Job Information
Publicis Groupe Account Supervisor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Company Description
Digitas Health is the Agency of Now: the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers. With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world’s largest healthcare communications network, Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world’s third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.
Web: www.digitashealth.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/digitashealth | Twitter: www.twitter.com/digitas_health
Overview
The Account Supervisor role is the brand champion. This means you provide strategic input, tactical planning and direction on assigned accounts. You will also have direct management responsibilities: manages junior account staff to implement plans and profitable manner. You will report to the SVP, Group Account Director.
This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.
Responsibilities
Agency Operations
Guide the process and details, and develop tactical plans. Forecast budgets.
Finances: Develops and administers clients' budgets based on accurate estimating and tracking of hours, out-of-pocket expenses, and reconciliation against estimates.
Raise client awareness as to when changes in client direction affect estimates.
Knowledge of contract and its possible effects.
Knowledge of all basic financial tools necessary to account management
Trouble shoot: Know when things might get off track in an agency operations. Use experience and judgment to solve for potential problems before they get too big. Solve client issues, moderate conflicts and influence management decisions
Team Leadership: Takes on wider, informal leadership responsibilities within the agency
Management: team leader, provides clear and fair direction & feedback to junior account staff
Knowledge
Deep, expert understanding of the therapeutic category, the audience and at least two channels. Basic knowledge of at least one other category, and another audience
Be a point of authority or source of advice for therapeutic area
Ensure team adherence to agency process. Identify issues and lead problem resolution
Strategy
Vision: Identify the important/broad issues while still driving the process and details
Planning: High-level analysis of category, research, and competitive data.
Analyze and extract findings/issues from all available marketing data.
Active in strategic development.
Demonstrate passion with the brand
Tactics and Execution
Develop marketing/ brand platform briefs). Lead the agency process.
Production: Manages and manages the production of client-approved marketing tools
Creative: Collaborates on creative brief development
Assume Responsibility for the writing and preparation of marketing communications plans and proposals
Communication: Communicate important Client issues/ programs to team
PHCG Offerings: Basic knowledge of PHCG businesses, offerings, and tools
Client Relationship
Build trusting relationships with client counterparts. Is seen as strategic, important to the account, and offering added value.
Relationship: Frequent, positive client contact with important clients
Brand Champion: Ensures everyone focused on brand strategy and positioning: client, account team, and other internal departments
Agency Champion: Understands and advocates the agency POV (point-of-view).
Presentations: Ensure the client is kept informed on all account activity: this includes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that appropriate written reports are delivered quickly.
Present complex data or messages in clear, succinct, compelling manner to clients
Lead role in ensuring, accurate client documentation & correspondence
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required
MBA, Masters in Marketing or related discipline
Experience in healthcare communications environment
5+ years experience in an integrated agency
Open to travel
Additional Information
Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
