Vice President, Account Director

Company description

For decades, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has provided consumer and professional marketing, strategic consulting, and medical education to pharmaceutical and wellness brands. Our mission is to inspire a healthier, happier, well-er world through award-winning work.

If you google us (which you may have done already), you’ll see that spreading wellness is literally our mission. We don’t just talk about making your well‑being the most important thing, we mean it. Having a flexible hybrid‑work policy, plentiful time off, and colleagues who want you to do well are all part of the gig. Oh, and of course the opportunity to work on some of the good‑vibiest campaigns on the planet with very caring, very resourceful people.

So, if you’re a rockstar writer, aspiring strategist, jill—or jack—of all trades, or just an all‑around nice person, let’s chat.

The Vice President, Account Director is responsible for the day to day running of one of the largest accounts, which includes financial processes and profitability while proactively managing and developing team members. The VP, Account Director is expected to be a strategic client contact and advisor, with visible ongoing engagement.

• Own the client relationship on assigned brand
• Own the brand strategy and effectively influence the client to achieve brand objectives. Contribute to and may be accountable for new business development
• Be responsible for staffing, managing, and leading the assigned account team
• Understand agency revenue and profitability model and ensure work is completed within budget by project. Own the revenue and forecast for the brand. Determine and negotiate budget needs; provide input to fee development.
• Vigilantly seek to optimize agency services and internal
• Serve as team leader to both integrated agency team and to client. Provide assistance related to agency/team/management policies and practices
• Approach brand from holistic marketing perspective. Integrate emerging technologies into client recommendations
• Have a comprehensive understanding of client’s business and have a thorough understanding of industry business trends. Be alert to changes in clients’ marketplace
• Cultivate relationships with appropriate leaders with vision to help maintain solid knowledge of client’s business
• Be an expert in multiple channels and audiences—enough knowledge to be able to act agnostically when making decisions on behalf of the client
• Spearheads the presentation to client of annual plans and significant interim programs
• Be responsible for new business opportunities and driving growth on assigned brands
• Provide clear strategic direction to agency team. Evaluate creative product against strategic direction and provide constructive feedback
• Proactively manage relationship with clients and seek opportunities to strengthen/build new relationships as needed
• Seek opportunities to showcase agency work among current and prospective clients
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to various client corporate cultures
• Solve client issues and independently moderate conflicts with significant complexity and political sensitivity

• 10 years’ experience within client services; pharma advertising experience required
• 3 years of experience managing and developing a team
• Proactive and action‑oriented
• Exhibits integrity and trust
• Exhibits self‑development
• Demonstrated track record of expanding business with existing customers (upselling); and experience supporting new business pitches required

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…