PR Group Account Director

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Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
In-Office
Expert/Leader
AdTech • Marketing Tech
The Role
Lead a portfolio of client accounts delivering earned-media-first integrated communications. Provide senior strategic counsel, build senior client relationships, identify growth opportunities, oversee account performance (quality, finances, resourcing), mentor team members, drive new business, and champion agency culture and leadership within a fast-paced agency environment.
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Agency :

One Green Bean

Job Description :

We're looking for an experienced Group Account Director to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract (parental leave cover). 
 
You'll join a smart and energetic team of earned media specialists to work across an exciting mix of brands, from iconic global names to ambitious Aussie challengers. With your background in a PR or integrated agency, you'll bring valuable big-brand experience to the table.  

At one green bean, we create fame driving ideas that earn attention by leveraging the power of people and their passions. 

You’ll also get the chance to work across the Havas Village -powered by a Deliberately Different philosophy, a way of working that brings together strategy, creativity, media, and content. For you, that means you’ll join the OGB team with its own distinct culture and expertise, while being part of a broader Village where you can collaborate with talented teams in creative and production to bring bigger, smarter ideas to life. 

For this role, we’re looking for someone who can start early November.  

About the role 

Here’s a taste of what you’d be doing each day… 

  • Lead a portfolio of client accounts, including one of the worlds’ biggest athletic brands, providing senior strategic counsel and ensuring the delivery of exceptional earned-first communications campaigns. 

  • Build and maintain strong senior-level client relationships, identifying opportunities to drive business growth and long-term partnerships. 

  • Identify opportunities for organic account growth and lead the development of integrated solutions that address client challenges and business needs. 

  • Support the professional development of team members through coaching, mentoring and training 

  • Oversee account performance, including quality of work, financial management, resourcing and profitability. 

  • Drive new business opportunities and contribute to agency growth, profile and reputation. 

  • Partner with the agency's senior leadership team to deliver on the vision, values and management philosophies of One Green Bean. 

  • Contribute to and champion the agency's culture. 

 
About you 

  • Minimum 10+ years of experience working agency side or in-house. 

  • Experience working cross-functionally to deliver integrated communications outcomes 

  • You take a modern approach to media relations, that reflects the current landscape and consumer behaviours. 

  • Deep understanding of and passion for culture, consumers accounts and bringing to ideas that generate conversation and coverage 

  • Demonstrates strong leadership skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency 

  • Strong business acumen with the ability to drive new business outcomes for the agency 

We’re looking for someone who epitomises One Green Bean’s four core values. This means you will: 

· Always be two steps ahead – of your clients, of your team, other agencies, the industry, even of yourself. We’re a fast-paced, ever-evolving agency and you’ll need to be flexible, adaptable and solutions focused to not just keep up, but stay ahead. And by the way, we work quickly, not carelessly. Attention to detail is critical. 

· Make sh*t happen – It doesn’t matter what your job title is, you’ll need to be able to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty when there’s a job to be done. 

· Be a big dreaming realist – we love big thinkers, dreamers and What If-ers. Positive, passionate people who will never settle for anything less than excellence in their work – be it a big creative idea, a media strategy or a budget. But this must be balanced with reality. Be as creative as you like, but never sell anyone, be it a client or a colleague, an impossibility. 

· Have ambition without ego – perhaps the most important of our values. Be ambitious. Be restless. Be awesome. But check your ego at the door. 

The important stuff – the benefits of working with us: 

  • Flexible Working: Work from the office 3 days a week, with Mondays and Fridays at home.  

  • Free Coffee: every Tuesday 

  • Yearly Creative Retreat: A chance to disconnect, think, and bond outside the office.  

  • Yearly HavaRest Day: Day off to focus on mental health 

  • Summer Fridays: Finish at 3pm on Fridays to enjoy the sun.  

  • Dog Days: Bring your pup in once a month for playtime.  

  • Progressive Leave Policies: Birthday, wedding, volunteering leave, and policies for IVF, miscarriage, adoption, and gender reaffirmation.  

Work with us  

The pride we have in our work goes hand in hand with a culture that’s passionate, vibrant and bloody good fun.  

We believe that people are our most vital asset because they are different. Different to one another and different to the norm. Diverse perspectives fuel our curiosity and fresh thinking. Open communication encourages contribution without hierarchy. Ongoing education for all creates growth at every level. We create an environment where all our people belong, and can thrive, adapt, learn and grow because we are in the business of making a meaningful difference to people; and that’s good business.  

 

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 :

Temporary

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

  • Minimum 10+ years agency-side or in-house experience
  • Experience delivering integrated communications and working cross-functionally
  • Proven senior strategic counsel and media relations expertise aligned to modern consumer behaviour
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring and team development
  • Strong business acumen with ability to drive new business and commercial outcomes
  • Experience managing account performance including financial management, resourcing and profitability
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced agency and embody agency values
  • Available to start early November for a 12-month fixed-term (parental leave cover)

Havas Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Havas and has not been reviewed or approved by Havas.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off policies in several U.S. agencies are described as flexible or “unlimited,” with summer hours and strong recent PTO sentiment in parts of the network. This breadth is often cited as helping offset salary concerns for some teams.
  • Parental & Family Support The U.S. policy offers up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, foster, or surrogacy, with clear eligibility and process support. This is positioned as competitive within the U.S. agency market and stands out in the package.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Health-focused units highlight perks such as Headspace access, fitness reimbursements, remote weeks, pet insurance, and occasional sabbaticals under network programs. Group materials also emphasize hybrid/remote flexibility and mental‑health support, contributing to an overall wellbeing posture.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
10,001 Employees

What We Do

At Havas we aim to make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses and the lives of the people we work with. We are the world’s most integrated advertising and communications business. Through our village model, we build seamless teams around the individual needs of each of our clients. Our ambition is to be a home for fabulously talented people and a partner to great brands. But most of all, we want to be a rewarding place to work at, and a great partner to work with.

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