Account Executive

Company Description
**Account Executive**

As part of the Starcom team, the Account Executive ensures both planning and buying (investment) is delivered to clients with superior quality and accuracy. In this role, you will evolve your media skills in both Account Management and Investment.

**What we can offer you**:

- An inclusive and fun workplace where the alchemy of people and technology creates experiences people love and actions brands needs
- The opportunity to experience another world, learn a skill or do something you are passionate about outside of media through our annual Human Experience Day
- Flexible working - the ability to mould the way you want to work to fit your lifestyle
- A constantly evolving and personalised Learning and Development programme tailored to the training you need to drive your career development
- Local and Global Mobility - transferring to any agency within Publicis Groupe in Australia and internationally
- An onboarding program that commences from the point of you accepting our offer and shares everything that you need to know about Starcom and sets you up to achieve success throughout your first 6 months
- Progressive parental leave initiatives
- Wellbeing initiatives that support your ‘Wholeself’ - mental health initiatives which include a Publicis-wide shut down in October each year to mark World Mental Health Day. We also have massages, flu shots, free breakfast and fruit and access to our Employee Assistance Program

**What you will do with us**:
**Account Management**
- Maintain great working relationships with the clients and creative agencies
- Support the Account Manager with day to day planning tasks such as competitive analysis, basic audience profiling, inputs for small budget implementation responses and media plans
- Participate in team and client WIPs to maximise knowledge of client’s business
- Collation of data and inputs for post analysis presentations including campaign delivery, proof of posting etc.
- Responsible for all material instructions and supporting the Account Coordinator
- Leads monthly proformas invoicing process to ensure finance loadings match media plans and MBA/PO approval documents
- Efficiently address any account queries
- Trafficking digital campaigns and checking weekly delivery

**Investment**
- Buying of all approved media activity across all channels with the support of the Investment Manager and Account Coordinator
- Responsible for checking campaign delivery regularly across all channels
- Provides Investment Manager regular updates of campaign tracking such as TV post analysis and trackers
- Support the Investment Manager on tactical media briefs and sourcing of media rates
- Support the Investment Manager on negotiations of media responses and ensure it delivers to client pricing KPIs and/or benchmarks
- Develop a strong relationship with media owners (Reps and Sales Coordinators)

**Team management**
- Actively train and manage Account Coordinator workflow
- Ensure accuracy of output for yourself and direct reports
- Ensure you engage the wider team with market knowledge and updates

**What you will bring**:

- Minimum 1 year experience in an Account Coordinator / Account Executive role
- Intermediate knowledge across Excel, PowerPoint and Roy Morgan
- Has a keen interest to grow in both trading and planning
- Proven ability to exceed campaign objectives
- Attention to detail that is second to none
- Able to provide solutions and think outside of the box
- A collaborative team member who thrives in working with others
- A true professional with strong time management and the ability to juggle multiple priorities
- Strong organisation skills with a love for being one step ahead