Account Executive

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday & BH

Christmas closure

Employee ownership trust benefits

Performance-related bonus

Training & development budget

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection LTD is seeking an Account Executive for a communications agency focused on the pharmaceutical sector. You will join an established account handling team with comprehensive training to understand how campaigns move from client brief to market.

Reporting to an Account Manager, you will support client meetings and projects from day one, learning the role and gradually taking more responsibility in client discussions, creative projects and pitches.

Qualifications

• Science-based degree or background with genuine interest in pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
• Commercial experience such as a placement year, internship or first graduate role.

Responsibilities

• Attend client meetings and take minutes, actions and follow-up.
• Coordinate projects between clients and internal creative teams.
• Maintain project timelines, status reports and contact reports.
• Translate client requirements into clear creative briefs for teams.
• Support proposals, estimates, purchase orders and budget reconciliation.
• Assist with pharmaceutical approval processes and client feedback on materials (e.g., Veeva).
• Develop knowledge of clients' brands, therapy areas, clinical data and competitors.
• Gain exposure to pitches and new business opportunities and contribute ideas.

Skills

Science background

Commercial awareness

Education

Science degree

Tools

Veeva

Job description

BASIC SALARY: £26,000 - £27,000

BENEFITS:

• 25 Days Holiday & Bank Holidays, increasing with service
• Additional Christmas Closure
• Employee Ownership Trust benefits after 12 months, subject to company performance
• Performance-Related Bonus
• £500 - £1,000 Annual Training & Development Budget

LOCATION: Windsor - initially office based while you learn the role, progressing to hybrid working typically 2-3 days per week in the office.

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Slough, Maidenhead, Bracknell, High Wycombe, Staines-upon-Thames, Egham, Ascot, Reading

JOB DESCRIPTION: Account Executive - communications agency, pharmaceutical

As our Account Executive, you'll join an established account handling team and receive comprehensive training to help you understand how creative pharmaceutical campaigns move from an initial client brief through the agency and ultimately into the market.

Reporting to an experienced Account Manager, you'll support client meetings and projects from day one, working alongside Account Managers, Account Directors, Designers, Creatives and Copywriters.

Initially, the emphasis will be on learning, observing and getting the detail right. As your confidence and knowledge develop, we'll encourage you to take greater responsibility, contribute ideas and become increasingly involved in client discussions, creative projects and new business pitches.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Account Executive - communications agency, pharmaceutical

• Attend client meetings from day one, initially supporting with meeting minutes, actions and project follow-up before developing greater client responsibility.
• Coordinate projects between our clients and internal creative teams, including designers, copywriters and account handlers.
• Maintain project time lines, Gantt charts, status reports and contact reports, ensuring actions and deadlines stay on track.
• Help turn client requirements into clear creative briefs, keeping internal teams updated as projects progress.
• Support project proposals, estimates, purchase orders and budget reconciliation.
• Assist with pharmaceutical approval processes, including uploading materials to platforms such as Veeva and coordinating client feedback and amendments.
• Develop your knowledge of clients' brands, therapy areas, clinical data and competitors.
• Gain exposure to pitches and new business opportunities, with the opportunity to contribute your own ideas as your experience develops.
• Build strong relationships across the agency and with clients while developing your commercial and pharmaceutical knowledge.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Account Executive - communications agency, pharmaceutical

We are not looking for previous agency experience specifically (although we wouldn't say no).

We would particularly like to speak to you if you have the following:

• Have a science-based degree / background and a genuine interest in pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
• Have gained some commercial experience, perhaps through a placement year, internship, part-time role or your first graduate position.

Above all, we're looking for someone with the right attitude. We can teach you how our agency and the pharmaceutical advertising industry work, but you'll need to bring enthusiasm, initiative and a real willingness to learn.

THE COMPANY:

We are an independent, employee-owned creative communications agency based in the heart of Windsor, specialising in advertising and communications for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry.

We believe strongly in developing our people internally. Rather than expecting you to arrive knowing everything about agency life, we'll provide structured, hands‑on experience and access to experienced colleagues who'll help you build your career.

PROSPECTS:

This is where the opportunity really stands out! We're looking for somebody who wants to build a career with us, rather than simply gain 12 months' agency experience before moving elsewhere.

Progression is based on your development and performance rather than simply time served.

For someone ambitious, capable and keen to learn, there's genuine scope to build a long-term career within the agency.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.