Account Manager | Canberra - ACT

Job Description

As Account Manager you will play a key role in delivering our Performance with Integrity ambition across your client patch. You will be at the centre of creating market leading ideas for our client and be equally competent in digital and traditional media channels.

What you'll be doing:

• Work with your team, strategists, and Specialist business units to create the communication idea
• Get involved in creative development workshops
• In depth assessment of all communication options using media research tools
• Assess, identify and recommend communication initiatives that deliver depth and impact to media plans
• Deliver detailed recommendations of proposed communication solutions
• Collaborate with and share information with creative agency partners
• Present communication recommendations to clients built on in-depth customer focused rationale
• Respond to regional reporting requests and manage the upkeep of all relevant reporting systems
• Manage and develop a team of direct reports skill sets in campaign administration and overall output

What you'll need:

• Strong planning skills across key media channels
• Ability to build strong professional relationships with clients
• High-level presentation skills (both written and verbal)
• Organisational skills - the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrate a passion to do great, innovative work and inspire others
• Ability to manage, develop and motivate junior members of the team
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• Excellent attention to detail

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

A little bit about us...

Come and work for one of Australia's best employers!

OMD has long understood that our success is 100% dependent on our people and the culture we create. We don't make widgets or even ads; our people deliver market leading creative communication solutions to our clients and it's their intelligence, passion and commitment to OMD that sets us apart, defines our employer brand and delivers market leading growth year in, year out.

OMD's agency mission presents many exciting opportunities for our people: We create what's next with media solutions that transform your business creatively, culturally, and commercially.

We Create What's Next is a bold and inspirational north star that guides us into the future. It is our fuel to continue pushing forward, and pushing through boundaries, as the media industry leader. Our mission is a statement that tells everyone why we exist. It describes what we do and how we do it. It is a promise to ourselves, our clients and our partners.

Our results are testament to this approach:

• Campaign Australian Media Agency of the Year 2023 & 2024
• Great Place to Work certified 17 consecutive years (2009–2025)
• Cairns Crocodiles Grand Prix 2025
• MFA Awards Grand Prix 2024
• AWARD Awards Media Agency of the Year 2024
• UnLtd Good Company 2024

Additional Information

OMD, together with our Omnicom Media Group network is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and people of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.