Investment Executive - Initiative

About us:

Initiative unlocks business growth for the world’s most ambitious brands. We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different. Our internal culture is second to none, and the work our teams create reflect the energy, passion and intelligence that goes into bringing them to market.

Based in our Melbourne office, this position is focused on strengthening and consolidating your buying skills and beginning to develop your implementation planning skills. You will be involved in negotiations, placing and maintaining buys and working with clients on some interesting strategies. This is a great opportunity to work with a range of our leading media clients becoming a key advisor.

What will your day look like?

• Respond to client requests and support the team on all media investment needs
• Develop a solid understanding of your clients’ business and needs
• Ensures delivery of all campaign KPIs and assist in developing POVs for clients.
• Hands-on approach to buying and booking process for allocated clients across all media (place, confirm, monitor).
• Participate in negotiations, management of media bookings and promotional executions.
• Manages budget control of approved media campaigns with accuracy including invoicing, proforma checking and account queries

What will you bring?

• 1-2 years of media agency experience as an Investment Executive or 2 years as an Associate/Coordinator
• Competent user across all core investment media systems
• Displays solid knowledge and understanding of Australian media marketplace
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
• Able to work as part of a team in a deadline-driven, high-pressure environment
• Detail-oriented with exceptional organisational skills and multi-tasking capabilities

Initiative respects that everyone has something unique to contribute to the agency. We respect differences and value diversity. We are inclusive and want you to feel you truly belong to the Ini community.

We offer our people CHOICES and a range of life benefits such as:

• The right to boundaries
• Think more and do less admin through automation
• One mental wellbeing day off a month
• Take leave when you don’t have leave balance
• Birthday leave - because no one should work on their birthday
• Recovery from personal loss leave and family planning contribution

If you think this role is a good fit for you please apply now!

We value unique backgrounds and experiences to encourage and celebrate diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQ+, people of all ages, people with disabilities, and people who are culturally and linguistically diverse are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.