Elevate Healthcare Marketing

Black Lives Matter

Elevate stands in solidarity with the black community because Black Lives Matter. We believe in equality, respect, and dignity. We’ve taken time to reflect and we recognize there is much listening, learning, and action to be taken moving forward. In honor of those who have lost their lives so senselessly, as a first step, we have made a donation to our friends at Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence—who work tirelessly to ignite the power and promise of youth in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

We also have made a commitment to ourselves, our staff, and our community to continue to make measurable impact through:

  • Expanding our outreach beyond the colleges and universities we currently partner with to further increase inclusivity for minorities
  • Providing ongoing diversity and sensitivity training to all staff
  • Providing career advice to Black students and professionals that include mentorship, resume and cover letter guidance, and mock interviews to help them secure jobs in the healthcare advertising industry
  • Calling upon our staff to work together with leadership to be part of the solution and help us find ways to amplify black voices in our industry

We strongly believe that if we all do our part, we can make a difference.

Work

Synera HCP

The sting of needle-stick pain

Healthcare professionals may not realize just how big a problem needle-stick pain presents for some of their patients. SYNERA can help take the sting out of needle-stick pain.

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World of Plating

A world of plating solutions

With a global legacy of engineering excellence that spans over 50 years, the DePuy Synthes unparalleled portfolio provides traumatologists depth and choice to treat even the most challenging clinical cases.

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Foundation Fighting Blindness

We’re seeing amazing results

Foundation Fighting Blindness is showcasing what research can achieve—and what has already been accomplished—to find cures for the entire spectrum of degenerative retinal diseases.

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People

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Frank X. Powers

Managing Partner

Frank motivates his team and his clients to find the best in every interaction. The result of that motivational spirit manifests through insightful conversations, lasting contacts, meaningful exchanges, expansive networking, key relationships, breakthrough ideas, and of course, innovative strategies.

4 fast facts you should know about Frank

  • Founded Elevate, a multidisciplinary, full-service strategy and creative practice serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors. Elevate specializes in helping healthcare challenger brands transcend the obstacles to reaching their full potential, and for doing it well enough to be recognized each of the first 4 years in business as one of the Top 100 Agencies in healthcare by MM&M; rewarded with several industry-leading creative awards, including Gold for Best Professional Campaign; and designated one of the Best Places to Work in PA by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
  • He has a reputation for outstanding organizational and thought leadership known throughout the industry. He has twice been honored as one of PharmaVOICE Magazine’s 100 Most Inspiring People and as a PM360 ELITE Leader. His marketing opinions and insights are sought by and published in virtually every leading industry trade magazine, including Medical Marketing & Media, Pharmaceutical Executive, Med Ad News, PM360, and PharmaVOICE
  • In his former role as president of a leading independent healthcare agency, Frank led a miraculous transformation from a traditional print-based pharmaceutical ad agency to a multichannel marketing machine. During his tenure, he and his team received all top honors in the industry, including Agency of the Year, Most Creative Agency, and Best Places to Work
  • He has led major strategic initiatives for Nasacort, Taxotere, Avapro, Zocor, Mobic, Nexium, and dozens of other big pharma brands; for consumer and b2b brands like Coke’s Powerade and DuPont’s Tyvek; for leading biotech brands; and for multiple sectors of Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson medical device brands
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Lorna Weir

Managing Partner

Lorna liberates her clients from getting bogged down by the multiple challenges of commercializing and marketing pharmaceutical brands, the usual strategic approaches, or the confines of traditional healthcare marketing thinking.

4 fast facts you should know about Lorna

  • Started Elevate based on a vision of serving clients’ strategic, business, and commercial aspirations on a higher level than tactical execution
  • A history of pioneering and perfecting the key elements of strategic partnering: analysis of complex market landscapes; providing sound, educated counsel; and being a dedicated, tireless, tenacious advocate for achieving commercial goals
  • A career path that has taken her from Wall Street to law (Weir holds a JD), from business-to-business and consumer marketer to healthcare specialist. Former president of two of the industry’s most successful agencies, and more recently principal of a commercial strategic consulting firm that became the basis for Elevate, as well as being an inductee in the Medical Marketing & Media Hall of Femme, a PM360 ELITE honoree, a PharmaVOICE 100 recipient, and featured in numerous publications including serving as moderator for Medical Marketing & Media Magazine’s Trend Talks series
  • More than 20 years of experience in healthcare marketing and communications, spanning pharmaceutical, medical devices, and diagnostics across a number of therapeutic areas, including oncology, hematology, medical devices and diagnostics, central nervous system, nephrology, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, cardiovascular, pain management and opioid addiction treatment, and obstetrics and gynecology

News

ELEVATE HEALTHCARE CELEBRATES 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Five years ago, Frank X. Powers and Lorna Weir sat in her dining room, discussing their vision for an agency…

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FOOD, FUN, MUSIC, AND MORE: HOW WE ELEVATE OUR CULTURE VIRTUALLY

MM+M talked with several agencies about the adjustment to virtual life, and Elevate was honored to be one of them.…

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ERIN HLIVIA PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT, CLIENT DELIVERY

Erin Hlivia has been with Elevate from the start. As one of the earliest employees, she has spent her time…

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Careers

Senior Copywriter Healthcare

Are you a copywriter with 4 to 6 six years of experience in content development or promotional writing within the pharmaceutical or other health care industries? Are you looking to take leap forward in your copywriting career?  We are looking for the next generation of pharmaceutical creative marketing stars to join our team.  We should talk.

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Art Director

We are looking for an Art Director with 3+ years of experience in an advertising/communications agency (pharmaceutical agency background a plus) or corporate environment, marketing, or design studio to join our team.

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Account Supervisor

We are looking for experienced pharmaceutical marketing professionals with 5+ years of pharmaceutical account management experience to join our team!

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