PR Account Executive: Global Local Brands Consumer Brand Reputation
Partale, New Zealand
Job Description
- Learn and grow with exceptional PR leaders and Mumbrella amp; Bamp;T’s PR Agency of the Year
- Strengthen your skills at the intersection of brand/consumer, business/purpose and digital/social PR
- Be inspired working on the world’s biggest brand campaigns executing on enviable campaigns in travel/tourism, technology, retail and big name consumer and corporate local brands
- Influence agency culture with new ideas and innovations
- Collaborate with teams across Thrive’s NZ/AU network
Your Opportunity.
As an ambitious Account Executive at Thrive New Zealand you will play an important role on some of the agency’s most prestigious and highest profile brands in the world along with a local portfolio of accounts. This is a great opportunity to learn and grow with one of the region’s most revered public relations agencies sitting at the intersection of digital, consumer/brand and business/purpose PR, and working across the agency’s network of offices in AU amp; NZ.
- You will work with some of the world’s biggest brands in tech, travel and tourism, automotive and more ~ Thrive has an unrivaled portfolio across the Trans-Tasman representing LEGO, Airbnb, Afterpay, Harley Davidson, GoPro, Pals, Cisco and others
- You will have the opportunity to be a part of a team of specialists executing creative and strategic communications and being involved with all aspects of execution and client servicing.
- You will be part of a tight knit growing team in central Auckland where you will be exposed to the inner workings of the agency, learn how to achieve local business goals and influence the agency and team’s success.
- You will have the platform to step into challenging new opportunities as they arise across the agencies putting your hand up for passion projects and new business efforts.
- Ability to work from other Thrive offices temporarily or longer term.
Team amp; clients.
In this role you will work with and learn from some of the smartest PR amp; social consultants in the country while contributing to a small number of clients who respect and value the work we do. You are exceptional at proactive team communication, spontaneous with ideas, a solid writer and will invest time growing your local media network and leveraging the extensive community around Thrive. You love keeping your finger on the pulse with daily news, love researching and are flexing your muscle in media relations. You love the thrill of delivering high profile events with influencers and integrated social/digital and are curious to learn more about new business preparation within the agency. You will love ideating and learning how to dial up your creative skills and you will also have a genuine interest in protecting and building brand reputations. Most of all, you love being in the detail and part of an exceptional team!
Learn, grow and make enviable local business contacts.
You’ll participate in ongoing learning and development opportunities delivered across the agency (think AI playoffs through to high profile speakers) in addition to tailored internal and external training to help you develop technical, commercial and broader EQ skills.
You will be thirsty to learn and grow from not only exceptional people around you, but from your clients who will provide unrivaled opportunities on a global and local scale. And, doors will open for you with new contacts and networks as you leverage Thrive’s first-class reputation.
Your experience, approach amp; impact.
- 2+ years of experience in an agency, media or inhouse communications role
- You share our values : you’re passionate, accountable, curious, of high integrity and you thrive on collaboration with a #OneTeam approach.
- You are positive, have an energetic approach to your work and are a natural problem solver
- You have engaged in some media relations work and understand the media landscape in NZ.
- You hustle internally and externally to get the job done for your team and clients.
This is Thrive.
Culture is everything. It’s a reason why we have a 100% return rate by working parents, have had consistent leadership for more than two decades, love our diverse and inclusive workplace and we continue to welcome Thrive 'boomerangs’ back to the agency. Thrive has a clear vision and mission and has grown by continuing to diversify and be early adopters of technology and global trends. Thrive is not a ‘hot then not’ agency. We are not an ad agency trying to be earned specialists. We are uniquely Thrive helping our people, brands and community to do just that. Our team is made up of in-house media, creative and digital specialists who work across five locations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Auckland deliverin