Account Director | Melbourne-VIC

Job Description

PHD Melbourne 
Account Director

• Melbourne, South Yarra
• Full Time, Permanent
• Reporting to the Group Business Director

An exciting opportunity to work within the ANZ team and lead the onboarding of Suncorp Bank into the group. Work within an established and collaborative team on one of our biggest and most exciting clients. The successful candidate will have a balance of planning and client management expertise, as well as a desire to deliver great work at PHD.

About the role:

As an Account Director you will:

• Origination of the Communications Plan: The creation of channel plans that build from the core media idea and demonstrate expert planning skills.
• Client relationship management: the principal client contact for the whole planning process.
• Leverage strong relationships & influence clients and media owners at all levels.
• Strategically deliver insightful media strategies for your client, in conjunction with the strategy team when appropriate.
• Identify strategic creative and innovative media initiatives that are born out of the strategic media direction and lead their implementation.
• Working alongside Strategy and Investment teams to ensure best possible product gets to market
• Ensure all media goals and strategies are achievable and executable within budgets using support of the Investment team.
• Own the planning process across all media, including digital. This will include making sure digital adheres to Source principles

About you:

• You've got a proven ability to lead the development of insights and creative communication solutions.
• You've got the agency's best interest at heart, always looking for opportunities to collaborate and include SBU's as a means of driving additional revenue.
• Ability to clearly brief and articulate client goals to media owners to deliver best in market responses.
• You can hold your own in a conversation and use your social skills to form strong relationships with your team and your clients.
• You can work on your own with minimal supervision.
• You're confident being the principal client contact for the whole planning process

About everything else:

In joining PHD, you will get –

• Access to top tier clients and complex business challenges
• Continuous development through our mixed learning approach
• The tools, equipment, and mentors you need to be successful in your role
• An organisation encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives
• A bright, open plan and dog friendly office (we love our furry friends)
• A fully supported flexible working environment
• Fun social events – (Annual ski trips, need we say more?!)
• Access to EAP's to support your mental health

Sound exactly like the sort of role for you? Apply now!

We are a committed Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and are dedicated to ensuring that all employees, and prospective employees, can work in an environment that is free from any form of employment discrimination based on race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, physical or mental impairment/disability or any other status. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.