ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE The Account Executive (AE) is an entry level role which is a critical support function and helps more senior members of the account team to drive projects through internally, and with the client. In order to immerse themselves into the deadline-oriented, team-based nature of agency work, the AE needs to embody an impeccable level of organization, a keen eye for detail and excellent verbal and written communication skills as a baseline. An AE should be enthusiastic and interested in learning about Learning and Development (L&D) within life sciences. They bring an outgoing and congenial personality and energy to their work, and are able to connect and interact with a wide variety of people. A successful AE embodies and regularly demonstrates the following skills:

  • Listening and questioning in project briefings and kick-off meetings, understanding clients' business challenges, needs and intended outcomes for a project,
  • Collaboration - believing in the strength of utilising multiple perspectives and skillsets to arrive at a solution for clients
  • Accountability finishing what you start and understand the steps required to complete a project task
  • Transparency is key to building trust; the AE should share their progress on tasks with the project lead,
  • Passionate about people and
  • Is motivated by and comfortable with communicating with different personality types and all levels of client seniority and adapts their style appropriately to fit discussions
  • Client focused – can demonstrate the ability to satisfy client needs and those of internal stakeholders and team members, and shows a willingness to work together to build trust
  • Solutions and results focused – seeks to understand the background to the project and its objectives to ensure solutions are relevant
  • Keen interest in education, healthcare and digital transformation – these are the building blocks of our solutions
  • Resilient and flexible – is able to keep functioning effectively when under pressure Job functions Project management and teamwork The AE works closely with more senior members of the account team, supporting the delivery of L&D deliverables in a timely manner, within budget and to meet or surpass client expectations.
  • Mavenlink - Project set-up: templates, timelines and resourcing and reviewing these with more senior members of the account team
  • Tracking project timelines in Mavenlink and ensuring the data are up to date and reflective of where projects are in the overall process
  • Budget monitoring and flagging any potential overspends or out-of-scope requests with senior members of the account team o Invoicing, based on agreed invoicing schedules with clients
  • Updating client status reports, ensuring any delivery dates are reflective of agreed timelines within the agency
  • Communicating project status and updates to clients clearly and always keeping them appraised of next steps in the process and any potential hurdles
  • Drafting meeting summary reports (objectives, discussion points, next steps) for clients following key meetings to manage expectations and drive alignment on next steps
  • Coordinating formal medical/legal/regulatory reviews, usually on Veeva, and understanding the tasks involved for formal submissions,
  • Reviewing content drafts against client amends, flagging anything that is unclear and needs to be addressed with the client before briefing the internal team
  • Reviewing artworked deliverables (PDFs, PPTs, In Design or other) against content drafts, ensuring no critical information has been missed
  • Reviewing development links against supplied storyboards and content drafts, ensuring programming reflects approved storyboards and meets the technical specs agreed at the start of the project
  • In general, tracking amendments, always ensuring feedback is managed in a consolidated fashion and in keeping with the overall scope Requirements
  • Bachelors Degree
  • 1 – 3 years Account Executive or Project Management experience in a life science agency. To learn more about working at Red Nucleus, please visit Careers | Red Nucleus.

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