Account Manager

Company Description

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

The Account Manager serves as the primary liaison between the Abb Vie Ad Agency and the brand teams and is responsible for managing the day-to-day relationships within the Agency. Working in partnership with the Agency’s creative staff and external resources/suppliers, the position provides strategic direction and counsel to help the brand teams meet their business objectives/sales goals.

This is a hybrid position and requires the ability to commute to our Mettawa, IL office at least 3 days per week.

• Maintain knowledge of Abb Vie guidelines including, but not limited to, corporate branding, promotional material development, Promo Mats review and corporate compliance.
• Possess a thorough understanding of their accounts’ (both U.S. and Global) product attributes, marketing objectives, target audience, competitive environment, market dynamics and medical/regulatory/legal position.
• Maintain an intimate understanding of the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.
• Demonstrate critical creative thinking and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multi-task to enhance productivity and manage workload.
• Demonstrate leadership in conflict resolution to facilitate effective outcomes.
• Possess ability to work in a high-volume, rapidly paced environment.

• Collaborate with the brand team in the development of project briefs
• Recommend key promotional tactics that align with the strategy and goals of the brand.
• Issue client contact reports to ensure key information is being quickly communicated to all involved stakeholders.
• Review creative development of a project during concept to completion to ensure specifications, client expectations, budgets, timelines, etc. are being adhered to.
• Facilitate ongoing, timely and accurate communications to ensure all projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Develop annual forecasts.
• Conduct financial reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Track time on a daily basis.

• Reports to Abb Vie Ad Agency Associate Director, Management Supervisor
• Partners with creative team on project initiatives
• Accountable for tactical execution, compliance to all related guidelines and budget
• Adherence to all company-wide financial policies

• Bachelor degree required
• Master’s degree or equivalent related project or functional experience is desirable
• Total account management experience – 4‑6 years preferred in an advertising agency setting; launch experience a plus
• Pharmaceutical ad agency experience or in‑house agency experience preferred
• Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred (US, Global preferred)
• Excellent communications skills: verbal, presentation, written
• High energy, positive, organized individual who is comfortable in a high‑visibility role
• Ability to manage high volume project scope in a fast paced creative environment
• Great collaborator with ability to focus on both the big picture and small details

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the…