Account Director at Breakthrough Media (view profile), Location Canberra, Australia, Category Account Management, Job Type Full-time

Description: Breakthrough Australia, Position: Senior Account Director, Location: Canberra, Australia

About us: Breakthrough is a communications agency and production company. Our mission is to help our clients inspire positive social change through the power of storytelling, primarily through the production of emotionally driven films, campaigns and other communications products. Our work focuses on community development, public health, society building, conflict resolution and countering violent extremism.

We offer a variety of services including film-production, campaign management, digital campaigning, brand development and press and media engagement – all driven by the key ingredient that makes social change communications really work: powerful storytelling. Our clients include NGOs, government agencies and inter-governmental organisations and today we employ around one hundred people across Europe and East Africa. Very soon we’ll be opening an Australian office and are currently recruiting a team to initially work out of Canberra, and in the future we hope to have satellite offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

About the role: We’re looking for a Senior Account Director to launch and then potentially head up our Australian office. This person thinks strategically, creatively, and can write proposals, project summaries and reports beautifully and succinctly.

Our Account Directors at Breakthrough are extremely personable, they liaise with clients, stakeholders and internal departments to ensure all parties realise collective goals and achieve output of the highest possible standard.

This position is full time and successful candidates will be responsible for the delivery of a number of community awareness campaigns across Australia, but primarily in the cities of Melbourne and Sydney, however, the project will be managed and the client is located in Canberra.

They’ll initially work closely with our client, reporting back to Breakthrough’s planning and creative teams in London on the development of an important campaign about community cohesion in Australia. This is an exiting project that will hopefully leave a lasting legacy for society to participate in. Throughout development, and once the project goes into production, the Account Director will be joined by a video producer, video director, art director and an account manager assisting them with the delivery of the project.

The role will include researching, strategic planning and then the effective implementation of a well thought through campaign plan as well as managing a junior account manager and overseeing the design and production of a range of campaign materials including print, online and video. The role also include some event management. We need someone who’s multi-disciplined: creative, strategic and well organised, someone who knows how to deliver against the client’s objectives whilst ensuring that the projects have integrity and are well designed, to ensure they make a difference.

About you: As our Senior Account Director in Australia you will have a strong background in project and campaign management along with proven experience of working in a similar role. Whether you’re from a traditional agency background, or the government communications world, you’ll know how to deliver social change projects about complex issues, either through your work or through volunteering with NGOs or civil society groups.

You’re a born leader but are able to work well with a number of colleagues and partner organisations to successfully achieve collective goals as well as being a strong leader who is able to effectively manage and direct the campaign team.

You will: Have excellent client and stakeholder management skills, Have the ability to communicate succinctly and clearly, Be practised in external stakeholder management, Be analytical with an excellent eye for detail and have a strong written ability, Be curious and knowledgeable about community affairs, including religion, politics and social mobility, Have excellent writing and proofing skills, ensuring the best written and evaluative work leaves the building, Have experience of or an interest in political/current affairs, Have experience of Microsoft Project (PC) or Merlin (Mac) preferable

Application Details: To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter (maximum of two pages) demonstrating how you meet the necessary experience required to undertake this role

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Email to: jobs@breakthroughmedia.org