This is a 12 month contract.
About the agency
This comms agency is one of Melbourne’s leading agencies and it’s not hard to see why. With a skilled team of social, PR, events, design, and influencer specialists, they produce creative campaigns that cut through a world of noise and clutter.
They work with an exciting range of consumer lifestyle brands including iconic beauty brands, luxury hotels, and delicious food and drinks, to name just a few!
With no rigid divisions, everyone at the agency has the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of clients.
Benefits & Culture
From luxury hotel stays to social excursions, the team is a social bunch who love to celebrate! With a hybrid working policy, regular team socials and a raft of perks, you’ll enjoy life at this thriving agency.
They love people that are hustlers. This is the ideal agency for you if you love to lead on projects and put forward ideas. At this agency, you’ll be challenged to take responsibility and come up with creative campaign ideas.
The basics:
- Holidays: 5 weeks of annual leave, including your birthday off
- Hybrid working: 3 office days/week
Perks you’ll love:
- Time In Lieu – If you have to work overtime or weekends, you’ll accrue time in lieu added to your annual holiday allowance.
- Bi-annual conferences (bougie hotel stay) – Every 2 years, the agency takes the team away for a 3 day conference with speakers, amazing meals and team bonding activities. Previous trips have stayed at luxury cabin getaways and hotels at vineyards.
- Early Finish Fridays – Enjoy an early finish at the end of each week, followed by a social activity.
- Passion Excursions – Each quarter, the team enjoys an extra-special social event that aims to provide everyone with a uniquely new experience.
- Lavish Christmas parties
- Dedicated Training Fund – An individual training budget is allocated to each person to diversify your development across a multitude of courses.
Training & Development
Alongside an individual training budget, you will partake in several in-house workshops to to upskill and progress in your career.
You will also always have access to performance indicators that track your progress and steps towards career progression. Rest assured, your career is in (really) good hands.
About the Job
- You will step into a 12 month contract to direct and oversee communication campaigns and contribute to the success of the team and agency.
- Client Relationship
- You will lead campaigns/projects and constantly monitor work to ensure the client’s expectations are delivered to strategy.
- You will continually plan ahead to seek new opportunities to improve the client’s business requirements.
- You will develop a deep understanding of the client’s business, operationally and strategically.
- You will ensure yourself and the account teams remain aware of industry and media trends to continually provide strategic guidance to clients.
- You will have a considerable network of contacts in the sector, with experience taking the lead on new business document creation processes and playing a key role in external pitch meetings.
- Strategy
- You will develop PR briefs for day-to-day workload based on an overarching strategy.
- You will work in partnership with other teams in the business to execute strategic plans.
- You will ensure clients are aware of the agency’s integrated offerings.
- You will lead new business opportunities alongside Strategy and Creative.
- Leadership
- You will ensure Business Directors are given autonomy but also regular performance feedback.
- You will manage, coach, and mentor younger team members.
- You will lead and foster agency culture plans to look for new ways to drive employee engagement.
- Financial
- You will work with agency Directors to set financial targets and manage budgets.
- You will provide monthly project forecasts.
- You will lead account reconciliation of time and retainers.
- You will oversee the timely distribution of estimates, invoices, and contact reports.
About You
- You are a current GM / MD / Director, or a Group Account Director with at least 2 years experience in the role, coming from a PR agency.
- Experience with leading significant accounts or large client portfolios.
- Strong leadership experience handling direct reports and mobilisation of large teams for end-to-end project execution.
- Strong financial planning and management experience across budgeting, resource planning, and team resourcing.
- Ability to identify and execute new business opportunities.
Interested?
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For more information, please contact Samantha Zarouba on +61 422 412 787 or email [email protected]