Job Description

If you want to continue your professional journey in healthcare communications with an energetic team - and equally dynamic clients and account work - Edelman Canada wants to hear from you. Edelman\'s Healthcare Practice is currently looking for a Account Manager to join our Toronto office, to play a major role in leading integrated communications marketing campaigns, partnering with colleagues across Canada and around the globe.A Bit About Us & the RoleEdelman Canada\'s award-winning Health practice continues to experience unprecedented growth, reflective of not only our caring and talented team who has a passion for wellness and making a difference, but also the strength of Edelman\'s areas of expertise - including creative, social, paid media and research - to help clients evolve, promote, and protect their brands in the market. By focusing on nurturing talent, collaboration, innovation, and establishing a culture of creativity, Edelman delivers best-in-class work.While no one day is alike, you will touch upon everything from thought leadership to reputation management, stakeholder communications and influencer outreach, disease awareness campaigns and product launches, to patient and patient group engagement, while incorporating social media and digital channels into client programs. You will actively support several client teams in a variety of areas - whether that\'s patient associations, NGOs, ministries of health, hospitals, life sciences organizations, fitness providers and wellness associations, tech firms, biopharmaceutical giants or emerging biotechs. (We also expect you to be challenged, to push yourself and your colleagues, and have fun while collaborating on programs that engage Canadians on health - their own and that of those around them - to ultimately improve outcomes). \ Why Choose our Health Team?

• We have a simple goal - we want to be a team that others crave to work with!
• The chance to work with some of the largest health care and life science companies in Canada and impact their business daily.
• The opportunity to create and deliver impactful programs, grounded in patient insight
• Opportunity to interact with the best and brightest healthcare communicators in Canada, and globally
• Get the opportunity to learn something new every day with our focus on learning and development.
• Join a team where we live our values, show up as our authentic selves, are kind and supportive of one another, and win as a collective team
• Play a lead role in shaping what the future of healthcare in Canada

What will your week include?

• Day-to-day account lead on clients
• Drive new business efforts
• Support in the culture of the team
• Develop junior team members
• Participate in local and global learning and development opportunities

What will you bring?

• The right mindset and attitude, bringing your life experience, background, skills, and authentic self to a team that wants to hear from you
• A learning mentality and willingness to dig into new challenges - and a positive attitude to help our team and clients succeed
• Ideally a bachelor\'s degree in Communications, Marketing or related discipline from an accredited college or university
• 3-4 years of progressive experience in communications marketing in the health sector; experience in agency considered an advantage
• Integrated campaign experience
• Strategic mindset regarding key opinion leader and health influencer program development
• Experience developing relationships with third party organizations, healthcare professionals and caregivers
• And understanding of core financial constructs including revenue, profitability, pricing structures (hourly vs. retainer accounts), utilization, realization, budgeting and forecasting (but we have an amazing financial team to support you)
• Digital experience considered an advantage
• References would demonstrate you build engaged, highly qualified teams with strong commitment to overall team success
• In a faced paced, evolving, growing environment, you are the lead to setting the stage for successful outcomes for your account teams
• Knowledge of the Canadian regulatory environment and experience with PAAB, ASC

\ ACCOMMODATIONS: Edelman is committed to accessibility and equal opportunity in its recruitment processes. If you require accommodation to participate in this recruitment, please contact @edelman.com.Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age\'s 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report\'s 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor\'s Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).For more information please visit:Click to view a short video about life at Edelman.

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