dentsu B2B | Account Manager (Media)

dentsu B2B; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office stipend

Volunteer leave

Wellness days

Dentsu University access

Job summary

dentsu B2B in Sydney is seeking an Account Manager to lead localised media planning for B2B and B2C clients, reporting to the Account Director. You'll mentor juniors, ensure quality of output, and manage campaign setup, activation, and performance reporting.

The role emphasizes delivering data-driven strategies, cross-channel planning, and strong client relationships, with growth opportunities across a global network and access to the dentsu University for development.

Qualifications

• Good experience within the Australian media and advertising marketplace.
• Strong digital and offline/traditional channel planning experience.
• Demonstrated business acumen with data literacy.
• Effective leadership and mentoring skills.
• Collaborative communicator in a dynamic team environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead on media channel planning (offline and digital) across client portfolios.
• Ensure quality of output, campaign setup, activations, reporting and insights.
• Present to clients and support ad-hoc requests from the client.
• Analyze performance and optimise campaigns to meet KPIs and client objectives.
• Maintain knowledge of market developments and best practices across channels.

Skills

Media planning

Client management

Digital advertising

Budget management

Team mentoring

Tools

Programmatic platforms

Ad operations

Paid search

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 specialises 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.

We are now excited to invite applications for the role of Account Manager with our awesome team in Sydney.

The role

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

Sydney

Brand

Dwa

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent