Executive Assistant

Senior Vice President, Client Experience, Healthcare

Weber Shandwick works with some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, communicating about some of the most pressing health concerns.

We deliver innovative, impactful work for our clients that has resulted in significant growth of the practice and earned our teams multiple awards. This success is due to our people, our relationships, a culture that inspires, an incredible team of experts in scientific communications, and an embedded digital/social team who make our clients stand out. We are also well-connected to the large Weber Shandwick network, partnering daily with clients and colleagues globally.

About the Role

We are looking for a new SVP for our healthcare practice.

This is a unique, career-enhancing role on large accounts, and an opportunity to partner with exceptional senior account leaders across the company.

This new leader’s overall responsibility is to be the day-to-day strategist for the clients, manage the overall relationship, deploy the teams in the most efficient and productive way to execute flawlessly, and be a supportive coach. The successful candidate will have experience with data and regulatory milestones along with consumer programs, and display passion, never-ending curiosity, a desire to always be better, and the ability to inspire and connect with teams across offices. They will be a hands-on leader that fits with our overall culture. We are a company of doers even at the most senior level.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture client relationships and grow business by providing leadership, direction and strategic guidance to colleagues, day-to-day teams and senior level clients
• Lead, develop and coach teams
• Guide and inspire clients to continue expand the kinds of communications work they are doing digitally directly tied to meeting their business challenges
• Develop quality standards and ensure client satisfaction
• Draw on our total agency resources for every project, including health creative, digital and media specialists
• Educate teams to ensure that they are delivering state-of-the-art counsel and content to their clients
• Stay ahead of the shifts in the healthcare environment and provide guidance to teams and clients
• Participate in new business pitch development and/or presentations
• Participate as part of the practice leadership team on the operations of the group
• Actively engage in the culture of the agency to lead by example
• Work with peers to further the mission, goals and culture of the agency
• Mentor individuals so that they are able to achieve their professional goals

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of experience in PR inclusive of agency experience working on large scale integrated communications campaigns

Additional Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of the pharma regulatory landscape
• Experience, at an agency or in-house, managing a large pharmaceutical account (over $1 million in billings) and the keen organizational skills needed to do so. Experience on accounts that span multiple cities with integrated account teams preferred
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Great track record of success leading teams and developing talent
• Proficiency in MSOffice, advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and other presentation platforms

Desired Qualifications

• An entrepreneurial spirit, strong leadership qualities, and a collaborative attitude
• Propensity to organize thinking, break down complexity and manage shifting priorities at a fast pace

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

CA Salary range: $180,000 – $245,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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We Are Seeking
We are seeking a strong Vice President to join our Media Relations team within our Health Practice. We are looking for someone who knows the media landscape, has a unique experience telling stories, and strong ability to counsel clients on and execute integrated media relations strategy. The following is a general outline of primary responsibilities.
What You Will Be Doing

• Serves as key integrated team member and day-to-day client contact in support of strategic earned media campaigns, including developing media relations action plans, goals and objectives, media targets, story angles and outreach approaches, in collaboration with and support from senior media relations experts
• Develop a strong understanding of the client’s business and target audiences, and work collaboratively with strategists, digital and creative team members to deliver solutions that meet program objectives.
• Foster growth and team talent as a leader on the health media team, including management of mid to junior health media team members.
• Have positive relationships with health, business and consumer reporters, understand industry issues that directly and indirectly affect clients and the media landscape, and analyze and distill meaningful insights from media coverage.
• Generate story ideas and topic angles, oversee team in developing media materials, and pitch media to land earned coverage.
• Develop and lead corporate communications and executive visibility programs for leadership, including research/vetting opportunities, speaking/events, thought leadership content and awards.
• Develop strategic messaging for clients and support creation of media plans and proposals that take an integrated approach to driving awareness with target audiences.
• Leverage external voices (e.g. advocates, physicians, patients, bloggers/vloggers and other relatable voices) to impact clients, their brands and marketing goals.
• Provide thoughtful recommendations for content creation and distribution across multiple channels to support paid, owned and earned channels.
• Support creative ideation on a consistent basis.
• Participation in office-wide initiatives, seminars, and meetings to further professional learning and development.
• Actively participate in agency development and assist with new business.

Competencies

• Business Acumen– align talent strategies to drive business goals
• Client Service– client focus and ability to build trust and rapport across all levels
• Proactivity – exhibit relentless pursuit for new and innovative talent strategies
• Collaboration– build strong relationships at all levels across the organization
• Critical Thinking– ask probing questions; anticipate and address critical talent gaps and needs
• Conflict Resolution– possess sound judgment and savvy in navigating and resolving complex talent and organizational issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or related field
• 8-10 years’ PR/communications experience
• Media relations experience

 

LA Salary range: $145,000 – $180,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

 

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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Weber Shandwick is looking for an Administrative Assistant to support a senior leadership team.

This Administrative Assistant is designed to support the finance team across Canada. Due to the nature of the work, you must have meticulous attention to detail and be able and eager to juggle multiple responsibilities. You will be tasked with supporting key activities including but not limited pulling finance related reports, inputting data from Excel, and partnering with our Client Experience team. You will possess strong organizational skills and familiarity with a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.

 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Expense reporting

• Meeting support
• Supporting accounts payable processes
• Maintaining and updating Excel-based reports and data
• Help in month end close process
• Analyze time data
• Help with vendor setup and payment
• Presentation design
• Coordinating with Finance and HR and management of contacts
• Other special projects as assigned

 

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience
• Must be technically savvy– Proficient in MS Office Suite
• Smart, self-starter, resourceful and ready to jump in
• Additional Qualifications:
• Client service experience a plus
• Extreme attention to detail, ability to multi-task and juggle priorities
• Articulate, professional phone presence with a positive attitude and excellent communication skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and be solution-oriented

 

Benefits

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• RRSP (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
• MyDays – Flexible time off
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave Policy

 

Toronto Salary range: $50,000 – $65,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

 

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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