Account Director

As an Account Director at Leo Burnett, you will lead strategic health accounts, building strong client relationships and delivering high-impact strategies and communications for clients in the health and pharmaceutical sector. You will be responsible for developing and executing brand and media strategies, overseeing budgeting, and managing all campaign activities, ensuring innovative and high-quality ideas that achieve business objectives.

Must Have

• Act as the main point of contact between the client and the agency.
• Lead strategic health accounts, managing senior client relationships.
• Develop and execute brand and media strategies for health-focused clients.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls for assigned accounts.
• Manage all campaign activities, including traditional, digital, and health-related events.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, or Health-related fields, or equivalent experience (minimum 5 years).
• Strong knowledge of media planning, especially in digital environments, with experience in health campaigns.
• Strategic thinking and leadership skills to manage teams and complex projects.
• Excellent communication, flexibility, and strong organizational skills.

Good to Have

• Advanced English proficiency.
• Knowledge of media planning tools such as Kantar Tom-Micro, Galileo, EGM, or similar, ideally applied to the health sector.
• Previous experience in agencies or clients in pharmaceuticals, hospitals, or health products.

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible Benefits (Cobee) including meal vouchers, health insurance, transportation.
• Growth Opportunities through local and global training programs.
• Free Online Training via LinkedIn Learning and Udemy Catalogs through "Marcel" platform.
• Partner Certifications from industry giants such as Meta, Google, or Amazon.
• Work from anywhere: Telecommute up to 6 weeks from over 100 countries with #WorkYourWorld program.
• Attractive holidays package including birthday & Advertising Day off plus additional days off.
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid model with up to two days working from home, intensive summer hours, full remote in Easter, Christmas & 3 weeks in Summer, flexible work start schedule.
• Well-being initiatives such as daily meditation or yoga.
• Subsidised breakfast & daily menu at Café Marcel canteen.

Company description

Publicis Groupe, the world's largest communications group, is a solutions platform that is present in more than 100 countries. Do you want to know more about the agency/brand or area of expertise you will be applying for in this role? Keep reading!

At Leo Burnett, we understand that creativity has the power to transform human behavior. It's the core belief behind what we call HumanKind, focusing on people and purposes. Our strength lies in the professionalism of our teams, combining strategic rigor, a multidisciplinary approach, and high doses of creativity to deliver unique and personalized value propositions that drive our clients' brand growth. We aspire to be the best creators of ideas that truly resonate with people.

Overview

You will be responsible for delivering exceptional service with high-impact strategies and communications that generate measurable business results for our clients in the health and pharmaceutical sector.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact between the client and the agency, building strong relationships with marketing teams and key stakeholders in the health sector.
• Lead strategic health accounts, managing senior client relationships and key decision-makers.
• Develop and execute brand and media strategies for health-focused clients, including digital and traditional campaigns.
• Ensure ideas are innovative, high-quality, and contribute to achieving clients’ business and brand objectives.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls for assigned accounts.
• Maintain strong relationships with other agency partners and key health sector media and organizations.
• Manage all campaign activities, including traditional, digital, and health-related events (non-performance).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, or Health-related fields, or equivalent experience (minimum 5 years).
• Strong knowledge of media planning, especially in digital environments, with experience in health campaigns.
• Strategic thinking and leadership skills to manage teams and complex projects.
• Open to new ideas and changes, proactive, dynamic, and results-driven.
• Excellent communication, flexibility, and strong organizational skills.

Nice-to-Have:

• Advanced English proficiency (to be assessed during the interview).
• Knowledge of media planning tools such as Kantar Tom-Micro, Galileo, EGM, or similar, ideally applied to the health sector.
• Previous experience in agencies or clients in pharmaceuticals, hospitals, or health products.

Additional information

Why join us? Because we offer reasons such as:

• 🌟 Flexible Benefits (Cobee): Enjoy more than just work with flexible compensation including meal vouchers, health insurance, transportation, and more.
• 🚀 Growth Opportunities: You can advance in your career not only through the experience of working with major clients but also by accessing local and global training programs specialized according to your role, covering both technical and soft skills.
• 📚 Free Online Training: You can access unlimited courses from LinkedIn Learning and Udemy Catalogs through our artificial intelligence platform "Marcel".
• 🥇 Partner Certifications: You'll have the opportunity to obtain certifications from industry giants such as Meta, Google, or Amazon.
• 🌍 Work from anywhere: Telecommute up to 6 weeks from over 100 countries with our #WorkYourWorld program.
• 🎉 Attractive holidays package including your birthday & Advertising Day off plus some additional days off. Rest is also important!
• ✨ Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a hybrid model with up to two days working from home and intensive summer hours. Full remote in Easter, Christmas & 3 weeks in Summer. Flexible work start schedule.
• 🧘🏻‍♂️ Well-being: We prioritize the well-being of our staff and organize various health initiatives such as daily meditation or yoga among others.
• Ommm! 🍴 Subsidised breakfast & daily menu at our Café Marcel canteen. Bon appétit! 😊

We are certified as a Great Place to Work, your happiness and providing you with an outstanding experience means a lot to us, let's enjoy!

Here at Publicis Groupe, we are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or any individual´s status in any group or class protected by law.

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

All employees are committed to complying with obligations regarding Information Security and Technologies, obligations related to the use of Artificial Intelligence, obligations stemming from the Quality and Environmental Management System, as well as obligations derived from the Integrity Management System, Corruption Prevention, and the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy. Furthermore, all employees are required to complete mandatory training courses, declarations, and compliance commitments in these areas.