Howatson+Company is an advertising agency that’s committed to expressing creativity in all its forms to positively influence people and culture.
Put simply, we care fiercely. For the people who work here. For the brands we work on. And for the community we live in. That’s why we over-invest in training, generosity and pausing to recognise excellence and effort in our people.
It’s also why we’re 100% carbon neutral.
Located in our Sydney office, our Business Management team consists of Account Management experts who are responsible for building and nurturing client relationships. We exist to motivate and inspire cross-discipline teams, manage campaigns, people and programs of work. Our world-class business management team have a creative mindset, are comfortable in the unknown, and have an ability to think outside of the box
We are looking for an advertising specialist to join our team, and to help achieve our goals through creativity and creation of innovative advertising campaigns.
A Day in the Life
· Run account advertising strategies, leading projects from conception to final execution managing timings, budgets, and approvals.
· Analyse trends and competitors in order to increase traffic and conversions
· You will communicate externally with clients and partners, and internally with individual departments, business managers and subject matter experts, bringing together the whole ecosystem whilst building strong relationships and trust.
· Internally you’ll work within the business management team, as well as the extended agency account team, including planners/strategists / digital delivery team.
· You’ll work directly with creative teams and creative directors, creative services and production departments.
· Externally any day may involve interaction with the Client marketing team, media and PR agencies, specialist technology services, and new business opportunity contacts.
How will we know you are the one?
· You will have at least 2 years' experience in an advertising focussed role, ideally managing client relationships and briefs in an agency environment.
· You will need to be highly organised, a quick thinker who loves to problem solve.
· You lean into client relationships, are technically savvy, creatively ambitious, and always curious.
· You’re commercially minded, ensuring the profitability and growth of client accounts, whilst recognising the mutual benefit of growing the clients’ businesses.
· Responsible and accountable for your own and others work, delegating effectively to balance a varied and demanding workload, and appreciate that a team working collaboratively can achieve much more than any individual.
Other things that would make you excel in this role
· You’ll exhibit both the confidence to back your own ideas and the humility to learn.
· Knowledgeable and passionate about your client’s business, and where and how to contribute to its success.
· Ensure all work, your own and your teams, is considered and delivered to a best-in-class standard.
· Be an open and clear communicator, managing the flow of information between departments, and up to senior executives.
· Enjoy the detail of managing complex scope of works and project timelines and taking charge of delivery.
· Tertiary education in Advertising, Marketing or Communication related degrees.
Who are Howatson + Company?
Howatson + Company are a fully integrated creative agency that believe in the power of influence.
We believe that the magic comes from the ‘+’.
The intersection of diverse people, culture and capabilities, that create solutions that drive business outcomes for our clients and leave the world a better place.
How do we do it?
We care fiercely about the people we work with, the brands we work on and the world we live in.
We have five key values:
Be a customer
Act without judgement or preconceptions to find the truth
Diversity creates breakthrough
Magic lives at the intersection of people, culture and capability.
We can only afford to be distinctive
No ‘house style’, we express creativity in all its forms.
Never walk alone
It’s everyone’s job to think, to craft, to support.
Values cost something
Talk is cheap, we act with valour regardless the cost
Some of our most recent accolades
- D&AD Global Independent Agency of the Year 2022
- LIA Grand Prix 2022, Independent Agency of The Year AUNZ
- Mumbrella Emerging Agency of the Year 2022
- B&T Grand Prix Agency of the Year, Advertising Agency of the Year,
- Independent Agency of the Year, NSW Agency of the Year
Howatson+Company is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable
legally protected characteristics. We invite anyone to apply. Please send your details and CV to
[email protected]If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let the recruitment consultant know.
To be eligible to apply, you must have Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status.
$120,000 - $140,000 incl. super