Why is this an exciting opportunity
As the Human Experience (HX) Company, Starcom harnesses the power of media to bridge the tension between what people want and brands need.
We believe the alchemy of people and technology create experiences that people love, and the actions that brands need. Our people are empowered by technology, and they use it to reinvent, navigating brand offerings in the way they want. They are carving their own desire lines through traditional consumer categories.
Our people are provided the benefit of:
- An inclusive and engaging workplace where the alchemy of people and technology creates experiences that people love, and actions that brands needs.
- The opportunity to experience another world, learn new things or do something that excites you outside of media through our annual Human Experience Day.
- Flexible working – the opportunity 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.
You will be joining an experienced and well recognised agency with credentials:
- 1x AdNews Media Trading Team
- 1x win & 10+ nominations (e.g., 30 under 30, women in media, next of the best)
- 26x Trade & PR Content
- 2x B&T - Top 10 Recognition (CEO – Rainmaker and COO – Big Spender)
- B&T - Starcom ‘Gold’ for August – Best Performing Agency in Market
- B&T Award Nominations – Best Digital Transformation and Best Audio Campaigns
The transformation you will experience
This is an incredible opportunity to bring your top-notch strategic thinking and storytelling skills into play by joining our team as the new Strategy Manager. As part of the broader Strategy team spanning both our Sydney and Melbourne offices, you'll have the platform to deliver best-in-class strategies and solutions that drive business growth for clients, while also supporting internal teams with valuable business and consumer insights.
We work with a cool mix of clients, diving into everything from FMCG and alcoholic beverages to finance and tourism. These are not just clients; they are trendsetters. Big on shaking things up, they're all about sparking innovation and giving new ideas a whirl. In this role, you'll serve as a genuine partner to these forward-thinking clients, providing you with the opportunity to elevate both your strategic and creative thinking whilst propelling their brands in the marketplace to new heights.
As our Strategy Manager, you will also be responsible for enhancing our agency's culture of Never Standing Still by using thought leadership and disseminating this across the agency and to clients.
Reporting into the Head of Strategy, your scope will include:
- Developing and delivering strategies to some of Australia's most loved and respected clients from brief through implementation, including writing and delivering the strategic product
- Acting as the ‘go to’ source of insight into consumer behaviour across the agency with a natural focus on developing a strong point of view on implications for our clients’
- Being curious and proactive in understanding our clients’ businesses, media, and culture, ensuring our clients are at the cutting edge of knowing what is around the corner in terms of changes in consumer behaviour
- Building and fostering strong relationships with Starcom’s client business and craft leads
- Championing our People Powered Growth philosophy and ways of working internally and with our clients
- Supporting the strategic delivery of new business pitches where appropriate
What you’re looking for
- A supportive and collaborative culture
- Clients who are open to suggestions and working progressively
- A fame driving role with award possibilities
- An opportunity to help build and grow the strategic product in Starcom nationally
What type of person will be successful in this role
You’ll possess:
- Ideally 4+ years’ experience with a background in media strategy or planning
- Strong written communication skills to deliver strategic solutions and proposals for clients
- Strong insight capability in behavioural, cultural, business and media
- Strong business acumen, are a problem solver, forward thinker and curious
- As comfortable with numbers as with understanding culture
- Strong knowledge of the Australian media landscape and Australian media tool and data sources
- A team player, who knows how to best navigate team dynamics
- Extensive experience in researching and transforming raw data into insights
- Experience in using multiple research platforms, from existing databases through to the development of research proposals and reports.
- Good knowledge of media insights tool such as Nielsen CMV Clear Decisions, GWI or Roy Morgan
Publicis Groupe benefits
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:
- A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing
- A rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
- Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
- A culture of open feedback and support to achieve your goals through our Career Conversations program
- A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs
- Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year
- Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits
- Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs
Starcom, as a part of 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. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.
