For decades, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has provided consumer and professional marketing, strategic consulting, and medical education to pharmaceutical and wellness brands. Our mission is to inspire a healthier, happier, well-er world through award-winning work.

If you google us (which you may have done already), you’ll see that spreading wellness is literally our mission. We don’t just talk about making your well-being the most important thing, we mean it. Having a flexible hybrid-work policy, plentiful time off, and colleagues who want you to do well are all part of the gig. Oh, and of course the opportunity to work on some of the good-vibiest campaigns on the planet with very caring, very resourceful people. So, if you’re a rockstar writer, aspiring strategist, jill—or jack—of all trades, or just an all-around nice person, let’s chat.   

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates for this role must be able to work out of our New York, Philadelphia or Chicago offices.

Leads brand team in delivering a high level of performance for client. Provides strategic direction to meet client-marketing objectives for brands, cultivates opportunities to grow and develop client business and supervises junior account personnel to implement account marketing plans profitably. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Supervises tactical planning and direction on assigned account; builds and maintains positive, lasting client relationships; ensures that client perceives that agency is always providing value-added services. 
• Ensures sound strategic planning, timely and accurate implementation, good service and a solid client/agency relationship. 
• Provides clear strategic direction to creative team. 
• Ensures ongoing positive communication with client; raises any issues promptly and provides recommendations for solutions 
• Provides ongoing financial direction to agency and client with respect to staffing, changes in client budget, clients’ financial expectations, supervises hours and expense tracking 
• Drives agency participation in client business planning process 
• Evaluates creative product against strategic direction, and provides constructive feedback 
• Follows market conditions to provide revised strategic recommendations to client against changing market dynamics 
• Spearheads the presentation to client of annual plans and significant interim programs 
• Cultivates relationships with appropriate thought leaders to help maintain solid knowledge of client’s business \
• Keeps management informed of account status, problems, plans, and meetings and gets senior management involved as needed. 
• Actively pursues new business opportunities within existing clients 
• Develops additional business organically. 
• Assists Director of Operations and Managing Director with obtaining new business. 
• Coaches account team by providing regular feedback, development opportunities, and training as needed to enhance team’s skills and performance. 
• Implements agency policies and procedures. 
• Delegates responsibly but remains accountable for outcomes. 

• Bachelor’s degree required 
• 7+ years of related work experience in account management in an agency setting required 
• Demonstrated experience working on a wide range of accounts and categories (HCP is a must) 

The Power of One starts with our people!  To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources.  Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

SSW is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range:  $115,500 - $194,500 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 6/1/2024.