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Senior Account Executive, Health

Porter Novelli, Inc
London
1 week ago
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Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare industry?
We’re looking for a

Senior Account Executive

to join our dynamic

Healthcare

team at

Porter Novelli London .
You’ll work across a diverse portfolio of our pharmaceutical accounts, including global leaders like Roche, Merck, Amgen and Bayer. From helping our clients tell compelling stories about their work to advocating for patients and equitable health, you’ll drive impactful campaigns across fields as diverse as oncology, neurology, rare diseases, and diabetes.
Our client service excellence and strong new business pipeline are underpinned by our greatest strength – a supportive, collaborative team that goes above and beyond to help each other, day in and day out.
Together, we deliver for our clients to shape the future of healthcare. We want you to join us.
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Responsibilities

Client Strategy & Guidance: Provide strategic advice to clients, ensuring alignment with their objectives to deliver creative, impactful campaigns and solutions for their needs.
Client Relationship Management: Serve as a key contact for clients, building strong relationships with them whilst also ensuring the delivery of high-quality, timely work.
Campaign Development & Execution: Help plan, develop and implement integrated communication strategies to support product, corporate and advocacy campaigns.
Team Support & Development: Guide and support junior colleagues, helping them grow their skills and confidence whilst also developing your own skills on the path to Account Manager.
Content Creation: Help produce compelling written, designed and audio-visual materials, supporting client campaigns and new business proposals.
Budget & Project Oversight: Manage client budgets and projects, ensuring they stay on track and within financial scope. This includes clear, regular reporting of budget tracking and project status.
Creative Collaboration: Participate in brainstorms and ideation for creative campaigns, contributing innovative ideas to help differentiate our clients in their marketplaces.
What We’re Looking For
Experience in Healthcare Communications: You have a solid background working in the global healthcare sector, with a strong grasp of industry dynamics and regulations.
Purpose-Driven Passion: You’re dedicated to advancing equitable health for patients and championing diversity, equity and inclusion across the healthcare industry.
A Natural Collaborator: You support a cohesive and collaborative dynamic within your teams, encouraging growth, creativity and delivery.
A Confident Project Manager: You manage projects smoothly from start to finish, offering strategic guidance to teams and clients regarding the projects under your purview.
An Effective Communicator: You’re skilled in advising clients and teams, ensuring clear and confident communication no matter who you’re talking to.
An Accountable Self-Starter: You take initiative and follow through on your commitments to produce high-quality, timely work, making sure no detail is overlooked.
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About us:
Porter Novelli is the strategic communications company built on purpose to Do Business Better. Our vision is to be the global communications powerhouse that drives positive impact in the world and enduring culture. Our mission is to decode change and navigate culture by connecting our sharp minds and smart data to unlock value for our clients.
Our values, Accountability, Courage, Curiosity, Diversity & Inclusion & Excellence, enable us to Do Business Better and live out our vision and mission.
Porter Novelli iscommitted to building a team inclusive of all races, faiths, ethnicities, backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, ages, physical abilities and cognitive styles.If you require any additional support to be at your best through the three-step interview process, please raise (confidentially) with our People & Talent Team .
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