Account Executive – Consumer & Brand

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Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
In-Office
Junior
Agency
The Role
Supports consumer and brand PR campaigns through media and influencer outreach, pitching, media materials, events, product launches, influencer programs, trend monitoring, campaign reporting, client communication, and project coordination. The role contributes to culturally relevant ideas and earned-first campaigns for travel, food, lifestyle, entertainment, and consumer brands.
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Agency :

Red Agency

Job Description :

Join Australia’s Boldest, Most Creative PR Agency

We’re searching for an ambitious Account Executive who’s plugged into culture, curious about the world, and hungry to create work that gets people talking. If you’re passionate about travel, lifestyle, food, culture, and consumer brands, and love turning ideas into headlines, we’d love to meet you.

This role is open to candidates based in Sydney or Melbourne.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

We’re the agency everyone wants in their corner: brands, talent, and anyone who loves doing award-winning work. Our work shapes culture, sparks conversations, and sets trends. We partner with iconic consumer brands and some of the most exciting names in travel, food, lifestyle, and entertainment.

The Role

As an Account Executive, you’ll work alongside Account Managers, Account Directors, and the wider Consumer & Brand team to deliver creative, earned-first campaigns that make an impact. You’ll help drive media and influencer engagement, support event activations, identify cultural opportunities, and contribute to campaigns that put brands at the centre of conversation.

This is the perfect opportunity for someone with around one year’s agency experience who is looking to build their career on some of Australia’s most recognised travel, culture, food, and lifestyle brands.

What You’ll Bring
  • Experience in lifestyle, travel, food, culture, or consumer PR
  • Understanding of the Australian media and influencer landscape
  • A degree in Communications, PR, Journalism, or similar (preferred but not essential)
  • Knowledge of social media, pop culture, and digital trends
  • A genuine curiosity about what’s happening in culture and why people care
Your Skills
  • Growing media and influencer relationships, backed by strong writing skills
  • Ability to develop media materials, pitches, and story angles
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Confident multitasker who thrives in a fast-paced environment
  • Positive attitude, proactive mindset, and eagerness to learn
What You’ll Do
  • Support media and influencer outreach, including pitching stories and managing media lists
  • Develop high-quality media materials, content, and campaign assets
  • Assist with events, product launches, influencer programs, and brand activations
  • Monitor media coverage, social conversation, and industry trends
  • Contribute to campaign reporting, insights, and measurement
  • Support day-to-day client communication and project management
  • Take part in brainstorms and help identify culturally relevant opportunities for clients
Our Culture

We’re proudly people-first. We grow our talent, celebrate individuality, and back big thinking. We believe diverse perspectives drive better work and create a workplace where everyone can belong, contribute, and thrive.

About Havas

The Havas Village is a unique model: creative, digital, content, PR, media, and partnerships, all under one roof. We build teams around our clients’ needs, not our own structures, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Our mission? To make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses, and lives of the people we work with. We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work Certified company.

At HAVAS, we are committed to building a future that is inclusive to all, where you can bring your whole self to work and feel valued, respected, and supported to succeed. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs, age, and abilities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply for this or any role with us.

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Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

Skills Required

  • Around one year of agency experience
  • Experience in lifestyle, travel, food, culture, or consumer public relations
  • Understanding of the Australian media and influencer landscape
  • Knowledge of social media, pop culture, and digital trends
  • Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a similar field
  • Strong writing skills and ability to develop media materials, pitches, and story angles
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
450 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Fearless. Fast. Smart. Focused. We are on a relentless quest to be Chicago's most creative company by reinvigorating iconic American brands through cultural relevance. We are passionate makers, digital disruptors, artists who don't color inside the lines. We work smarter. Push harder. Break things. Make things. And we're always looking forward.

Why Work With Us

Our agency gets out of bed in the morning to undertake what we call 'meaningful disruption' in an industry that is in need of serious transformation. We are not looking for the same, boring solutions that are chock-full of brand and marketing rhetoric but seek people that want to change the advertising game.

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