Associate Director FTC (Creative Health Advertising)

BRAND: Saatchi & Saatchi Health
Job Function: Client Management
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Specialist
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

Nothing is Impossible. It's the belief that has shaped Saatchi & Saatchi for more than 50 years - and it continues to drive how we help brands realise impossible ambitions through impossible creativity.

Rooted in this creative heritage, Saatchi & Saatchi Health is an ideas-led health creative agency that challenges convention to create enduring ideas that advance health for people everywhere.

We bring intelligence, conviction and audacity to the world's most complex health challenges to help brands and organisations ensure their science thrives, cuts through, shifts behaviour and drives real-world impact.

A Publicis Health company, Saatchi & Saatchi Health partners with clients who are ready to be brave - and ready to turn ambition into creative and commercial momentum.

Overview

We're looking for an Associate Director to join our team for a 14 month Fixed-Term Contract - leading on some of our largest accounts, developing our expert client services team, and supporting the growth of our agency.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day relationship with the client
• Actively seeking opportunities for further account development
• Taking ownership of problem solving perceived or potential issues
• Building relationships with project clients and senior client leads
• Building partnerships internally across all agency capabilities
• Providing guidance and motivation to the wider team
• Line managing supporting account team
• Representing brand team at key agency meetings
• Monitoring revenue and profitability to ensure they are on track
• Collaborating with Project Management team on project scopes and forecasts

Qualifications

WHO YOU ARE

• Experience within a creative healthcare agency, working at Associate Director level.
• Extensive experience leading global pharmaceutical accounts
• Proven experience with delivering creative-first campaigns and launches
• Autonomous, collaborative and inclusive in your approach
• Proven experience at building businesses through organic growth and new business
• Strong communication skills
• Highly developed team building and interpersonal skills

Please note: our teams work 4 days a week from our office, and 1 from home.

Additional information

Saatchi & Saatchi Health has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• "YOU" DAYS - flexibility to take a day off for your well-being and self-care without prior notice and additional paid leave for volunteering and charity work of your choice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP You can switch a religious Bank Holiday (either Good Friday or Easter Monday) for another day to celebrate a religious, spiritual, faith or belief-based day of your choosing.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG's (Employee Action Groups).

At Saatchi & Saatchi Health, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We'll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.

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