Account Manager

Learn and grow with exceptional PR leaders and Mumbrella & B&T's PR Agency of the Year
- Be inspired by working on enviable global campaigns in financial services, travel/tourism, technology, retail and big name brands
- Influence agency culture with new ideas and innovations
- Collaborate with teams across AU & NZ

**Your Opportunity**:
As an Account Manager at Thrive Brisbane you will focus on providing exceptional service on all of your accounts, and as a natural communicator, you will quickly and easily form and sustain strong long-term professional relationships with clients, influencers and media. Work on some of the agency's most prestigious and highest profile brands in the world across both consumer and corporate public relations.
You will be able to effortlessly multi-task across multiple client accounts and project deadlines. Working closely with the Account Director, you ensure the account delivers against the defined strategy and within the financial constraints set, engaging in the support of their team where required.
- A chance to be a part of consistent growth and innovation with one of Australia's most revered public relations agencies sitting at the intersection of digital, consumer/brand and business / purpose PR.
- Working with some of the world's biggest brands in tech, financial services, motoring and consumer lifestyle you will have the opportunity to be part of a core Brisbane team of specialists executing on strategy, creative and being involved with all aspects of execution and client servicing.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop ideas (in conjunction with the AD) and effectively manage key components of client campaigns.
- Maintain and build good connections with journalists and media within their account sectors - has a growing network of contacts.
- Keep abreast of key media issues and appointments.
- Develop media ideas, timelines and tactics in conjunction with the AD.
- Learn and deliver success with digital and social media techniques.
- Produce high quality written PR material in a timely manner.
- Maintain strong working relationships with clients and negate client concerns professionally and calmly.

In this role you will have the platform to step into challenging new opportunities as they arise across the agencies putting your hand up for passion projects and new business efforts.

**Learn & Grow**:

- Take advantage of the incredible learning and development opportunities available at Thrive. We are a multi-specialism agency which means you can have a passion in an area such as sustainability, travel, sport or something else and can join a specialised group internally to jump on and off related projects and campaigns. In addition, you will gain access to a forward-thinking training program that introduced you to experts in the industry that will get you thinking about the future and building key capabilities.
- You love keeping your finger on the pulse with daily news, be a media relations guru with exceptional experience delivering campaigns with technology and news journalists along with broadcast media and new independent media outlets.
- You will also love the thrill of delivering high profile events with influencers and integrated social/digital.
- Desire for learning new strategic and creative skills including a genuine interest in protecting and building brand reputations.
- Access tailored internal and external training to help you develop technical, commercial and broader EQ skills.

You will be thirsty to learn and grow from not only exceptional people around you, but from your clients who will provide unrivalled opportunities on a global scale.

**Your Experience, Approach & Impact**:
**You share our values**: you're passionate, accountable, curious, of high integrity and you thrive on collaboration with a #OneTeam approach.
- A clever thinker who comes from agency &/or inhouse roles with 5+ years’ experience who's constantly thinking...'what if?' and ‘what else?', with the ability to hustle internally and externally to get the job done, grow your client portfolio and deliver PR work that sets you and the agency apart.
- Positive energetic approach to your work and a natural solutions focused mindset, known for managing exceptional client relations.
- Exposure to corporate and consumer clients and a desire to stay abreast of multiple accounts across several industries and disciplines.

**This is Thrive**:
Culture is everything. It's a reason why we have a 100% return rate by working parents, have had consistent leadership for more than two decades, embrace diversity in our workplace and we continue to welcome Thrive 'boomerangs' back to the agency. Thrive has a clear vision and mission 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 specialists. We are uniquely Thrive helping our people, brands and community to do just that.