GROUP ACCOUNT DIRECTOR (AUTOMOTIVE)
Havas Media NetworkMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Posted November 26, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Havas Red is a pioneering agency in earned-first communications, with a team of 80+ Redsters across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Job Description
As a Group Account Director, Automotive, you will partner with the Group Practice Head, Automotive to deliver exceptional client work that consistently exceeds expectations and delivers best practice automotive PR outcomes. You will serve as a key source of counsel to senior executives within a major automotive company, their PR team, and our agency leadership.
Requirements
- Extensive experience working at a senior level in a media, PR or a communications role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Deep understanding of and passion for the automotive industry
- Strong contacts with motoring media and familiarity with general media
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills
- Have an excellent understanding of crisis communications management
- Exceptional time-management skills
- Highly motivated, with the ability to work independently
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency
- Experience working cross-functionally to deliver holistic communications outcomes
- Understanding and knowledge of the Australian landscape including politics, business, society, news media, influencers and social media
Benefits
- Permanent contract