Please note that this is a fixed-term contract, based in Sydney, for >6 months. We are unable to accept applications from remote candidates.

We're looking for an experienced Group Account Director, Senior Account Director or highly capable client service leader to join Zenith on a fixed-term contract basis.

This is an opportunity to play a critical role supporting several high-profile client portfolios, partnering with senior leaders to drive operational excellence, project delivery and team coordination across complex, large-scale media accounts.

If you're someone who thrives on bringing structure to complexity, keeping multiple workstreams moving, and ensuring teams deliver exceptional outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

Working closely with senior client leaders and cross-functional teams, you'll take ownership of the operational, delivery and project management components of the business.

Key responsibilities include

- Leading the coordination and delivery of major planning cycles and campaign programs
- Managing timelines, workflows and project plans to ensure key deadlines are met
- Supporting teams through annual planning processes and complex client deliverables
- Working with planning, investment, digital and activation specialists to drive seamless execution
- Developing and refining templates, reporting frameworks and operational processes
- Ensuring quality control across planning outputs and client deliverables
- Identifying risks,



managing dependencies and proactively resolving challenges
- Supporting onboarding activities, workflow design and operational improvements
- Providing guidance and direction to team members across priority projects
- Acting as a trusted point of contact for internal stakeholders and senior leaders

What We're Looking For

We're open to candidates from agency client service, planning, media management or business leadership backgrounds.

You'll bring

- Experience as a Business Director, Senior Account Director, Group Account Director or equivalent
- Exceptional project management and organisational skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders
- Confidence leading complex pieces of work across matrixed teams
- Experience managing large planning programs and annual planning processes
- Robust implementation planning capability and understanding of campaign delivery
- Sound media investment knowledge and familiarity with campaign execution processes
- The ability to provide guidance on planning outputs, budget allocation, flighting and campaign structure
- A collaborative, solutions-focused and hands-on approach

Nice To Have

- Experience interpreting or applying Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) insights
- Familiarity with TV sponsorships
- Understanding of performance marketing and digital media ecosystems
- Experience working across large, integrated media campaigns

📌 Group Account Director FTC (Media) (Sydney)
🏢 Zenith Media Australia
📍 Sydney