Marketing Communications Account Manager

Are you passionate about facilitating creative communication practices on a large scale? Do you love bringing people together through engaging and valuable content that actually improves the quality of life? At Smith + Nephew, the Marketing Communications Account Manager has the opportunity to support our US Wound Care teams ultimately leaving a positive impact on the patients they work with every day!

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all project requests through the AWM Marketing Communications team. Liaise with US Product Marketing, Graphic Design and Marketing Services to provide production schedules, critical milestones and general updates
• Act as liaison between Global AWM Marketing Communications and US Product Marketing, ensuing we are developing effective communications strategies, using global assets where appropriate, finding opportunities to use US materials in other markets, and ensuring adherence to Global brand guidelines by internal and external creative teams
• Lead and assist with internal approval processes (Orbis) according to local and global SOPs: ensure submissions are complete and review ready, support initiators in obtaining and understanding required edits from the reviews, notify the initiator when the material is final approved; maintain the complete records of the review process, remove expired or obsolete materials, maintain current reviewed documents and an electronic library of approved materials, archive files and materials
• Establish and maintain materials on the literature ordering and fulfillment site - management of inventory, creating reports on inventory status, coordination of special orders, and administration of the site

Requirements

Education:

• BS or BA degree in Business Administration, Marketing or Communications

Experience:

• The role requires 5 years minimum professional experience in a marketing communications role if coupled with a Bachelor's Degree
• The ideal candidate will have worked across local and global teams and have experience of handling a fluid and diverse workload and multiple collaborators.
• Experience within healthcare or a highly regulated industry is a plus.

Competencies:

• Effective oral and written communications skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Ability to handle many projects at one time and maintain calm under pressure
• Ability to be a self-starter and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Ability to balance opposing stakeholder demands and assist them to adhere to existing processes
• Must be proficient in MS Office, Project Management software, with working knowledge of Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Copywriting skills will be considered be a differentiator for candidates

About Us:

Smith+Nephew has a proud history of more than 160 years of improving health around the world. Whilst we have grown significantly from our beginnings as a small family pharmacy in Hull, England, our caring spirit has remained the same.

Care, Collaboration, & Courage:

Care means that we show empathy and understanding for each other, our customers and patients.

Collaboration means we work together as a team, based on mutual trust and respect.

Courage is about continuous learning, innovation and accountability.

At Smith+Nephew, we offer competitive and rewarding compensation and benefits packages!

Our benefits packages vary from country to country and by level, but often the total package includes the following:

• A competitive salary with an annual bonus plan.
• Strong Healthcare coverage.
• A competitive company retirement benefit scheme for all employees.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.