Account Manager | Melbourne-VIC
| Category: | Client Service - Account Manager |
| Position Type: | Full Time Permanent |
| Business Unit: | OMD |
| Hiring Manager: | Camilla Wallace |
| Kissflow ID: | SAP-04443 |
| Cost Centre: | OMME19-OMD-MEL-OMD-COOKSON (BM) |
| Attachments: | No File Attached |
| Application Close Date: | 09-Oct-2026 |
Job Description
As Account Manager in the Cookson team, you will be at the centre of creating market leading ideas for our clients, RACV and Belong, and be equally competent in digital and traditional media channels.
What you'll do:
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Client facing role requiring confidence in project management, presenting, and communicating to key stakeholders.
- Responsible for developing omnichannel strategies and campaigns, encompassing all media channels measurable back to business outcomes.
- Strong financial acumen and numerical accuracy.
- Working closely with the Business Director to drive the team's digital agenda and ensuring best in class delivery and finding first to market opportinities.
- Responsible for mentoring and motivating direct reports to deliver best-in-class campaigns under strong processes.
What you'll need:
- High performer who excels in client service, with enough planning experience to be able to see smaller campaigns through
- You have a passion for understanding and delivering on client business goals
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders including clients, SBU's and external agencies
- The ability to build strong client relationships and trust quickly
- Experience in managing direct reports, with a focus on their development.
- A proactive thinker who is always exploring new ways of doing things whilst respecting proven processes
- You can talk intelligently and articulately about the why and how of media planning
What's in it for you?
- Access to top tier clients and complex business challenges
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A particularly nurturing Account Director and advertising in a very strategic way so you'll get great exposure to smart thinking.
- Continuous development through our mixed learning approach
- All the tools, equipment and mentors you need to be successful in your role
- Our organisation encourages diversity, and supports charities
A little bit about us...!
OMD has long understood that our success is 100% dependent on our people and the culture we create. We don't make widgets or even ads; our people deliver market leading creative communication solutions to our clients and it's their intelligence, passion and commitment to OMD that sets us apart, defines our employer brand and delivers market leading growth year in, year out.
OMD's agency mission presents many exciting opportunities for our people: We create what's next with media solutions that transform your business creatively, culturally, and commercially.
We Create What's Next is a bold and inspirational north star that guides us into the future. It is our fuel to continue pushing forward, and pushing through boundaries, as the media industry leader. Our mission is a statement that tells everyone why we exist. It describes what we do and how we do it. It is a promise to ourselves, our clients and our partners