Senior Group Account Director – Creative & Growth

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wholeself program

Creative, lively office environment

Access to Marcel AI Platform

15,000 learning programs via Marcel

Career Conversations program

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion - V

Birthday Leave & 5 extra days after 2+

Work Your World – work from anywhere 6

Parental leave up to 18 weeks

Sonder wellbeing access

Working With Cancer pledge

Diversity Council partnerships

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ in Sydney is seeking a Group Account Director (Creative) to lead a major integrated client partnership within the beauty and consumer healthcare space. You will own strategic direction, foster senior relationships and drive creative excellence across disciplines.

This is a rare opportunity to influence business outcomes at the highest levels, mentor a high-performing team, and grow organic revenue through innovative, effective campaigns.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large integrated client relationships within a creative or integrated agency environment.
• Proven success managing complex portfolios and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial capability, including ownership of revenue, forecasting and profitability targets.
• Experience influencing senior executive stakeholders and navigating large matrix organisations.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to sell ideas with confidence and credibility.
• A collaborative leadership style that inspires teams and builds strong cross-functional partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Be a leader across an integrated agency team spanning strategy, creative, media, production, data and customer experience
• Develop trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, becoming a strategic partner to their business
• Drive organic growth by identifying new opportunities, solving complex business challenges and unlocking additional value across the wider Publicis Groupe
• Oversee commercial performance, including forecasting, profitability, revenue growth and risk management
• Ensure exceptional delivery of integrated campaigns and programs from brief through to execution
• Partner with agency leadership across disciplines to produce work that is effective, innovative and culturally impactful
• Lead, mentor and develop a talented account team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture

Skills

Integrated client leadership

Portfolio management

Financial ownership

Executive stakeholder influence

Communication & presentation

Collaborative leadership

Job description

Publicis Groupe ANZ in Sydney is seeking a Group Account Director (Creative) to lead a major integrated client partnership within the beauty and consumer healthcare space. You will own strategic direction, foster senior relationships and drive creative excellence across disciplines.

This is a rare opportunity to influence business outcomes at the highest levels, mentor a high-performing team, and grow organic revenue through innovative, effective campaigns.