Senior Account Director – Corporate & Consumer Communications

Capstone Hill Search; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Job summary

Capstone Hill Search is seeking a Senior Account Director to lead corporate and consumer communications for a well-established, independent national agency based in Sydney.

You will advise CEOs and senior leadership on issues management, steer integrated campaigns, and manage high-level media relations across diverse sectors, from professional services to technology and health.

Qualifications

• Significant senior experience in communications, ideally at Senior Account Director level or above within an agency environment.
• Strong corporate communications credentials alongside consumer and brand experience.
• Sharp news judgement and genuine Tier 1 media relationships.
• A proven track record in issues and crisis communications.
• Experience coaching and preparing senior executives for media engagement.
• The commercial acumen to manage budgets, resourcing, and account profitability.
• Previous journalism or newsroom experience highly regarded but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior strategic counsel to clients on communications challenges, corporate positioning, and reputation management.
• Lead and deliver integrated communications strategies and campaigns across corporate and consumer briefs.
• Leverage strong senior media relationships to drive proactive, high-impact coverage.
• Provide issues and crisis communications counsel; calm, considered, and trusted under pressure.
• Prepare and coach senior executives ahead of media interviews and high-stakes public appearances.
• Integrate digital and social channels into broader communications strategies.
• Lead client relationships, mentor emerging talent, and contribute to new business development.

Skills

Senior leadership

Corporate communications

Media relations

Issues & crisis comms

Executive coaching

Budget & profitability

Journalism background (advantage)

Job description

Senior Account Director – Corporate & Consumer Communications

• Sydney
• Competitive Package

Senior communications practitioner for an award-winning national agency

We are seeking a Senior Account Director to join a well-established, independently owned communications agency with a strong national presence and a reputation for doing exceptional work across corporate and consumer clients.

This is a senior practitioner’s role for someone who can think strategically, provide trusted executive counsel, and still get their hands dirty. The ideal candidate brings proven experience advising CEOs and senior leadership teams on issues management and reputational challenges, strong instincts across the media landscape, and the credibility to operate as a genuine trusted advisor at the most senior level.

The role spans a diverse portfolio of clients across professional services, technology, infrastructure, health, agriculture, and consumer sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior strategic counsel to clients on communications challenges, corporate positioning, and reputation management
• Lead and deliver integrated communications strategies and campaigns across corporate and consumer briefs
• Leverage strong senior media relationships to drive proactive, high-impact coverage
• Provide issues and crisis communications counsel; calm, considered, and trusted under pressure
• Prepare and coach senior executives ahead of media interviews and high-stakes public appearances
• Integrate digital and social channels into broader communications strategies
• Lead client relationships, mentor emerging talent, and contribute to new business development

You should have

• Significant senior experience in communications, ideally at Senior Account Director level or above within an agency environment
• Strong corporate communications credentials alongside consumer and brand experience
• Sharp news judgement and genuine Tier 1 media relationships
• A proven track record in issues and crisis communications
• Experience coaching and preparing senior executives for media engagement
• The commercial acumen to manage budgets, resourcing, and account profitability
• Previous journalism or newsroom experience highly regarded but not essential

Personal Attributes

• A natural leader who thrives in a high-performance environment without losing their collaborative instincts
• Strategic thinker who stays hands-on and leads by example
• Calm and credible under pressure, with sound judgement on complex issues
• Creative, commercially minded, and genuinely curious about the world
• Committed to quality and to developing the people around them

This is a unique opportunity to

• Play a senior leadership role within a highly regarded, independently owned national agency
• Work across a genuinely varied portfolio of clients and sectors
• Bring your full range of skills to bear — strategy, media, issues, executive counsel — without being siloed
• Join a team with a strong, values-driven culture and a clear commitment to doing great work

For more information, please contact Jeremy Wrench: ***email_hidden***