Account Manager, Creative Agency

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North Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
110K-209K Annually
Expert/Leader
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Leads strategic account management for enterprise creative, marketing, and communications initiatives. Advises executive and C-suite stakeholders, oversees multidisciplinary teams, manages agency partners, budgets, resources, vendors, and complex programs from concept through execution. Drives business growth, stakeholder engagement, quality, compliance, and operational excellence across executive communications, product launches, campaigns, digital experiences, events, and multimedia productions.
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About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose

The Account Manager, Creative Agency is a strategic leader responsible for managing key AbbVie stakeholder relationships and delivering integrated creative, marketing, and communications solutions across enterprise-wide and high-visibility initiatives. Acting as a trusted advisor to executive leaders, including Executive Leadership Team members, C-suite executives, and Executive Communications teams, this role translates complex business objectives into impactful communications strategies and compelling creative programs that drive business results.

Responsibilities

This position serves as the primary account lead to be able to project manage for assigned clients, providing strategic counsel, relationship management, and oversight of complex, multidisciplinary engagements from concept through execution. The Account Manager partners with creative leadership, agency teams, production vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver initiatives that may include executive and corporate communications, organizational change communications, product launches, disease awareness campaigns, employee engagement programs, sales and marketing materials, digital experiences, events, video and multimedia productions, and other enterprise communications initiatives.

The Account Manager provides direction, coaching, mentorship, and performance management as a people leader for account professionals, project managers, creatives, producers, and other cross-functional team members. This leader establishes clear priorities and expectations, fosters accountability, promotes collaboration and professional growth, and creates an environment where innovation, continuous improvement, and exceptional client service thrive.

The Account Manager is also responsible for driving business growth and operational excellence by identifying new opportunities, expanding strategic partnerships, managing agency resources effectively, overseeing financial performance and budgets, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with AbbVie quality and compliance standards. Success in this role requires exceptional executive presence, strong business acumen, outstanding communication and influencing skills, and the ability to lead confidently in complex, fast-paced, and highly visible environments.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Design, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in account management, client services, or account leadership within a creative, advertising, communications, consulting, or in-house agency environment.
  • Proven experience partnering directly with Executive Leadership Team members, Executive Communications teams, C-suite executives, and senior business leaders.
  • Demonstrated success leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong expertise in strategic communications, branding, content development, digital communications, marketing, multimedia, and creative program management.
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives, budgets, resource planning, vendor relationships, and executive-level stakeholder engagement.
  • Pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.

Core Competencies

  • Strategic Account Leadership & Client Relationship Management
  • Executive Leadership & C-Suite Partnership
  • People Leadership, Coaching & Talent Development
  • Team Building, Performance Management & Accountability
  • Executive Communications & Strategic Counsel
  • Integrated Marketing & Communications Strategy
  • Business Development & Account Growth
  • Creative Development & Quality Oversight
  • Complex Program & Project Leadership
  • Stakeholder Management & Executive Influence
  • Budget, Resource & Financial Management
  • Negotiation, Collaboration & Problem Solving
  • Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Design, or a related field
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in account management, client services, or account leadership within a creative, advertising, communications, consulting, or in-house agency environment
  • Experience partnering directly with executive leadership, executive communications teams, C-suite executives, and senior business leaders
  • Experience leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing multidisciplinary teams
  • Expertise in strategic communications, branding, content development, digital communications, marketing, multimedia, and creative program management
  • Experience managing cross-functional initiatives, budgets, resource planning, vendor relationships, and executive-level stakeholder engagement
  • Master's degree
  • Pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industry experience

AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.

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The Company
HQ: North Chicago, IL
56,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.

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