Head of Media

This position is best suited for somebody in a Senior Digital Manager or lead position looking to take the next step in their career. Or somebody returning to the workforce looking for an exciting and flexible change, with the option to work 3-4 days per week if preferred

At Bolster, you’ll get the chance to work across some pretty amazing clients, which include Splendour In The Grass, Laneway Festival, RISING Festival, Jameson, Beyond the Valley, TAC/Vanessa, Sydney Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Snow Machine, Falls Festival and many more. If you’re a culture/entertainment obsessive, a natural leader and ready to make the next move in your career, this role is for you.

**OK, I’m sold - but what even is Bolster?**

We’re a digital marketing and culture agency first and foremost - but we’re also a culmination of a love of music and entertainment and a curious passion for data and tech. That love for music and entertainment underpins everything we do and is the reason we’re here.

We began in 2015 as the digital plug-in for Australia’s entertainment industry, offering new ad-tech solutions to an industry whose idea of marketing at the time was slapping a street poster on a wall and sending out some #thoughtsandprayers. New services, products and offerings have been added gradually - never just for the sake of it, but as an extension of the work we were doing day to day.

With our specialism in music, events and entertainment, in a short space of time, Bolster has become a strategic digital, creative and product partner to many amazing brands, artists and events such as Splendour In The Grass, Falls, Laneway Festival, Billie Eilish, Elton John, CMC Rocks, The Strokes, Lorde, Gorillaz and more.

**What You’ll Be Doing**:

- Leading our media buying offering, including looking into new channels (e.g. print, programmatic, radio).
- Managing the media department, either directly (senior media buying team members) and indirectly (via line managers).
- Developing and overseeing supplier relationships, including ad platforms (e.g. Meta, TikTok, Spotify), tools (e.g. Whatagraph) and partners (e.g. Ticketek, Ticketmaster, Audience Republic). This may include directly dealing with said supplies, and/or working with other media buying team members who may own the relationship.
- Working on big integrated media pitches directly, or supporting media buying team’s work here (via training, mentoring, advice and QA)
- Leading a handful of brand client paid media campaigns if appropriate, including delegating work to other team members and QAing work
- Future ad tech thinking and strategy around innovation for the department, and delegating the implementation as needed to senior media buying team members

**About You**:

- 7+ years of experience in similar roles
- Experience managing a team of 7 or more
- Strong leadership skills
- Collaborative team player
- Strong marketing and strategy skills
- Good at following protocol such as time tracking, file admin and templates to lead by example
- Great training skills, and the ability to maintain strong training programs, especially with juniors (even if implemented by others)
- Skilled at providing relevant feedback to others on work in a way that is productive yet empathetic
- Excellent delegation skills, including getting buy-in and supporting timely and quality delivery of work
- Able to create a team environment where all members of the team have a sense of psychological safety
- Great at problem-solving own issues, as well as others’ challenges

**What you can expect from us**:

- Support, guidance and growth
- Interesting, exciting and challenging work
- Freedom and flexibility
- Perks and incentives
- Progression - you decide how high you fly. Make things happen and we’ll make sure you get where you’re going

We believe diversity of thought, skills, experiences, and backgrounds create more effective and successful teams. We promise equal opportunity for all applicants, irrespective of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, race, disability, or sexual orientation.