Graduate Account Executive

JPA Health is a fully integrated marketing, communications and medical communications agency for clients ranging from emerging biotech to established pharmaceutical companies and public health organizations . We work exclusively within the health sector . We share our clients’ commitment to making people healthier. In fact, some might say we are obsessed with improving and protecting lives. Check out our sizzle reel!

akt health, a JPA Health Company, is an award-winning healthcare communications agency with work spanning PR and reputation, medical communications, and patient advocacy. Everyone has the right to live the healthiest life they can. That’s why we passionately believe in shaping a future where no one misses out on advances in healthcare.
Our vision is clear: to enable better health for all.

We are seeking an ambitious Graduate Account Executive (Grad AE)to join our dynamic and collaborative agency. A Grad AE is the foundation of the account team, ensuring smooth and timely administration across the account, ensuring seamless project management and developing campaign materials and content.

This position is a full-time,
hybrid role reporting to the London office (Holborn based team) approximately 3 days per week.

• Administration
• Be integral to overall account project management – tracking status of tasks and actions
• Ensuring seamless account administration – organizing meetings, calls and sharing actions / status updates with our clients
• Ensure timely communication with clients and, where required, appropriate follow-up to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate time management skills by developing action lists, assigning responsibilities, and managing all levels of the team to ensure successful project delivery.
• Where relevant, train and upskill new graduate hires. Teach them how to use relevant tools and software, as well as how to perform the basic account administration function.
• Ensure all work produced is high quality, with good spelling/grammar and devoid of typos.
• Collate supplier invoices and send them promptly to Finance, logging them in the project cost tracker.
• Maintain using client approval platforms (Veeva/ Promo Mats/ Co Man Do / Content Lab) and able to keep your account team regularly updated on the status and progress of materials through the review and certification processes.
• Written skills and content creation
• Develop writing skills by producing the first draft of a variety of materials, e.g. disease backgrounder/factsheet, info graphic copy, press release, Q&A, web copy, patient information leaflet.
• Develop an understanding of the content creation process by being the key point of contact for production suppliers when working on videos and podcasts, etc.
• An ability to develop materials which are in alignment with the ABPI Code of Practice.
• Participate in media sell ins with a focus on regional, medical and trade titles. Be able to confidently pitch a story to a journalist and engage in a dialogue to develop an editorial feature article.
• Identify relevant upcoming editorial and advertorial opportunities for clients and secure coverage.
• Have a network of relevant journalists that you can run opportunities and ideas past – consider taking journalists for coffees/lunch.
• Social media
• Feel confident in knowing why we would use each social media channel and what is appropriate for the type of programme you are working on (e.g. disease awareness vs. corporate communications).
• Proactively suggest milestones that may be relevant to post about on social media.
• Understand the difference between organic and paid social media and what each can be used for.
• Be able to communicate effectively with suppliers on the development of relevant creative assets that help enhance your copy / tell your story
• Be able to independently AE monitor social media posts.
• Be able to create first drafts of content posts for corporate social channels.
• Building relationships with clients and suppliers
  • Play an active role in client calls and meetings, contributing to group discussions.
  • Have an awareness of client/brand plans and priorities and start to build an understanding of the role of comms.
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