Javier Boix's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Javier Boix is currently a Head, U.S. Communications at AbbVie in Greater Chicago Area. Leading AbbVie's U.S. Public Affairs team, and member of the U.S. Area Management Team. Overseeing planning and execution of brand communications efforts across therapeutic areas (immunology, oncology, neuroscience, hepatitis C, women's health, cystic Fibrosis, etc.). Driving corporate reputation and social media and digital efforts, managing issues, and supervising employee engagement and leadership communications activities for the U.S. area. Senior Director, StoryLab, Corporate Communications at AbbVie from September 2015 to October 2017 (2 years 2 months) in Greater Chicago Area. Responsible for creating an integrated, efficient and sustainable content strategy and process to develop engaging, consistent and relevant stories that support, promote and protect AbbVie's reputation and valuation. Managing a team of six storytellers to consistently bring AbbVie's corporate narrative to life across multiple channels, including newsroom, website, internal portal, and social media. Managing editorial calendar and a drum beat of insights, information and stories leveraging a robust analytics system to ensure relevance. Partnering with Corporate Communications, Commercial Communications, Brand Marketing, Corporate Responsibility, and Investor Relations to ensure a holistic view across enterprise-wide communications and a consistent delivery of the AbbVie voice. Director, Global Communications and Patient Relations, Hepatitis C at AbbVie from June 2013 to August 2015 (2 years 3 months) in Greater Chicago Area. Directing all communications and patient relations activities for AbbVie in the HCV arena. Responsible for developing and implementing communications strategy and plans that advance the reputation of the company and elevate/enhance product visibility in HCV. Providing strategic counsel to leadership management and internal constituencies on proactive programs, issues and the impact of business decisions on the reputation of the company in the HCV field. Managing three people, overseeing affiliate communications programs and supervising external communications agencies. Serving as company spokesperson on HCV matters, issues and business performance. Managing issues, and working extensively with opinion leaders, patient and advocacy organizations, and top-tier and trade reporters (both proactively and reactively) to ensure a holistic view across enterprise-wide communications and a consistent delivery of the AbbVie voice. Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures, and have significant budgetary responsibility. Healthcare Practice Director, Edelman Spain at Edelman from October 2001 to April 2009 (7 years 7 months) in Barcelona Area, Spain. Went from Account Executive, to Healthcare Account Director for the Barcelona office, to Healthcare Practice Director for Edelman Spain (Madrid and Barcelona offices) between 2006 and 2009.Definition and supervision of Healthcare sector business plan. Consultancy and development of corporate and product communications plan. Ongoing dialogue and negotiation of budgets and team allocation with clients. Measurement and evaluation tools improvement. Deep involvement in the European and Global healthcare practice. Editor at Free Lancer from January 1999 to September 2001 (2 years 9 months). Collaborations as journalist in a number of publications, most of them in the sports and entertainment field. Senior Manager, Global Brand

🎓 Education

Javier Boix is a journalist with a background in Psychology and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Universitat de Barcelona. He has led leadership programs at Kellogg Executive Education from 2019 to 2019. Boix has also worked as a research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2013 to 2019. Boix is certified in Advanced Director's Discussions (ADHD), Individual Executive Development Plans (IDEP) and Advanced Project Management (APM).

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Javier Boix's Professional experiences:Head of Strategic Communications, U.S. at AbbVieJavier Boix was the Head of Strategic Communications, U.S. at AbbVie from September 2015 to October 2017. Javier Boix is responsible for creating an integrated, efficient and sustainable content strategy and process to develop engaging, consistent and relevant stories that support, promote and protect AbbVie's reputation and valuation. Javier Boix is also responsible for managing a team of six storytellers to consistently bring AbbVie's corporate narrative to life across multiple channels, including newsroom, website, internal portal, and social media. Javier Boix is also responsible for managing editorial calendar and a drum beat of insights, information and stories leveraging a robust analytics system to ensure relevance.Javier Boix's interpersonal skills:Javier Boix is a Senior Director, StoryLab, Corporate Communications at AbbVie from September 2015 to October 2017 (2 years 2 months). Javier Boix is responsible for creating an integrated, efficient and sustainable content strategy and process to develop engaging, consistent and relevant stories that support, promote and protect AbbVie's reputation and valuation. He is also responsible for managing a team of six storytellers to consistently bring AbbVie's corporate narrative to life across multiple channels, including newsroom, website, internal portal, and social media. Javier Boix also has a significant acting experience, most notably appearing in the HBO series "House of Cards" from October 2017 to March 2018.Javier Boix's technical skills:Javier Boix is a Senior Director, Global Communications and Patient Relations, Hepatitis C at AbbVie from June 2013 to August 2015 (2 years 3 months) in Greater Chicago Area. Javier Boix drove corporate reputation and social media and digital efforts, managing issues, and supervising employee engagement and leadership communications activities for the U.S. area. He is also responsible for creating an integrated, efficient and sustainable content strategy and process to develop engaging, consistent and relevant stories that support, promote and protect AbbVie's reputation and valuation. At AbbVie, Javier Boix also played a key role in establishing and supervising the working methodology, measurement and evaluation criteria tools, role of PR agencies and functions, structure of team. Javier Boix is a strong black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and has worked extensively in the martial arts as a teacher and fighter.