Sport & Entertainment - PR & Communications Lead

M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment creates change for brands through people’s passions. As the world’s leading passion-marketing agency, we're a mixed bag of sports-loving, culture-seeking, trend-hunting, creative communications experts. We span the spectrum of passion-marketing, from sport, film and entertainment, to style, food and wellness - and every emerging and niche trend in between. 

Our work reflects the new ways audiences cultivate their passions, consume media and share stories by delivering integrated communications campaigns including but not limited to sponsorship, experiential, PR, social and content.

The Opportunity:

The PR & Communications Lead at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is responsible for driving PR, communications, and influencer strategies, leveraging deep knowledge of the Australian media landscape. They will build and manage relationships with key journalists, media outlets, and talent, creating impactful strategies that resonate across sport, music, entertainment, and more. This role involves confidently crafting and selling PR solutions that deliver brand and commercial results while fostering strong client relationships and industry connections.

A snapshot of what you'll do:

• Define and evolve S&E’s Communications service offering based on industry trends, client opportunities and the competitor landscape.
• Identify the strengths and gaps of the agency’s Communications team and capability and work with the MD to ensure agency performance is consistently moving forward and head of industry competitors.
• Contribute to setting the Agency’s strategy vision and ensure your team understand and embodies that vision in their behaviours.
• Work closely with Partnerships, Strategy, Creative and Production Leads to contribute best-in-class ideas and opportunities to creative briefs and responses.
• Lead all PR, comms & influencer always-on and campaign delivery to ensure we are delivering and exceeding client expectations.
• Identify Earned opportunities within Group clients - look for the opportunities, and guide M&C Saatchi Group agency partners on best practice earned solutions. 
• Establish trusted relationships with your team and promote a collaborative,
• team-based culture between departments within the Agency 
• Plus much more!

Skills & Attributions:

• Inclusive leadership
• Relationship management
• Commercial acumen
• Decision making
• Adapting & responding to change
• Resilience
• Strategic thinking
• Presenting & Communicating

Your ideal experience:

• Experience of leading and delivering high-profile PR, Communications & Influencer campaigns, delivering outcomes that deliver above client expectation
• Experience working with key media outlets, talent and relevant brands
• Experience building and leading relationships across both large and small clients
• Proven experience of working collaboratively with Creative, Strategy and Comms
• teams to develop and sell ideas
• Business/ Marketing degree or equivalent
• Proven experience of working collaboratively within an ‘agency village’ to ensure the
• Earned and Social specialism is valued and drives Creative thinking where possible
• Communications/ Business/ Marketing degree or equivalent 

What WE value MOST:

• Walk in different worlds
• Make Uncommon Sense
• Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
• Roll as one
• Be excellent to each other

Best Bits About Working With Us:

Our big benefits fuel our big ambitions. We’re here to support and encourage our people at every turn. Our commitment to your individual needs stems from our diverse Flexible Flexibility work approach, flexing to how you want to work and how you want to take your leave. You’ll be saying "hello holidays" with our flexible public holidays, summer half Friday’s and even extra leave for taking your leave. And, to further our support to you, Family First, Health and Wellness paid leave are on offer, along with our Work From Anywhere in the world initiative (so you can stay connected across the globe). Plus, you can join our inclusive community led networks, supporting things you care about and your cultural and social wellbeing.

We’re committed to building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTQIA+ people. Our flexible work approach, employee-led diversity networks and inclusive career development approach all support and promote one of our core values ‘Walk in Different Worlds’ which helps describe our overall DE&I mission. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know.

WHAT ARE YOUR BIG AMBITIONS?

We’d love to hear what your ambitions are and how we can help you realise them with us!

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