagement director to lead our client services team. The account director will set the tone and expectations for the department and drive strategies for client and agency growth. The director will manage the day-to-day workload associated with his/her accounts and demonstrate detail oriented project oversight in line with client business and marketing strategy. In addition, the account director will be client facing and must be able to facilitate professional interactions and communications with clients and the agency team. This role is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned healthcare marketer with an entrepreneurial mindset who desires to build a department of giants while serving as an important member of the agency leadership team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the day-to-day client relationships and project related activities as a subset of a best practice account management process implemented consistently across the department and cross-functionally within the agency.  Establish and clarify expected business outcomes for initiatives / assignments as part of a holistic approach to long-term / win-win client-agency relationships.

• Develop and provide branding / integrated marketing / digital expertise across various healthcare industries including consumer marketing for hospitals / health systems and B2B marketing for device and healthcare technology companies among others.

• Collaborate with strategic planning and facilitate the strategic process to conduct research, develop plans, recommendations, and briefs. Work with other agency functions to develop multichannel, multidisciplinary plans and recommendations.  Develop spending and budget recommendations and associated pricing / production requirements. Draft and route SOWs internally and with clients for approval.

• Brief creative and media teams on major new initiatives, review work and recommendations for completeness and accuracy, work with creative services, admin and other support roles to identify and orchestrate agency resources to ensure integrated, cross-functional solutions

• Help present work and recommendations to the client and secure client approvals

• Manage and track monthly client budget and work with accounting on preparation and delivery of company invoices 

• Champion new marketing initiatives on behalf of the brand

Requirements:

• B.A. or B.S. Degree in Business / Marketing or other complementary field 

• Minimum of 7 years of hands-on client services experience with a branding / advertising / integrated marketing agency

• Experience working on healthcare accounts, brand development and/or integrated marketing campaigns 

• Self-motivated, dependable and can work independently while leading others as part of an integrated team

• Able to multi-task and manage multiple projects 

• Highly organized and detail oriented with proven experience of working well in a team environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment

• Skilled in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook and other complementary software

Please submit a brief, customized cover letter addressing your experience relative to the requirements outlined above along with your resume. Note your availability and salary requirements within. Salary commensurate with experience. http://www.maricich.com