Digital Director

Most people get one real shot at mentorship, right at the start, before they're expected to already know it. After that you're on your own to upskill, or you're not. This one runs differently: every new Director goes through a structured 16-week program covering every channel, the kind of formal training most people only get once, and never again after their first year.

The agency behind this Director opening is Australia's largest independent media group, big enough to run direct buys, BVOD, programmatic, paid social, SEM and biddable work at real scale, small enough that directors still own their patch rather than sitting three layers from the client. You'd work across some of the country's best known household brands, from telco and retail through to travel and banking.

As Digital Director you'd drive the digital strategy, growth and execution of performance media across programmatic and paid channels. You'd lead a team of a manager, an executive and a coordinator, plan campaigns with activation in mind rather than handing off a brief and hoping, and present data and measurement directly to clients. Teams here treat AI as a tool for working smarter and faster, and you'd be among the first to put their proprietary media intelligence platform to work.

Autonomy is the point. You're the trusted advisor for your clients as much as for your team, and that level of autonomy is genuinely rare inside a group this size.

What you'll own

• Own a Tier 1 client patch and deliver digital media campaigns end to end
• Lead and develop a team of a manager, an executive and a coordinator
• Plan and deliver forward-thinking digital media strategy across brand and performance for a diverse client portfolio
• Design and lead digital innovation roadmaps built on data, emerging technology and capability uplift
• Present data, measurement and results directly to clients, and be a trusted source of advice for media partners
• Oversee campaign planning, architecture, quality control and performance tracking

What good looks like

• You've got 5+ years in digital media or marketing, with a proven record of leading teams in a fast-paced agency
• You've made the jump from planner to leading a team of activation specialists, or you're close to it
• You're across both biddable and non-biddable channels, and hands-on with DV360, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Nielsen Ad Intel and Roy Morgan
• You want breadth across channels and sectors, not another year deep in the one lane
• You treat AI as a tool for working faster, not a threat to figure out later

The package

$130,000 to $150,000 package (inclusive). Permanent. Melbourne, hybrid with 3 days in the office.

Plus the structured 16-week Director program, 40+ expert-led lectures through their in-house academy, free gym membership, generous parental leave, an Employee Assistance Program with mental health first aid practitioners, and a full social calendar.

Are you 60-70% fit to the job? No worries, apply anyway and let's get a chat set up.

We require overseas applicants to have existing work rights in Australia. No sponsorship is available for this opportunity.

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