Account Executive

Wallace Hind Selection; Reading; 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 in Windsor is seeking an ambitious Account Executive to join our growing team. You'll receive comprehensive training and support as you learn how pharmaceutical campaigns move from client brief through the agency to the market.

Reporting to an Account Manager, you will help with client meetings, coordinate projects with designers and copywriters, and gradually take on more responsibility as you develop knowledge of brands, therapy areas and competitors in the healthcare

Qualifications

• Science-based degree or background and genuine interest in pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
• Some commercial experience, e.g. placement year, internship, or part-time role.
• Willingness to learn, observe and contribute to client discussions and new business pitches.
• Ability to support client meetings and coordinate projects across teams.

Responsibilities

• Attend client meetings from day one, take minutes and track actions.
• Coordinate projects between clients and internal creative teams (designers, copywriters, account handlers).
• Maintain project timelines, status reports and contact reports to keep deadlines on track.
• Help turn client requirements into clear creative briefs and update teams as projects progress.
• Support proposals, estimates and budget reconciliation.
• Assist with pharmaceutical approval processes, including uploading materials to platforms like Veeva.
• Develop knowledge of clients' brands, therapy areas and competitors.
• Gain exposure to pitches and new business opportunities, contributing ideas as experience develops.
• Build strong relationships across the agency and with clients while developing commercial and pharmaceutical knowledge.

Skills

Science background

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Education

Science degree

Tools

Veeva

Job description

Are you a recent graduate or early in your commercial career with an interest in science, healthcare and creative advertising? We are an award-winning, independent creative communications agency specialising in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector, and we're looking for an ambitious Account Executive to join our growing team.

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:

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:

• 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 the with clients while developing your commercial and pharmaceutical knowledge.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

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 g