Description:
The Associate Strategist is a central team player who serves as the ambassador for the Strategy team. Responsibilities include supporting the team members with day-to-day workflow (including desk research and building elements of slide decks), channeling requests to appropriate team members or obtaining guidance when needed, and organizing/maintaining the library of resources. Resourcefulness and autonomy in finding information; building documents to share information; summarizing information; and being an active and astute listener are critical skills for success. Proactively volunteering new ideas that could help the team or brand is expected. Networking and outreach across other departments, including Account, Creative, and Medical, is essential to enhance the flow of information between the Strategy team and the agency at large. The expectation is not that the Associate Strategist has the answer to questions, but that they know where or whom to go to for finding the answers—and will proactively and positively represent the team, enabling seamless support for the good of our brands and clients.
Responsibilities
Support, Assist, Contribute (70%)
- Pull competitive advertising (from AdPharm, CDPromo, or web search) based on specific direction from the Strategy team or Account/Creative/Medical partners
- Monitor news, media, investor reports, and social platforms for updates on oncology trends in general and our roster of brands specifically so that the Strategy team can form a POV in a timely manner and/or collaborate with Medical on a POV
- Perform literature searches or other information searches based on specific direction from the team
- Conduct market case analog research (for example, what brands are promoting OS when it was a secondary endpoint) as directed
- Incorporate editorial changes and new content updates into Strategy PowerPoint decks as directed
- Recommend key opinion leaders and contact/schedule interviews as directed
- Perform other searches as directed (for example, data visualization techniques, novel workshop moderation techniques, or emerging regulatory trends)
- Review and consolidate key findings from market research performed by brands as directed
- Under direction of the Strategy team, organize, program, and monitor surveys (eg, Sermo or SurveyMonkey) to inform department thought leadership
- Build draft surveys and collaboration tool worksession frameworks
- Support team collaboration by building out brand strategy framework decks, market research listening guides, and online collaboration tools
- Research potential vendors (for example, data sources, market research vendors, technology vendors) that could be of use during strategic or tactical planning, and arrange for demo presentations
Self-Develop (20%)
- Understand how to use internal research and collaboration tools
- Grow in the knowledge of key players and disciplines within the agency
- Build an understanding of the pharmaceutical/biotech industry across disciplines
- Hone listening skills for customer market research
Foster/Partner (10%)
- Maintain productive and collaborative relationships with strategy partners and across disciplines
- Attend and support status meetings to flag opportunities for Strategy involvement
- Participate in project brief working sessions to ensure appropriate Strategy hours are allocated to the jobs and that collaboration is timely
- Work with the team to create POVs and infuse best practices and knowledge across the team and share successes with the broader agency
Qualifications:
Years of Experience: 0-1
- Superior and professional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently under appropriate guidance
- Innate curiosity: enjoys continuous learning and new opportunities
- Interest in medicine and science
- Positive sense of humor and resiliency
- Client-service focus
- Ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
- PowerPoint, searching/social media, and Excel proficiency
The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.
Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.
