Senior Communications Director: C‑Suite Counsel & Growth

DEC Communications Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DEC is seeking a Communications Director (Account Director) to provide senior counsel and leadership across a growing portfolio of high-profile clients. This role focuses on shaping strategy, managing multi-disciplinary teams and delivering integrated communications programs across corporate, technology and consumer sectors.

You will build influential relationships with senior client executives, drive client retention and agency growth, and lead a high-performing account team within a

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ agency experience or equivalent senior communications experience.
• Proven success on large, fast-paced clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong track record providing valued counsel, shaping strategy and delivering high-impact communications outcomes.
• Corporate, technology, consumer or culturally-led brand experience preferred, with issues and crisis experience highly valued.
• Advanced understanding of communications and marketing practice, media, KOLs, creator and digital landscapes, research and measurement.

Responsibilities

• Delivering successful integrated communications programs, ensuring strategy, creativity, implementation and measurement align with client objectives.
• Shaping strategy, leading client execution, implementation and account direction, collaborating closely with and reporting to the Group Client Director.
• Establishing and maintaining strong and influential relationships with clients’ senior executives and related stakeholders and networks.
• Identifying strategic opportunities, threats, issues and trends, translating contextual intelligence and insights into actionable counsel.
• Ensuring all activity is high quality, impactful, meets agreed performance metrics and evaluated using advanced measurement approaches.
• Achieving client satisfaction, retention and organic growth while managing scope, resourcing, revenue in line with agency targets.
• Leading, motivating and developing high‑performing account teams, setting clear standards for quality, productivity, collaboration and morale.
• Leading confidently through complex issues and crisis situations, collaborating with the Agency’s senior team and leadership and specialist teams as required.
• Collaborate closely with the Agency’s partners to deliver seamless client experience.

Skills

Agency experience

C-suite relations

Strategic counsel

Client leadership

Senior stakeholder management

Job description

DEC is seeking a Communications Director (Account Director) to provide senior counsel and leadership across a growing portfolio of high-profile clients. This role focuses on shaping strategy, managing multi-disciplinary teams and delivering integrated communications programs across corporate, technology and consumer sectors.

You will build influential relationships with senior client executives, drive client retention and agency growth, and lead a high-performing account team within a