Account Director

OMD Melbourne

Account Director

• Melbourne – South Yarra
• Full time Permanent
• Reporting to Business Director

What's in it for you?

• Access to top tier clients and complex business challenges
• Continuous development through our mixed learning approach
• All the tools, equipment and mentors you need to be successful in your role
• Our organisation encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives
• We have a bright, open plan and dog friendly office (we love our furry friends)
• We encourage and fully support flexible working
• Parental leave
• Fun social events - Annual ski trips

Details regarding the role

This Account Director opportunity works across a market leading client. This client is innovative and loves new ideas. This role gives you the opportunity to work closely with the marketing team and become a key part of their team. This client has great processes and really strong relationship with OMD.

The day-to-day responsibilities:

As an Account Director at OMD, you will be responsible for –

• Lead the team in the use of the OMD planning process to create the media idea and implementation
• Play a key role in strategic development workshops
• Ensure in-depth assessment of all communication options, using media research tools, deliver innovative insights
• Manage the process and ways of working with the client and agency partners
• Ensure the reporting of competitive, consumer and market data deliver innovation insights
• Oversee the quality of client documentation
• Provide budget forecast figures for clients
• Assess and train needs of direct reports

What you'll need:

• Is ambitious, a team player, and who thrives in a high-performance environment
• Seeks broad experience and continued learning across all facets of media planning (traditional, digital, tech, analytics, strategy, comms planning, sponsorship)
• An experienced channel & imp planning expert (Application of strategy to execution); online and offline
• Has strong budget and financial management
• Has a desire and motivation to get under the hood of their client partners brands, macro business and marketing (Business performance, brand health, creative & media effectiveness)
• Experience using discovered insights to recommend communication initiatives
• Impeccable attention to detail and ability to delivery work on time
• A passion for understanding and delivering on client business goals
• The ability to build strong client relationships and trust quickly
• Experience in managing direct reports, with a focus on their development.
• A proactive thinker who is always exploring new ways of doing things whilst respecting proven processes
• Demonstrated experience leading a team at Account Director level

A little bit about us...

We are a proud part of the OMD global network, the world's leading marketing and communications agency. As part of the Omnicom Media Group, we provide services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries and employ 11,000+ staff. 

Since launching in 2000, OMD Australia has grown to become Australia's largest media and communications agency, consistently winning awards including:

• Great Place to Work | Ranked #7, Platinum Status: Top 50 for 13 consecutive years (2009-2022)
• B&T | Media Agency of the Year 2019, 2020 & 2021, Culture 2020
• B&T Women in Media | Employer of the Year 2019 & 2020
• Adnews | Media Agency of the Year 2020, Overall Agency of the Year 2020
• Mumbrella | Media Agency of the Decade 2009 - 2019, Culture 2019
• Adweek | Global Media Agency of the Year 2019 & 2020

Next steps

Sound exactly like the sort of role for you? Apply now!

If you've got any questions or wish to have a confidential conversation about this role, contact the Talent team. We'd love to hear from you.

We are a committed Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and are dedicated to ensuring that all employees, and prospective employees, can work in an environment that is free from any form of employment discrimination based on race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, physical or mental impairment/disability or any other status. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

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