Senior Account Executive - Healthcare

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About the Role

This is a senior account service position within our Healthcare team. The successful candidate will possess exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a variety of people of all levels. S/he must have excellent organizational skills and the ability to adapt to new conditions, assignments and multiple deadlines. Excellent attention to detail, a passion for the news, media and communications, and enthusiasm for delivering great results for clients are essential.

Key Qualifications

The senior account executive must have at least two years of relevant experience in public relations and/or related fields including research, advertising, management consulting, media and publishing

Ability to multi-task and work in a matrix structure

Ability to work calmly, accurately, and efficiently under multiple deadlines, often with short lead-times

Ability to develop relationships with media and apply experience and initiative in developing traditional and digital media relations strategies

Enthusiasm and energy for communications and delivering great client work

Ability to conduct accurate, detailed research and analysis across digital and social media, Good communication skills, both written and verbal; able to articulate point of view

Exceptional attention to detail, tenacity, and organization and planning skills

Entrepreneurial spirit - willingness to ‘get stuck in’ and make the most of opportunities

Emotional intelligence, decorum, and situational awareness in relation to client, team and inter-office interactions.

Business-level Japanese writing skills and Expert-level English writing skills

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to creation of communications plans that meet client objectives

Build relationship with clients and colleagues at all levels

Consistently produce high quality internal and external communications content often under tight timelines and with competing priorities

Demonstrate tactical proficiency in media relations, including creating and driving both traditional and social media outreach plans

Commit to continuous learning and improvement of leadership skills; set and pursue stretch goals

Supervise staff junior to you by motivating, coaching and consistently providing feedback

Aid in new business process including idea contribution, research and proposal preparation

Monitor and analyze media trends and social conversations to uncover news trends, new media columns and story ideas for clients

Providing day-to-day account support and managing multiple projects simultaneously, keeping teams organized and updated

When appropriate, utilize sector and industry knowledge and expertise to support across client accounts.

Interact with and manage relationships with peer clients (clients at similar levels) with successful, long term engagement.

Expand understanding and application of time managements skills and basic budget management skills in training toward project management.

If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.