Account Director

Saatchi & Saatchi Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 97,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Family care leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Saatchi & Saatchi Health is seeking an Account Director to join our team in New York. You will drive client strategy, lead cross‑functional teams, and manage budgets and timelines for campaigns in healthcare communications.

The role emphasizes strong relationship management, strategic planning, and budget oversight, with experience in digital projects, Salesforce/Adobe marketing platforms, and agile processes to deliver impactful brand work for clients.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in healthcare communications preferred.
• Experience working in a digital/advertising agency environment.
• Familiarity with Salesforce and Adobe marketing platforms.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Drives process and budgets for campaigns; forecasts hours and expenses.
• Manages client relationships and presents reports clearly and promptly.
• Leads agency operations and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Oversees production of marketing tools and communications plans.

Skills

Agile/SCRUM

Email marketing

Social media marketing

Digital project management

Education

MBA or Marketing Masters preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Adobe Marketing Cloud

Website development

Job description

Overview

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness is looking for an Account Director to join our team.

Responsibilities

Agency Operations

• Drives the process and details, and leads tactical plans. Forecasts budgets.
• Finances: Develops and administers clients’ budgets based on accurate estimating and tracking of hours, out-of-pocket expenses, and reconciliation against estimates. Raises client awareness as to when changes in client direction affect estimates. Thorough knowledge of contract and its implications.
• Sound decision making regarding hours dedicated to jobs, what to prioritize. Thorough knowledge of all basic financial tools necessary to account management
• Trouble shoot: Solution oriented. Knows when things might get off track in agency operations. Uses experience and judgment to proactively solve for potential problems before they get too big. Ability to solve client issues, independently moderate conflicts and influence management decisions
• Team Leadership: Takes on wider, formal and informal leadership responsibilities within the agency
• Management: team leader, provides clear and fair direction & feedback to junior account staff

Knowledge

• Demonstrates and applies extensive and expert knowledge of assigned brands
• Successfully serves as point of authority and/or source of advice for therapeutic area
• Ensures team adherence to agency process. Identifies issues and leads problem resolution
• Vision: Develops communication objectives & strategies (e.g. marketing/ brand platform briefs). Has the ability to see the big picture and identify the key/broad issues while still driving the process and details
• Planning: High-level analysis of category, research, competitive data. Analyzes and extracts findings/issues from all available marketing data. Active in strategic development.
• Demonstrates passion for the brand

Tactics and Execution

• Develops marketing/ brand platform briefs. Owns the agency process. Shows resourcefulness and thoroughness in developing tactical plans, including budgets and timelines.
• Production: Supervises and effectively manages the production of client-approved marketing tools
• Creative: Collaborates on creative brief development
• Assumes responsibility for the writing and preparation of marketing communications plans and proposals
• Communication: communicate key Client issues/ initiatives to team accurately and in timely manner
• Demonstrates the ability to think creatively and strategically
• PHCG Offerings: Basic knowledge of PHCG businesses, offerings, and tools

Client Relationship

• Builds trusting relationships with client counterparts. Is seen as strategic, integral to the account, and offering added value.
• Relationship: Frequent, positive client contact with key clients
• Brand Champion: Ensures everyone focused on brand strategy and positioning: client, account team, and other internal departments
• Agency Champion: Understands, communicates and advocates the agency POV (point-of-view).
• Presentations: Ensures client is kept apprised of all account activity: this includes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that appropriate written reports are delivered accurately and quickly. Presents complex data or messages in clear, succinct, compelling manner to clients

Previous Experience Needed

• Knowledge and understanding working in Agile, a familiarity of SCRUM, sprints, sprint planning and retrospectives
• Manage digital projects with a expertise in website development and technology solutions
• Understanding and/or familiarity with Salesforce and Adobe marketing platforms
• Development and production of modular content and deployment in the U.S. and abroad
• Email marketing experience and expertise
• Social media marketing end-to-end experience
• Digital Agency experience

Qualifications

• Exhibits Integrity and Trust
• Exhibits Self Development
• MBA, Masters in Marketing or related discipline preferred
• Experience in healthcare communications environment preferred
• HCP experience
• 7+ years experience

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/19/2026.