Account Executive - Omnicom Health Group

Overview

Health disrupted. A radically open creative collective, discarding business as usual. Building iconic brands. Making the world a more compassionate, healthy place. We are TBWA\WorldHealth, The Disruption® Company.

Title: Account Executive

Department/Discipline: Account Services 

Location: TBWA\WH

YOU ARE THE GO-GETTER 

You rally your team and clients around big ideas, driving commitment that requires the efforts of many, not just the interests of few. You’re passionate about everything you sink your teeth into, and you’re driven to seek new and challenging opportunities. Complacency has been consciously struck from your vocabulary. Your eagerness is balanced by practicality—an innate understanding of the value of planning ahead and being prepared. Your team relies on your foresight and your ability to identify problems before they interrupt workflow. You’ve got your finger on the team’s pulse, knowing you can learn something from each member and every situation. You champion disruptive creative thinking while ensuring the work remains tethered to the scope. And you help meet client expectations by modeling behavior that can’t help but exceed them.

YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO:

• Plan (20%)
• Kickstart timeline development by providing a due date and client mandatories to project management, and ensure that timeline meets both team and client needs
• Apply your experience and understanding of agency processes to encourage constructive and proactive planning
• Inform and review project estimates to ensure they’re realistic, comprehensive, and fit within the overall SOW
• Track (20%)
• Work closely with PM to evaluate and approve finance tracker, invoices, and reconciliation documents
• Review routing projects against client comments and creative brief, and act as the PRC expert—ensuring all PRC comments are clarified and addressed
• Manage project modifications and deliverables with internal team members
• Act (40%)
• Partner closely with PM to ensure team and client needs are met on financial planning and tracking documents
• Establish client relationship with one key client contact, such as the PRC lead
• Recap meetings with defined discussion points and actionable next steps that show we are driving process and POV
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with clients, agency partners, and internal team
• Contribute to tactical ideation by being involved in D-Live and being an active participant during tactical brainstorming
• Consume (15%)
• Understand the elements of the Creative Brief, particularly the Disruption, and recognize aspects of each brief in routing projects
• Immerse yourself in brand and market knowledge by searching online, reviewing trade journals, attending market research, attending a convention, and participating in a rep ride-along if possible—ultimately demonstrating that knowledge with presentations to internal team and clients
• Apply (5%)
• Share your knowledge about client, brand, and market learnings with your team, and in particular PM, during planning and review meetings and on routing projects

YOU WILL EXCEL BY:

• Understanding how your role fits into the big picture
• Anticipating roadblocks and being solution oriented in partnership with other departments
• Working as though nobody is checking your work
• Drafting your own creative briefs, and recognizing learning opportunities everywhere
• Finding constructive ways to be visible to leadership

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years’ of prior work experience in a marketing environment
• A foundational skill set defined by:
• Innate team orientation
• Interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
• Problem-solving and influencing
• Organization and attention to detail
• Sound judgment and discretion for managing projects
• In person client travel is required

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $53,000 - $76,500

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.