Senior Account Director

13 hours ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PARTALE Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Account Director or Group Account Director to join our team at Thrive, Sydney. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic and innovative agency that is consistently growing and pushing the boundaries of public relations and communications.

As a Senior Account Director or Group Account Director, you will play a key senior role in leading our Sydney team and working with some of the world's biggest brands in tech, travel, and tourism, transport, wellness, automotive, and more. You will have the opportunity to develop thought leadership strategies across traditional media and social, run client awards, case studies, and speaking engagement programs, train leaders for presentations and issues scenarios, deliver real-time crisis communications, produce content for earned, owned, and paid media channels for corporate and C-suite needs, devise customer engagement strategies, and deliver sound strategic counsel to clients.

Key Responsibilities
  • Brand reputation and corporate B2B, B2B2C, and B2C communications experience, ideally in industries such as technology, professional services, tourism, and transport, hospitality, sport, and entertainment, or government.
  • Partner with long-standing clients who trust and respect Thrive and its people, developing thought leadership strategies across traditional media and social, running client awards, case studies, and speaking engagement programs, training leaders for presentations and issues scenarios, delivering real-time crisis communications, producing content for earned, owned, and paid media channels for corporate and C-suite needs, devising customer engagement strategies, and delivering sound strategic counsel to clients.
  • Responsibility for nurturing the growth of your team and your client portfolio, managing workflow and outcomes, and devising strategies that build and protect the reputations of your clients.
  • Drive best-in-class work across strategy, creative, and delivery of traditional and integrated communications services.
  • Participate in ongoing learning and development opportunities delivered across the agency, in addition to tailored internal and external training to help you develop technical, commercial, and broader EQ skills.
Requirements
  • 10-12+ years of experience in agency or in-house.
  • Share our values: passionate, accountable, curious, of high integrity, and thrive on collaboration with a #OneTeam approach.
  • A genuine lover of news, policy, media, and business in Australia.
  • An ability to devise an integrated, strategic PR/social plan with impact.
  • Not afraid of pace and rolling up your sleeves to get things done.
  • A demonstrated network developed by excellent relationship management and outstanding client service reputation.
  • A positive, energetic approach to your work and a natural solutions-focused mindset, known for managing exceptional client relations.
  • You hustle internally and externally to get the job done, grow your client portfolio, and deliver PR work that sets you and the agency apart.
  • A proven track record of client development resulting in annualized revenue growth.
  • Experienced manager of teams.
  • Financially astute and comfortable in commercial conversations.
  • Proven success in 'closing' conversations with clear actions and next steps.
  • Ambitious, accountable, and driven to see yourself and others succeed.
About Thrive

Culture is everything. It's a reason why we have a 100% return rate by working parents, have 89% retention of retainer clients, have had consistent leadership for more than two decades, embrace diversity in our workplace, and have a myriad of Thrive team and client 'boomerangs'. Thrive has a clear vision and mission to deliver impactful work and has grown by continuing to diversify and be early adopters of technology and global trends. Thrive is not a 'hot then not' agency. We are not an ad agency trying to be earned and PR specialists. We are uniquely Thrive, helping our people, brands, and community to do just that. Our team is made up of in-house media, creative, and digital specialists who work across five locations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Auckland, delivering strategic communications services for brands including Blackmores, Slyp, ANZ Group, Cisco, FedEx, Australian Food & Grocery Council, News Corp, Tinder, and Harley Davidson.

Benefits

Thrive values work-life integration, including hybrid flexible working (Mondays and Fridays work-from-home) and delivers many benefits, including an additional annual wellness leave day, work from any location rotations, early Friday knock-off, various bonus options, and more.



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