Senior Account Executive, Healthcare

About Burson

Burson is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. Burson operates under WPP (NYSE: WPP), the creative transformation company. Learn more at

About the Role

As a Senior Account Executive, you will be responsible for project managing critical projects under the guidance of an Account Manager or Senior Account Manager, as well as playing an active role in the broader smooth running of accounts.

You will have a willingness and ability to manage suppliers, maintain project-leading client contact, lead environmental monitoring for your account teams (overseeing Interns/Junior Account Executives in some instances), and be a key relationship holder with media contacts.

In addition, you will begin building your coaching skill set by playing a more active role in the day-to-day mentoring of junior team members.

Burson Healthcare Team

Our healthcare team are a dynamic and curious bunch, striving for innovation in everything we do to solve some of the most complex healthcare problems facing the world today. We forge meaningful long-term relationships with our clients and each other, and we share in our successes and learnings. We feel a shared sense of passion for putting patients at the center to build a future of more sustainable healthcare systems.

With an integrated offer, we can deliver channel and stakeholder-agnostic solutions. Our approach is holistic and end-to-end, always driven by insight and leveraging multiple channels to instigate behavior change, and build healthier communities around the world and locally.

What you will do as you move with us:

Client relationship management – the SAE will ensure solid relationships are established with primary members of the client team by understanding their needs and implanting solutions.

Content development – the SAE will be experienced in content development for healthcare media and comfortable translating scientific content for a lay audience, as well as producing wider forms of communications content such as project proposals and presentations

Digital media – demonstrate a strong understanding of the digital media landscape and be able to integrate digital media strategies into all aspects of our work to achieve client objectives

Experience that contributes to your success:

An experienced Account Executive or Senior Account Executive ideally with a background working in an agency environment on global, regional or large ethical and/or consumer healthcare communications accounts

Ambitious and entrepreneurial with a collegiate, determined, hands-on approach.

Driven and keen to work in a fast-paced environment, in a team of like-minded individuals commited to achieving excellence

Enthusiasm and warmth of personality that allows and facilitates successful internal relationships

Our Promise

At Burson, diversity, equity and inclusion are not just values; they are strategic imperatives that fuel our future in an industry built on the art of understanding, connecting and developing relationships. We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue and cultivating meaningful experiences that drive innovation and creativity. It also enables our agency to thrive and deliver brilliant work.

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