Account Manager (Media)

dentsu; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Be the Best You policy

Volunteer leave

Wellness days

Dentsu University access

Global network

Job summary

Dentsu Sydney is seeking an Account Manager to lead localised media planning and oversee execution for B2B and B2C clients. You will mentor juniors, ensure output quality, and deliver performance reporting while collaborating with global teams.

In this role you will manage client relationships, drive media strategy, and maintain strong financial discipline across campaigns, reporting to the Account Director in a fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Australian media and advertising markets across digital and traditional channels.
• Strong digital and social planning skills with programmatic and paid search knowledge.
• Business acumen with comfort in data and numerical concepts.
• Collaborative leader who mentors and trains others.

Responsibilities

• Lead media channel planning for client portfolios, aligning with global/ regional strategy.
• Quality control and support for campaign setup, activations, reporting and insights.
• Analyze performance and optimize campaigns to meet KPIs with suppliers.
• Maintain knowledge of market developments in media and advertising.
• Manage client budgets and budget trackers.

Skills

Media planning

Client relationship management

Budget management

Team mentoring

Job description

Job Description

Dentsu is a network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in a sustainable economy. As a unified organisation, dentsu brings together deep expertise across media, creative and customer experience to deliver integrated solutions that drive meaningful progress for clients and society. Dentsu B2B specializes in delivering integrated marketing solutions that drive business growth for our clients. Our core focus is creating data-driven, customer-centric strategies that deliver measurable value and exceptional experiences. By leveraging our deep expertise in digital transformation, creative services, and performance marketing, we help businesses connect with their audiences in meaningful ways.

The role

We are now excited to invite applications for the role of Account Manager with our awesome team in Sydney. An Account Manager at dentsu B2B will take your career to the next level, exposing you to ways of working with global brands and media planning across B2B and B2C environments. Reporting to the Account Director, this role plays a key, client-facing role in delivering on media strategy execution through developing effective localised media planning and overseeing the quality of execution in market. This means you’ll be tasked with mentoring and supporting juniors on best practice, ensuring quality of output, performance reporting and overseeing administrative tasks for the team. It will also enable you to continue building on your knowledge of B2B and B2C media planning across a variety of audiences, platforms, mediums and industries.

Core responsibilities

• Take a lead on cultivating and growing positive working relationships with our clients, our agency partners and suppliers, and wider media teams within dentsu.
• Take ownership of all media channel planning activity, offline and digital, across your client portfolio and aligning it to global and regional strategy.
• Quality control/review and support the team with media campaign setup and activations best practices, campaign reporting, research and insights, preparing and delivering client presentations, and support any other adhoc requests from the client.
• Reporting and analysis of performance, and optimising campaigns against KPIs to ensure alignment to achieving client objectives alongside our suppliers.
• Maintain and share your knowledge across the latest market developments within the media and advertising industry, related platforms, best practices and tools across the Australian media landscape.
• Financial responsibility for client budgets, owning budget trackers and maintaining overall financial acumen of campaigns.
• Assist in people management tasks, including recruitment, performance reviews, training and onboarding as needed.
• Continuously develop your learning and understanding of the evolving AU and global media and advertising landscape across all channels, tools and platforms.

A Bit About You

• Good experience within the Australian media and advertising marketplace, ideally across both digital and offline/traditional channels.
• A strength in digital/social channel planning experience and good knowledge of best practice execution across programmatic, ad operations and paid search across B2B and B2C audiences.
• A demonstrated business acumen teamed with a knack for data and an ability to grasp numerical and mathematical concepts.
• Evolving leadership skillset and willingness to impart knowledge to lift overall capability of the team.
• A collaborator personality is key, so effective communication skills is a must as we work in a dynamic environment.
• You’re tech and data savvy, a practical thinker with ability to work with a high volume of numbers and a natural flare for problem solving.
• A good eye for detail and enjoys coaching, mentoring or training.

What’s in it for you

• Real flexibility to work when and where you feel most productive with our ‘Be the Best You’ policy which includes a $250 contribution to your home office set up.
• The opportunity to give back with dedicated volunteer leave and our whole-company event, One Day for Change.
• 5 weeks annual leave after 2 years of service and 3 whole company Wellness days off per year for you to switch off and take your day, your way.
• Career Development and Learning & Development opportunities, including access to our global online dentsu University.
• Become a champion for meaningful progress: Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so.
• For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities.
• This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.
• If you want to belong to a one global network where opportunities are limitless – we look forward to welcoming you.

Location

• Location: Sydney
• Brand: Dwa
• Time Type: Full time
• Contract Type: Permanent

About dentsu

For over 120 years, innovation has been a core tenet of our offering – exploring new ways to reach, engage and nurture relationships with audiences. Together we drive a multiplier effect for clients at a global scale, through the development of Integrated Growth Solutions that are underpinned by our promise to clients: innovating to impact. Be a force for good. Sustainability is a vital part of our business and an important area of focus for our clients. We’re leading the way – helping to build a more sustainable planet. Dream loud. In this moment of transformation, we need our people to be fearless, embracing change and ambiguity, driven by the love for our work and excitement for the future. Team without limits. We create opportunities for connection and collaboration between our colleagues and clients, building a sense of belonging and having some fun along the way. Find out more about us Who we are Our Social Impact Our work