Senior Account Executive

Ashfield MedComms
London +2 more
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have publications project experience in medical communications.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with publications project experience in medical communications and client relationship-building skills
    — “supporting delivery from initial brief through to completion”
  • Individuals who thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy taking on increasing responsibility
    — “collaborative and supportive account team”
  • Professionals with a background in pharmaceutical communications and familiarity with scientific content creation
    — “medical communications agency or similar pharmaceutical communications environment”

Things to consider

  • The role may require occasional office attendance despite flexible working options
    — “can be done in one of our busy offices, on a hybrid basis or remotely with occasional office attendance”
  • Candidates must be prepared to manage budgets and financial processes as part of their responsibilities
    — “monitor project budgets and support financial activities including estimates, invoicing and reconciliation”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience working directly with clients and managing professional relationships
    — “experience working directly with clients and confidence building professional relationships”
  • Showcase your understanding of medical writing deliverables like manuscripts and posters
    — “work across deliverables including manuscripts, abstracts, posters and congress-related publications”
  • Demonstrate your ability to identify and resolve project risks in your interview responses
    — “identify potential project risks or challenges and work with senior colleagues to find practical solutions”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • coordinating publications projects
  • managing project timelines
  • building client relationships
  • ensuring project quality
Typical background
previous experience in medical communications or similar

Skills & requirements

Required

Project ManagementClient Relationship ManagementScientific CommunicationsPublications Planning

Preferred

Medical Communications ExperiencePharmaceutical Communications Environment

Stack & domain

Project ManagementScientific CommunicationsPublicationsCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsTeamworkMedical CommunicationsPharmaceutical

About the role

Original posting from Ashfield MedComms via Greenhouse

Senior Account Executive – Publications

Ashfield MedComms | Inizio Medical

Ashfield MedComms is part of Inizio Medical, bringing together the expertise of leading medical communications agencies to create compelling scientific content and engage healthcare communities to achieve outcomes that matter.

Due to continued growth, we're looking for a Senior Account Executive to join our Ashfield MedComms team, supporting a publications-focused account.

This is a great opportunity for someone with medical communications experience who is ready to strengthen their client-facing skills and continue developing their career.

The role

As a Senior Account Executive, you'll play an important role in the day-to-day delivery of scientific communications and publications projects. Working alongside experienced client services and scientific colleagues, you'll help keep projects moving, build strong client relationships and ensure work is delivered to a high standard, on time and within budget.

You will:

Coordinate a range of publications projects, supporting delivery from initial brief through to completion

Work across deliverables including manuscripts, abstracts, posters and congress-related publications

Develop project timelines, trackers and status updates, keeping teams and clients informed of progress

Build relationships with clients and act as a reliable point of contact

Coordinate with medical writers, editors, clients and other internal and external stakeholders

Support publications planning and help ensure projects meet agreed objectives, timelines and quality standards

Monitor project budgets and support financial activities including estimates, invoicing and reconciliation

Identify potential project risks or challenges and work with senior colleagues to find practical solutions

Develop your understanding of client products, therapy areas and the wider scientific landscape

Contribute to a collaborative and supportive account team

What we're looking for

You'll have:

Previous experience within a medical communications agency or similar pharmaceutical communications environment

Hands-on experience supporting or delivering publications projects

Project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Experience working directly with clients and confidence building professional relationships

An understanding of project budgets and financial processes

Strong written and verbal communication skills

A proactive, collaborative approach and enthusiasm for developing your career in medical communications

Why Ashfield MedComms?

You'll join a friendly, collaborative team where you'll have the opportunity to broaden your experience, take on increasing responsibility and learn from experienced medical communications professionals.

Alongside a competitive compensation and benefits package, we offer flexible ways of working and excellent opportunities for career and personal development within Ashfield MedComms and the wider Inizio Medical network.

We offer great compensation and a competitive benefits package that includes private medical and a company pension. We are happy to talk dynamic working. This role can be done in one of our busy offices, on a hybrid basis or remotely with occasional office attendance. We are known for our friendly and informal working environment and offer excellent opportunities for career and personal development. At Inizio Medical, we are committed to driving a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging. We believe that strength in diversity and inclusivity is a driver of our success.

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.

Source: Ashfield MedComms careers (Greenhouse)

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