Harrison and Star

VP, Account Director

Harrison and Star • $120K — $175K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • 8+ years of industry experience, ideally in healthcare or pharma advertising/marketing
  • Strong leadership skills managing direct reports
  • Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation abilities
  • Expertise in digital media, social platforms, and analytics
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Critical thinker with a big picture perspective
  • Adaptable and collaborative working style

Responsibilities

  • Foster strong client relationships through strategic brand initiatives
  • Oversee multichannel project production and complex initiatives
  • Collaborate with finance, project management, creative, strategy, and medical teams
  • Manage conflicts effectively and ensure project execution
  • Mentor team members through goal-setting and development planning
  • Drive strategic thinking in creative and engagement planning
  • Identify new business opportunities and lead follow-up actions
  • Engage in new business pitches and manage P&L responsibilities

Benefits

  • In-office work requirement of three days a week, increasing over time
  • Opportunities for mentorship and leadership development
  • Collaborative working environment within multidisciplinary teams
  • Focus on client partnership transformation and innovative solutions
  • Strategic involvement in business development initiatives
Full Job Description
Agency:
Area23

Job Function:
Account Management and Growth

Job Subfunction:
Account Management

Job Description:

Transform client partnerships and drive business growth as a VP, Account Director! Leveraging exceptional leadership and communication skills, you'll guide internal teams and clients, fostering innovative solutions. Empowering direct and indirect reports through mentorship, you'll propel business development, tactical excellence, and brand vision.

A Day in the Life:
  • Foster strong client relationships through proactive brand strategy and organic growth initiatives.
  • Oversee multichannel production, project plans, and complex initiatives.
  • Collaborate with internal teams (finance, project management, creative, strategy, medical).
  • Manage conflicts, escalate when necessary, and ensure seamless execution.
  • Lead team development through mentorship, performance goal-setting, and growth planning.
  • Drive strategic thinking in creative development, engagement planning, and brand evolution.
  • Identify business development opportunities and spearhead next steps.
  • Participate in new business pitches, scoping, staffing discussions, and P&L responsibility.


What you will need:
  • Bachelor's degree (preferred).
  • 8+ years of industry experience (healthcare/pharma advertising/marketing preferred).
  • Proven leadership skills managing multiple direct reports.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication plus presentation skills.
  • Digital expertise: media, social, analytics.
  • Microsoft Office Suite proficiency.
  • Critical thinking approach and a big picture perspective.
  • Curiosity, adaptability and a collaborative working style.

120,000 - 175,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

About Harrison and Star

Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Learn more about Harrison and Star
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
1986
NASDAQ

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