Account Manager

dentsu is a network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in a sustainable economy. As a unified organisation, dentsu brings together deep expertise across media, creative and customer experience to deliver integrated solutions that drive meaningful progress for clients and society. dentsu Aotearoa’s radically collaborative team of diverse creators unifies people, clients, and capabilities through horizontal creativity to help clients create culture, change society, and invent the future.

As Account Manager in dentsu Creative Aotearoa, you'll help deliver integrated campaigns and communication solutions for a portfolio of New Zealand brands. Working across strategy, creative, media, digital and activation teams, you'll play a key role in bringing ideas to life, building strong client partnerships and ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest standard.

This is an opportunity for someone who is passionate about advertising and looking to broaden their experience within a fully integrated agency environment.

It is a permanent role , working on a hybrid model in our Auckland office. Please note, we are only able to consider applicants who possess (or are in process of obtaining) working rights for New Zealand.

Core responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of integrated campaigns and projects, ensuring work is delivered on time, on budget and to a high standard across creative, digital, media and activation channels.
• Serve as a key client contact, building strong relationships, supporting account growth and ensuring client objectives are clearly translated into actionable briefs and deliverables.
• Coordinate internal teams, external suppliers and production partners, keeping projects moving and proactively managing timelines, risks and stakeholder expectations.
• Support the commercial management of accounts, including budgeting, forecasting, project scoping and identifying opportunities to grow client relationships across the broader dentsu network.
• Monitor campaign performance, industry trends and market activity to help inform recommendations and contribute to strategic client discussions.

A bit about you:

• Experience in an advertising, creative, media or integrated agency environment, ideally as an Account Manager or a high-performing Account Executive ready to step up.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns, stakeholders and deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent client relationship and communication skills, with confidence presenting work, managing expectations and influencing outcomes.
• Commercially minded with an understanding of budgets, scopes, forecasting and delivering profitable client work.
• A genuine passion for advertising, creativity and great ideas, with curiosity about brands, culture, consumers and what makes campaigns effective.

Be a champion of meaningful progress At dentsu Aotearoa we are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture. It enables our employees to bring the best version of themselves to work, which in turn fosters innovation, and generates better outcomes for our people, partners, and communities.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities, of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures to apply. If you want to contribute towards how we represent ourselves, you can join one of our communities/committees that drive awareness and inclusion at dentsu Aotearoa.

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Location: Auckland

Brand: Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent