Public Relations Senior Account Director (contract to perm)Join our award-winning agency, Horizon Communication Group, as a Senior Account Director for an exciting opportunity to work on clients within greenHorizon, our dedicated environmental and sustainability arm. This role, covering a team member on parental leave until December 2025, offers a chance to drive impactful work with our clients while leading delivery and business development efforts. The ideal start date is flexible, between now and April 2025.
If you're passionate about sustainability and ready to lead a dynamic team, we want to hear from you!
At Horizon, we love to work on the work that matters. For our award-winning communications team, no single day is the same. We create and deliver dynamic and compelling campaigns thatmake a difference, like fighting food waste and litter, promoting good recycling, and understanding renewable energy and the EV revolution.
We love to get our teeth into complex social issues, with a 30-year track record in government communication in the health, environment and education sectors.
Who are we? Purpose led, fun and busy Sydney-based teamSpecialists in sustainability and government campaignsCPRA (PRIA) Golden Target Awards 2018, 2019, 2022, finalists 2023, finalists 2024IPRA Golden World Awards winner - social media campaign 2023; winner - environmental campaign 2018, 2023; finalists 2024Public Relations Agency of the Year in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, International Business Awards 2018; silver 2022PRCA Asia Pacific Gold Standard Awards 2024 – Winner Corporate Communications, Finalist Stakeholder Engagement, Public Service and Corporate CitizenshipWho are you? You're smart, curious, engaged. A great communicator brimming with ideas, with a passion for business development. You're a people person, the kind who can build relationships with clients and understand their objectives. You'll be able to provide creative solutions, insights on new trends and deliver them using your strong presentation skills. You're well organised. And you're good at managing people but you're a team player, too.
You want to make a difference and understand the environmental and social issues that impact our society.
What you need 8+ years of experienceDemonstrated ability to grow accounts and build client relationshipsA creative mindsetExperience in managing people and teamsA Bachelor's degree (minimum)Experience and or knowledge of sustainability issues - preferredThe job You'll be working with a team of skilled communicators across a number of our clients, which range from federal government to the environment, energy, packaging and housing sectors and includes our sustainability division Green Horizon. Although this is a parental leave position (until May 2025), we hope the right person will choose to remain with us on a permanent basis.
On any given day, you might apply your skills in media relations, strategy development, stakeholder management and communications, content development (eg social, video, written), project management, budgeting and more. You'll work to build and maintain client relationships, crafting a creative solution that aligns with their needs, desires and objectives, and you'll be confident to provide strategic analysis to help shape the client's business.
Horizonites enjoy Ongoing professional development and trainingWFH FridaysTeam social eventsGreat city-based officeA friendly atmosphere (we're dog friendly, too!)A culture that supports diversity and inclusionIf this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a covering letter.
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