Senior Business Director (ADF)

ABOUT THE JOB 

TBWA\Melbourne is seeking a Senior Business Director to join the ADF Careers team.  

The role forms part of TBWA's specialised agency model, created specifically to attract, convert, and retain the next generation of Defence personnel. If you seek a role with purpose and have a desire to create world-class creative, we’d love to speak with you.  

A DAY IN THE LIFE 

• Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team across strategy, creative, technology and data to drive campaign strategies and providing an informed point of view in response to the brief. 
• Championing disruptive, world-class ideas. 
• Challenging and shaping the work across the entire recruitment journey while identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation. 
• Building strong relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders, fostering an environment of trust and a focus on creativity and innovation. 
• Developing a thorough understanding of the client’s audience segmentations, user journeys, analytics and performance data. 
• Furthering your understanding of culture and the broad forces effecting the success of our campaign and always-on efforts. 
• Implementing processes that ensure efficient and effective delivery, and proactively identify areas for improvement. 
• Oversight and delivery of regular performance, administrative and financial reporting. 
• Financial management of project costs, ensuring the best value extraction and delivery within briefed budgets. 
• Manage a small team with two direct reports, ensuring clear direction, guidance and support  
• Delivering timely feedback and an ‘always on’ feedback loop approach for continuous development and to breed a learning culture. 
• Occasional travel to Canberra may be required. 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO TBWA 

• A minimum of eight years of experience in the advertising industry. 
• A passion to create world-class creative. 
• Strategic savviness and commercial acumen. 
• Ability to set clear campaign objectives and KPIs and analyse post-campaign performance to inform future strategies.  
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively on multiple projects from brief to completion.  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.  
• Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to think critically to anticipate and solve problems. 
• Integrated, or a digital native with a clear understanding of marcomms across the total brand experience. 
• Experience creating master timing plans, cost estimates and controlling production processes to improve cost efficiencies and profitability. 
• Experience working with large, complex organisations is preferred. 

OUR VALUES 

• Uncommon decency: Having deep respect for diverse perspectives and the value all parties bring. 
• Radical Collaboration: One team operating with transparency and openness, always. 
• Targeted Excellence: Results are everything. Data is our compass; creativity is our superpower.  

WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AT TBWA    

• Fast paced, collaborative and rewarding  
• We’re professionals but don’t take ourselves too seriously  
• We’re hard on the work, kind to each other  
• Creativity can come from anywhere 
• We’re flexible, but believe the best stuff happens when we’re in the agency together