Job Description

Role: Senior Account Executive

Agency: Weber Shandwick

Job profile:

We’re looking for a communications professional who lives and breathes all things media.

Someone who has broad knowledge of the Australian media landscape, is a creative thinker and who is excited to jump into any challenge, no matter how big or small.

You’ll love a fast pace, ambiguity, figuring stuff out and solving problems. You will be restless, curious and tenacious and you’ll contribute to those around you in the pursuit of extraordinary work.

Connected to Weber Shandwick globally, you’ll work on meaty regional and global opportunities but, you’ll also enjoy the freedom and autonomy that comes from working in a small, dynamic, agile team here in Australia. You’ll work beyond the realms of Weber Shandwick, collaborating with the Jack Morton team and other specialists to leverage the expertise and offerings of other disciplines – all with the aim of creating compelling integrated solutions for our clients and doing extraordinary, meaningful and impactful work.

The work you’ll get to do

You’ll work in close partnership with clients across the lifestyle, travel, tech, healthcare, corporate, food and digital space to develop and execute integrated creative communications campaigns including earned media, social media and influencer marketing.

You’ll collaborate with strategy and creative teams on coming up with fresh and innovative ways for our clients to tell their stories.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

Making us sticky with our clients so that they trust us, value us and do more with us.

Knowing what’s going in in our world and in the world of your clients – you’ll be ahead of them, looking around corners and building that knowledge into strategic and creative plans.

Staying across mediums, platforms, and influencers, to inform the work you do. You’ll inspire others to do the same.

Thinking ahead, being proactive, seeking opportunities to do cool work which drives growth and fame for the agency.

Championing the Weber Shandwick brand.

· Develop media releases, pitches and materials, including research, writing, editing, collating and distributing through relevant media channels.

· Monitor and report on client media and social media activity, ensuring media coverage is provided in the best quality and as quickly as possible.

Carry out event management including RSVP management, quality control and hands on support.

Plan and carry out editorial features research and advise team on relevant opportunities for clients in consultation with managers.

Support influencer relations and social media campaigns, including research, asset sourcing and development of communication materials.

Liaise and attend meetings with clients, media, prospective clients, and internal teams, noting actions and next steps and ensuring appropriate interaction and follow up.

Participate as positive, active and interested team members, providing support to colleagues and ensuring they take every opportunity presented to learn and develop.

Track and record all time accurately and regularly, billing 85% of your time on average per day to client work.

Be an active member of the company’s strategic initiative teams and deliver all delegated responsibilities on time and within budget.

Requirements:

Ideally you will have three plus years communications experience.

A relevant degree in media or public relations.

Demonstrated strong interpersonal, writing and project management skills, a creative flair and an interest in the media.

High levels of communication - both presentation, verbal and written skills.

Flair for creativity, strategic thinking and innovation.

Good industry knowledge and experience in building influential networks.

Outstanding organisation skills.

Alignment with our agency behaviours of Be tenacious, Be Brave, Be Curious and Be Yourself.

An entrepreneurial spirit.

ABOUT US

Meet Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is a global in-culture communications agency built to make brave ideas connect with people. The agency is led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators and has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including Ad Age’s A-List, Campaign, PRovoke’s Agency of the Decade, PRWeek’s Agency of the Year and Best Places to Work. The firm has earned more than 135 Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including 36 Lions in 2021 to become the most-awarded PR agency. Weber Shandwick also received Honourable Mention (and the only PR agency) on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021.

Jack Morton

Jack Morton is our sister agency with whom we collaborate every day to create to bring unique and differentiated solutions for our clients. Jack is a global brand experience business. Through the power of experience, they create meaningful relationships between people and brands. Born out of smart insights and built creatively with a content-first approach, their critically award-winning experiences are imaginative and engaging, innovative beyond expectation, and flawlessly executed.

Together

We are a unique Australian agency alliance of proven experts from global brands and fearless creators under the holding company Lansky Enterprises Pty Ltd. A rare collaboration between committed lovers of Creative, PR, Experience & Content. A new model for insightful storytelling that builds brands and drives demand.