Saatchi & Saatchi – Senior Account Manager
This role offers:
- The opportunity to work with some of Australia’s biggest and best-known brands while developing lasting client relationships
- The opportunity for continued growth and development while also fostering the growth of others that are just starting out in their careers
- Opportunities to bring your excellent project management and stakeholder management skills to the table
- Collaboration with numerous brilliant teams across the business and wider groupe
- Opportunity to work on award winning campaigns and new business pitches
- Opportunity to broaden and deepen your skillset given the exposure cross channel
We're looking for an experienced, organised, and driven Senior Account Manager to join our award-winning team in Sydney. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an iconic agency working with great people, who honestly love what they do.
The Senior Account Manager is responsible for leading major projects and campaigns for our high-profile clients. Day to day the role is varied ranging from taking client briefs, collaborating with the strategy and creative teams on brief development, presenting work, managing the production stages of projects and fostering the younger talent in the team.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Being a key contact for your clients and knowing their business (and competitors) inside out
- Taking and interpreting client briefs
- Working with strategy to produce strategic recommendations and writing creative briefs
- Briefing in creative teams, reviewing work, and providing constructive feedback back to the teams
- Leading and or attending client meetings
- Presenting work to clients in collaboration with the wider team
- Thinking proactively and strategically, anticipating your clients’ needs before they do
- Managing the full production process of all your projects from start to finish across all mediums
- Building strong relationships with your clients and external stakeholders
- Pushing for the best work and elevating the level of craft produced by the teams
- Managing all financials, budgets and jobs efficiently and effectively
- Working with the senior team on new business prospects/opportunities
Qualifications
The person we’re looking for has/is:
- Prior relevant agency experience (4 years) working in Account Management
- An excellent communicator with brilliant organisational and project management skills
- Has excellent attention to detail and doesn’t miss a thing
- Enjoys working both autonomously and in collaboration with team members, both internally and externally
- Revels in building lasting relationships and goes the extra mile for their clients
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite
- Adaptable and solutions driven, can think on their feet and pivot at the drop of a hat
- A real passion for brilliant creative and strategic insights
- A natural leader and a team player - world class banter is also highly desirable
Additional Information
What we can offer you!
Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:
- Taking time out – enjoy your Birthday off, additional 5 days leave after 2 years’ service, inclusive leave policies such as Fertility Treatment, Menopause, Flexible Public Holidays, Gender Affirmation and Parental leave.
- Work Your World – our program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
- Diversity and Inclusion – we care about people showing up as their authentic self. Get involved in one of our Employee Resource Groups to contribute beyond your day to day.
- Wholeself – free access to Sonder, flu vaccinations and regular seminars and events supporting your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
- Grow & develop – enjoy extensive L&D opportunities through our online learning platform, Marcel, a Next Gen board, regular internal sessions, Buddy Up (our mentor program), paid study days and access to the MFA and ACA for industry learnings.
- Celebrate – we’re big on celebrating and shouting out about great work. We’ve got informal and regular formal awards, anniversary celebrations and referral bonuses.
- Work, your way – our Publicis Liberté flexible working approach means we value your contribution, not where you’re sitting
Publicis Groupe believes that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
