Senior Account Executive (Medical Education)

About VML

VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

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About VML Health:

VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency that partners with healthcare clients across a broad definition of health, from high science to wellness and everything in between. It operates fluidly within the VML agency, as a core group of health specialists (a ‘vertical’) that has the benefit of autonomy in management, but with support of non-health expertise.

At the heart of health is the story of life – all the highs and lows, ambitions, and possibilities. But facing a health challenge can suddenly pull people away from these stories, knocking them off course.

Our purpose is to bridge this gap, bringing people closer to life and all its meaning. We gain a deeper understanding of Healthcare Professionals’ and patients’ needs, behaviors and lived experiences through what we call ‘radical empathy’.

VML Health creates connected brands that get to the heart, bringing people closer to the lives they want to live. Get to the heart. Connect for life.

International Meetings and Science (IMsci), a division of VML Health, works with companies to build world-class healthcare and pharmaceutical brands among medical professionals and consumers, with a transmedia storytelling approach that covers medical education strategies.

What we're looking for:

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Senior Account Executive to manage client business with a focus on executional excellence. The ideal candidate will understand the medical education/communication business and be eager to contribute to breakthrough creative and innovative programs. As a key member of our team, you will embody VML's core values: Connect Meaningfully, Inspire Creatively, Include Purposefully, and Approach Positively.

What You'll Do:

Account/Project Management and Brand Knowledge:

• Understand current and future deliverables and set timelines and expectations for successful project execution.

• Establish a strong presence on the team through flawless execution, asking questions, volunteering for new experiences, making suggestions, and mentoring junior team members.

• Understand the requirements of a variety of medical education projects and share your knowledge with junior team members.

• Interact with and schedule services provided by outside vendors.

• Develop good working relationships with key opinion leaders.

• Engage with the client through clear written communications and participation in live meetings.

• Ensure projects are uploaded into client review systems properly (i.e., Veeva, Zinc).

• Ensure the team adheres to internal processes (i.e., server filing, status reports and tracking, client communication documents, time sheet submission, editorial submissions, etc.).

• Keep your manager informed of client activity, issues, and opportunities.

• Get involved in brand planning and strategy sessions.

• Learn about the therapeutic markets to which the brands belong and proactively stay abreast of market trends and new product entries.

• Assist the pitch team on tasks related to new business pitches.

Creative:

• Participate in the development of breakthrough creative and innovative programs.

• Review materials to ensure high-quality agency output, reflective of consistently superior creative and innovative products, and offer your opinions to the account team.

• Identify new talent and technologies we can work with to support the creative needs for brands.

Financial Acumen:

• Understand the impact of underperforming accounts.

• Ensure all team members are accurately booking hours to projects and engage in discussions about the need to run a financially healthy account.

Who You Are:

• A Strong Executor: You have excellent executional skills and are passionate about the medical education/communication business.

• An Effective Communicator: You possess effective written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal and listening skills, and exercise sound judgment.

• A Team Player: You display a willingness to work overtime, travel, and attend off-hour events, etc.

• A Mentor: You have experience training junior staff.

• An Efficient Multi-Tasker: You manage time effectively and are a good multi-tasker with a strong professional work ethic.

What You'll Need:

• 2+ years as an account executive, with experience in executing medical education programs.

• Good computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Microsoft Teams).

What we offer:

• Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

• Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.

• Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness.

• Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.

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The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.

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$60,000—$140,000 USD

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