Group Account Director

Havas Health & You; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare communications agency in Manchester is seeking a Group Account Director to create impactful campaigns. The successful candidate will build long-lasting client relationships and lead a large team, leveraging healthcare experience and creative agency skills. Benefits include a hybrid work model, 28 days holiday, development opportunities, and well-being programs. Join us to make an impact that matters.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

28 days annual leave

Early Friday finish

Life insurance

Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing large teams across multiple brands.
• Experience working on global campaigns and clients.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture effective, long-lasting relationships.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the client’s business.
• Foresee and solve problems proactively.
• Demonstrate knowledge of agency's portfolio of services.

Skills

Group Account Director with Healthcare experience

Experience with Generative AI tools

Strong leadership and relationship-building skills

Job description

Agency

Havas Lynx

Job Description

Are you passionate about creating advertising that not only informs but also transforms lives within the healthcare sector?

At Havas Lynx, a global advertising agency at the forefront of healthcare communications, we combine unmatched creativity, extensive expertise, and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and healthcare field. Our communications resonate deeply with audiences and adhere to the highest standards of healthcare advertising.

Committed to driving meaningful change—a change built on a foundation of rich experience, inspired by innovation, and confirmed through our proven track record—we work in close partnership with healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and leading pharmaceutical brands to navigate the complex challenges of today's healthcare landscape. Our approach blends strategic insights and deep scientific acumen with cutting‑edge creativity and digital innovation, crafting campaigns and solutions that significantly improve people's lives.

We’re a team of over 400+ people in Manchester and London, with a history spanning over 35 years and an ever‑evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife through our YouTube #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Everything this company achieves—every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins—is down to everyone who works here.

Please note that this role is based in Manchester, and our current hybrid working arrangement requires office attendance on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Summary of our role

As a Group Account Director at Havas Lynx, you will be proven at establishing and nurturing effective, long‑lasting client partnerships. You will ensure that our clients receive the highest individual attention, based on a thorough understanding of their business and personal drivers.

Your strategic nous and critical thinking will mean that you can readily identify opportunities within your existing accounts and beyond resulting in exceptional creative campaigns with demonstrable impact. As a natural leader, you will lead and inspire your team to deliver an efficient, effective and profitable service; whilst creating space for their personal growth and development.

What you can expect to be doing

• Build and nurture effective, long‑lasting relationships, positioning Havas Lynx as the client’s strategic partner and using your network to develop broader business opportunities.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the client’s business and the industry in which they operate, equipping the wider Client Services Team with this knowledge.
• Utilise your knowledge and experience to foresee and solve problems proactively, escalating matters to the Client Services Director when appropriate.
• Empower the team by delegating clearly and effectively, while maintaining overall responsibility for the work they produce.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of Havas Lynx credentials and confidently explain the agency’s portfolio of services to grow accounts and bring in new business.
• Develop your team’s capability in all areas of customer service and account management, encouraging best practice across creative, production, client services and financial management.

What you can expect to be a great fit for you if

• You are an experienced Group Account Director with Healthcare / pharmaceutical experience in a creative agency.
• You have managed large teams across multiple brands.
• You have worked on global campaigns and clients.
• You have experience working with Generative AI tools and data, along with AI certifications from platforms such as Coursera, Section AI, or LinkedIn Learning.

What you can expect from us

A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.

Benefits

• Hybrid Working – 3 days in the office (flexible working options are available for in‑office days)
• Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
• Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
• Early Friday finish throughout the year
• Seasonal working hours
• Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
• Extensive L&D support
• Sabbatical opportunities
• Season ticket interest free loans for travel
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Company pension scheme
• Fully compensated company events
• Volunteer days
• Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
• Medicash healthcare benefit
• 24 / 7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme

Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.

Contract Type

Permanent