An international medical communications agency has an opportunity for an Account Director to join their team based in their Cheshire office.

Role Summary:

• Lead/direct client accounts by taking ultimate responsibility for overall client service and financial delivery, identifying opportunities to increase the level of business
• Identify and win new business together with senior colleagues
• Provide strategic guidance to clients and to internal account teams

Responsibilities:
Team Management:

• Lead, coach and motivate the internal account team, providing support and advice on client and project issues.
• Working with senior editorial colleagues, ensure appropriate account team resource levels are maintained via effective account team forecasting and succession planning.

Client Management:

• Contribute to own accounts through hands-on management of the client and, where appropriate, liaison with opinion leaders. Provide strategic input/commercial understanding to clients and to the internal team.
• Secure profitable ongoing business and also expand the opportunities on accounts.
• Ensure clients receive proactive ideas and creative input to assist and challenge their own thinking and planning.

Financial:

• Ensure best practice financial management across accounts, achieving accurate forecasting, phasing and delivery of account plans

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Life Science Degree or higher qualification
• Can demonstrate strategic and tactical thinking
• Has an understanding of the full range of medical communications outputs
• Can demonstrate experience of best practise financial management and achieving financial objectives
• As well as effective project management
• Relevant agency experience, previous work experience in industry or equivalent knowledge
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Attentive to detail with strong organisational skills
• Good presentation skills and ability to facilitate meetings
• Computer literacy
• Enthusiastic self-starter, eager to achieve
• Team player
• Confident and assertive in client and colleague interactions
• Available for International Travel

Salary and Benefits Package:

Competitive basic salary, Personal pension, Profit Related Pay, Performance Related Bonuses
Permanent health insurance, Salary Exchange, Life Insurance x4 salary, Childcare vouchers
25 days annual holiday, Private healthcare

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