Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness is a creative agency operating in the health and wellness space. We work with people we believe in to make work the world can believe in, and we do this by combining the type of interrogative thinking you only find in a high science agency, with the type of brand magic you only find in a creative agency. It’s this unique point of difference that’s helped us achieve fame for both our clients and their brands in everything from aesthetics, supplements, and fertility, to endocrinology, dermatology, and oncology. And the cherry, if you’re looking for one, is that we’re part of Publicis Groupe. So working with us gets you access to all manner of interesting people with an almost limitless depth and breadth of skills and experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Account Executive or an establish Account Executive to join a fast growing London agency within the Client Services Function. Senior Account Executives help to ensure we are hitting deadlines, managing finances and connecting the right resources to ensure commercial success for both client and agency.

You will work across a wide variety of projects and tasks, supporting senior team members and leading projects on your own. You will need a good attention to detail, a logical approach and great communication skills as you work with a variety of different teams. You will become the gatekeeper to agency processes, ensuring that the correct ways of working are adhered to, and contribute to managing resource bookings for the teams involved.

You will be responsible for the following: 

Account management: Demonstrates curiosity in the creative process and is aware of the client’s marketing strategy. Contributes to tactical brand planning. Executes client deliverables to a high standard. Is always aware of the account status, becoming the go to for the team.  Develops strong understanding of data / references relevant to the brand.

Project management: Understands the importance of tracking time, scope and budget.  Takes responsibility for executing smaller projects with limited senior support, and is responsible for specific assigned tasks on later projects. Follows instructions and asks relevant questions. Escalates issues and flags risks.  Takes ownership of timeline management where assigned.  Ensures change requests are managed with business approval.

Finance management: Develops a good understanding of the overall financial processes within the agency.  Works with Project Managers to ensure timely delivery of all financial reports.  Raises supplier PO’s as necessary and tracks client purchase orders, flagging when not received. Is knowledgeable of ITI, PO and invoice approval process and maintains awareness of SOW reconciliation.  Responsible for running burn reports to monitor time spent on projects and ensuring regular timesheet approval for billing.

Relationship management: Builds relationships with client point of contact.  Understands who the internal and external stakeholders are.  Fosters collaborative relationships with third parties.  Is sensitive to potential challenges and risks and raises concerns quickly.

Process management: Acts as the gatekeeper to agency processes, ensuring appropriate signatories and approvals are in place.  Helps foster an environment of continuous improvement and supports in identifying efficiencies.

Data & GDPR management: Has a broad understanding for GDPR compliance and how that interacts with your projects.

Communication planning: Understands the holistic direction of the account and the subsequent tactical deliverables within.  Owns the status updates and communicates status updates to clients. Participates in client project meetings as appropriate.

• You will ideally come from a similar agency background as an Account Executive / Senior Account Executive. Healthcare experience is a bonus but not essential. 
• You will be able to build relationships quickly, confident and personable in your approach
• You will have the ability to adapt and flex your working style dependent on the audience
• You’ll be a strong communicator with great standard of written, spoken and presentation English
• You’ll be a problem solver, demonstrating proactivity and initiative
• You can identify continuous improvement opportunities
• You’ll have a strong sense of drive and commitment to getting the task done
• You will possess a can-do attitude and enthusiasm for their contribution
• You’ll demonstrate high learning agility and a hunger for knowledge

An inclusive workplace

The more diverse our team, the more imaginative, intelligent and inspirational our culture and our work will become. Here are some of the ways we help promote diversity at Publicis Health.

Recruitment

·       Diversity & Inclusion management

·       Mandatory unconscious bias training

·       Career and school programmes to build industry access for people from mixed socio-economic backgrounds

Culture

·       Support communities for women, LGBTQ+, BAME, Disabled employees and their allies

·       A wellbeing programme which includes free HeadSpace membership.

Future

·       CSR is central to our ethos and work moving forwards

Publicis Groupe has committed €45 million to diversity, inclusion and social injustice within the network As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Groupe UK is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.