Head Of Creative Client Solutions

Company Description
**All about Powered**:
Powered is Nine's marketing services team, built specifically to help brands grab hold of big marketing moments that are amplified through amazing content. We get amazing results for our clients by integrating their brands with programs like **The Block, Married At First Sight** and **The Australian Open**.

We work with clients to really understand their business - then select the right environments across our vast storytelling ecosystem in broadcast, print, digital and radio. Our team of strategic thinkers develop tailored solutions for some of Australia's most high profile marketers - and we have a seat at the table with great brands and their agencies.

Powered has a diverse offering across strategy, creative development and production, content integration and content marketing. Powered Studios is our commercial studio with disciplines across ideation, design, creative technology, written and video content production, distribution and amplification, and ultimately, creative solutions for clients.

**Nine**:
Nine is Australia's largest locally owned media company - the home of Australia's most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want - across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

**Job Description**:
This is a 12 month fixed term contract - and Nine is a great place for opportunity

The Head of Creative Client Solutions is a great role for a strong people leader. It's a senior position that will manage a large and highly successful team to deliver market leading cross-platform brief response solutions to Nine's clients. You'll be highly collaborative and work closely with the team to deliver commercial, content-led solutions across the relevant Nine TV, radio, digital and print verticals, also including Nine's sister brands Pedestrian, Domain and Drive.

**Team leadership**:

- Day-to-day management and development of the National Creative Solutions team
- Responsible for inspiring and motivating team members with regular encouragement and maintaining enthusiasm by providing individualized coaching when needed
- Participation in broader Powered leadership group
- Oversee and maintain team revenue targets and goals

**Collaboration**:

- Work closely with Group Business Directors to devise channel plan within cross platform brief responses to help achieve key client objectives
- Foster agency and client relationships along with Sales to ensure strong customer service and collaborative working
- Work closely with Director of Strategy and Insights and engage Strategy team as required
- Work closely with Trade Marketing and Publicity to regularly promote larger campaigns and success in market
- Work closely with Nine Data Champions & Social leads to ensure channels are best represented within brief responses
- Oversee post campaign result delivery with Heads of Client Experience
- Work closely with Content Partnerships teams to ensure Creative Solutions team are across all of Nine's formats and related commercial opportunities
- Collaborate with broader Powered Studios team to ensure process is running efficiently and effectively while fostering culture of creativity

**Brief response**:

- Lead team to deliver major partnership responses and contributing to annual proposals for major Nine clients
- Ensure consistent quality output of Powered cross platform brief response nationally
- Collaborate with Content Partnerships teams to ensure all formats and platforms are considered for relevant briefs
- Ensure a strong data element of Powered brief responses
- Promote new ways of thinking/working to deliver BIG IDEAS for brands and agencies
- Keep abreast of local competitor creative and best-in-class creative solutions to ensure that we remain competitive in market

**Qualifications**:
**Essential experience & skills**:

- A minimum of 10 year's relevant media experience at an agency, media publisher or technology platform
- A minimum of 5 year's experience leading and managing a team of at least 8 people. People management should be a core competency
- Ability to forge strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, with the capability to influence, negotiate and mediate to reach an optimum outcome for all parties
- A solutions-focused team player who is flexible and thrives in a fast-paced, creative environment
- Excellent organisation skills, with strength in planning, time-management and follow-through
- Delivering to strict deadlines and committed to exceeding expectations
- Working directly with multiple stakeholders across varying areas of business and levels of seniority

Additional Information
**Life at Nine**:
Nine is a people business. Being part of the team means you'll be in a culture that promotes creativity and innovation, diversity and inclusion, is open to feedback, rewards impact and