Group Account Supervisor

Fingerpaint Marketing; Cedar Knolls (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerpaint Marketing in New Jersey is seeking a Group Account Supervisor to drive marketing strategy across segments and oversee mid- to large-scale client relationships, while managing workload and profitability of the assigned business.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree, 4–7 years of pharmaceutical advertising agency experience, and the ability to travel locally to clients in NJ and periodically to the NJ office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4–7 years in pharmaceutical advertising agency experience.
• Active client service management with direct client exposure.
• Experience guiding a brand through its lifecycle from POA to launch.

Responsibilities

• Oversee account teams to drive projects from brief to deployment and ensure final output quality.
• Provide strategic direction and approvals at major steps of the creative process.
• Oversee contract development, scope of work, and staffing plans with project management and clients.
• Manage brand profitability by reviewing financial reports and ensuring projects stay within budget and revenue targets.
• Guide the account using deep knowledge of brands and therapeutic areas.
• Participate in agency and client strategic sessions and produce outputs for the broader team.
• Supervise junior staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Multitasking

Presentation skills

Client management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It's that curiosity that's at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we've reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally—we attract top talent and give them a space to grow and collaborate.

The Opportunity: Role Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Group Account Supervisor to join our dynamic team. The Group Account Supervisor is responsible for driving marketing strategy across all segments, influences multiple or large-scale mid-level client relationships, and is responsible for managing the workload and profitability of the assigned business.

Note: Ability to travel locally to clients in NJ and into the NJ office periodically is required.

Key Responsibilities

Core Function:

• Oversee account team to drive and own assigned projects/programs from creative brief development through deployment; ensure total quality control of final output to client.
• Provide strategic direction and approvals at significant steps of the creative process (including positioning, messaging, campaign development, tactical development).
• Oversee contract development and scope of work/staffing plan development and approval by collaborating with project management, department heads, and clients.
• Manage brand profitability by evaluating/discussing financial reports to ensure projects are completed within budget and make recommendations to ensure revenue is achieved.
• Manage the account by appropriately guiding, instructing, and focusing the client using advanced knowledge of brand(s) and therapeutic area.
• Actively participate in and/or lead agency and client strategic sessions; generate output to be shared with broader team.
• Management of junior staff.

What You'll Bring: Required Qualifications

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience:
  • 4 to 7 years of pharmaceutical advertising agency experience.
  • Active client service management, working directly with clients and executing projects.
  • Demonstrate success in getting a brand through a whole cycle with varied experiences, such as POA, launch, positioning, new campaign, conventions, etc.

Specialized Knowledge:

• Familiarity with pharmaceutical medical, legal, regulatory (MLR) review process and systems.
• Understand FDA rules/regulations and life cycle of a brand.
• Solid grasp of brand operations: understanding the nuts and bolts of the account (brand style guide, PRC process, key data, etc).
• Excellent understanding of the digital marketplace and ad formats.
• Understand the core strategic elements of the development of a multichannel strategy.

Skills:

• Demonstrate strong written and verbal skills.
• Highly effective communication skills.
• Strong multitasker: ability to run multiple projects, priorities, and client demands.
• Ability to think strategically, creatively, and collaboratively.
• Demonstrate solid presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Understanding of capabilities within the media group and Shift.
• Understanding of Fingerpaint platform offering to contribute to developing client’s business.
• Advanced degree (e.g., Master’s, PharmD, PhD).

Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.