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Account Director – Melbourne

A fantastic opportunity to join our Melbourne team working on a variety of brands and issues, grow your skills and be part of a friendly and talented team.

The position involves:

  • Leading a small team on  a variety of accounts, including campaign implementation and  budget management
  • Communications strategy and plan development
  • Media relations
  • Community relations
  • Social media
  • Assisting the Managing Director with new business development

Ideally, you will possess:

  • Minimum seven years public relations consultancy experience
  • Strategic and creative thinking skills  and  experience  in writing public relations plans;
  • Strong knowledge of the Australian media  with solid media contacts ;
  • First class writing skills with the ability to develop new business proposals and written materials to the highest standard;
  • Previous experience managing social media campaigns;
  • Demonstrated ability in managing budgets, timetables and a small team;
  • Previous experience working on Australian government communications campaigns or social change campaigns will be highly regarded;
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline – preferably Public Relations or Journalism;
  • A ‘can do’ attitude with a love of communications!

Career advancement and attractive salary package are on offer.

Applications in writing only:

Kathryn Banfield

HR Advisor

Ogilvy Public Relations

Email:    kathryn.banfield@ogilvy.com.au

Practice Director – Sydney

Howorth Communications is seeking a talented and experienced practice director to lead its Digital Lifestyle practice. The ideal candidate excels in a role as a true client leader and will have experience in traditional PR, with particular experience communicating technology to consumers through a range of channels.

Experience with consumer / digital trends, and interest in social media will be beneficial, as well as an understanding of below the line marketing and the role PR can play to create sustainable word of mouth and customer evangelism.

The ideal candidate will lead clients through strong counsel and possess proactive business development skills; overseeing outstanding delivery and driving strategy that can deliver key media relations opportunities. He/she will also identify and build sustainable connections to help our clients reach and motivate their audiences beyond traditional media relations.

The candidate should enjoy a challenge and the opportunity to grow the business through exceptional new business strategy and implementation skills. He/she also holds excellence, loyalty and partnership as strong values.

The ideal candidate should have the following skills and experience:

  • Significant experience in managing a diverse client portfolio of leading multi-national and local brands, preferably in the digital lifestyle or consumer fields.
  • Understanding of the digital environment, including social media.
  • Experience in broader marketing outside PR, demonstrating use of channels to drive word of mouth.
  • Confidence in providing strategic advice and direction to clients at all levels.
  • Demonstrable track record of creative campaigns.
  • Successful track record of building and maintaining a strong team.
  • Significant experience in new business and selling new services/projects to current and potential clients.
  • Can successfully lead new business teams from RFP stage through to the development of the strategy, creative ideas, execution, budgets and measurement.
  • Ability to counsel at all levels of client contact and develop strategic solutions to client needs or issues.
  • Routinely display strong people management and development skills.
  • Ability to anticipate strategic issues and respond accordingly.
  • Presenting in an effective and persuasive manner.
  • Excellent overall financial management of the client portfolio and practice area.
  • High energy and able to deal with the demands of managing a blue chip digital lifestyle client.
  • Capability of injecting progressive thinking about PR into the business.
  • Ability to coach others and help them succeed.
  • Open and direct communication skills; exercises excellent intuition with people.
  • Experience in a PR, digital or BTL marketing role within the consumer technology space
  • BA Communications – or equivalent formal qualification.

Key measurements include:

  • Client satisfaction – via feedback
  • Team satisfaction – via feedback
  • New business wins (PR & 360 digital/social media)
  • New projects from existing clients

Please contact Jennifer Burke for more information jennifer.burke@ogilvy.com.au

Senior Researcher – Sydney

Ogilvy Illumination – Ogilvy PR’s research arm – is looking for a Senior Researcher to join our team.

  • At least 3 years experience – preferably more but enthusiastic and talented trumps experience in our book;
  • Able to run projects on their own and confident in a client-facing role – someone who can take a brief and run with it without too much hand-holding but with the occasional project control meeting and guidance from research director;
  • Both qualitative and quantitative skilled with better developed quantitative – comfortable with a little bit of regression analysis if required for example; and above all
  • Creative thinker who understands that how you apply the research is just as important as the research itself.

You will probably have come from one of the big research houses and be looking for more diversity, autonomy and responsibility in your work. Your interests will however be broader than that and you will be genuinely interested and engaged in the debates occurring around the country and the role public opinion has to play in these.

We pride ourselves on providing research solutions to clients that genuinely meet their needs rather than generic off the shelf one-size-fits-all products.

Working with us you will get to work on and lead a truly diverse and interesting mix of ad-hoc projects with some big name clients on some of the biggest issues facing the country. We work for the federal government, state governments, some of the biggest players in the financial services sector, a solid portfolio of blue chip clients and some respected not-for-profits as well.

The total salary package is between $70-$80k based on capability, the position is Sydney-based and will start at the end of June.

CVs with referees to aimee@p-p.com.au and any queries about the position call 02 8281 3288