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Our major pharma client in the Northern suburbs is looking for anAccount Managerfor a 1 year freelance assignment at 40 hours/week.\ \ This role is hybrid in Mettawa, IL. 3 days onsite / 2 remote per week.\ \ Must Have:\ 1. Experienced Agency Account Manager who possesses ability to think strategically and can provide solutions that can help our marketing partners meet their objectives.\ 2. Maintains a deep understanding of the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.\ 3. Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multi-task to enhance productivity and manage workload\ 4. Detail-oriented, ability to manage multiple products, tasks and client domains\ 5. Maintains broad experience developing relationship and growing accounts\ \ Summary: The Account Manager serves as the primary liaison between the clients\' 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.

\ Responsibilities:\ - Maintain knowledge of client guidelines including, but not limited to, corporate branding, promotional material development, PromoMats 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 creative 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.\ \ Qualifications:\ - Bachelor degree required\ - Total account management experience - minimum of 1-3 years of experience\ - Pharmaceutical industry experience preferred (both U.S. and Global)\ - In-house ad agency/ad agency experience a plus\ - 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

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Additionally, drug products may be present in the orkplace.

Benefits

Creative Circle\'s Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.\ \ Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:\ \ Email your resume in Word to:\ \ ashley.sella@jobalert.creativecircle.com\ **Please do NOT change the email subject line in any way. You must keep the JobID: : AS30-1824021 -- in the email subject line for your application to be considered.***\ \ Ashley Sella - Senior Recruiter, National Delivery\ \ For this position, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsor