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Job Title


Executive Director


Company : Havas Group


Location : Brisbane, Queensland


Created : 2025-08-01


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Agency :Red AgencyJob Description :About HAVAS Red:We are powered by a team with undeniable passion, fearless ambition and incredible ideas.As pioneers in earned-first communications we believe our best work happens when we shape a singular creative idea to live in any owned, earned, social and paid channel.Our 80+ Redsters across offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are smart, hungry, and creative, bringing together a chorus of integrated comms functions including media relations, content creation, social media, influencer marketing, activations, corporate comms, and issues management. Were trusted by clients ranging from global brands to Australian icons, to some of the fastest growing companies around.We are part of the HAVAS PR Network, the PR and communications arm of the HAVAS Group that comprises over 40 agencies in over 25 markets worldwide. Around Australia, HAVAS Red is also part of the HAVAS Village, a brilliant group of agencies and specialisms across communications, advertising, media, and public affairs.About HAVAS Red:We are powered by a team with undeniable passion, fearless ambition and incredible ideas.As pioneers in earned-first communications we believe our best work happens when we shape a singular creative idea to live in any owned, earned, social and paid channel.Our 80+ Redsters across offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are smart, hungry, and creative, bringing together a chorus of integrated comms functions including media relations, content creation, social media, influencer marketing, activations, corporate comms, and issues management. Were trusted by clients ranging from global brands to Australian icons, to some of the fastest growing companies around.We are part of the HAVAS PR Network, the PR and communications arm of the HAVAS Group that comprises over 40 agencies in over 25 markets worldwide. Around Australia, HAVAS Red is also part of the HAVAS Village, a brilliant group of agencies and specialisms across communications, advertising, media, and public affairs.About the role:Over the past 20+ years HAVAS Red has established itself as a leader in the Australian communications industry. With Aussie team members in 3 offices and 5 locations, we have the scale to develop hyper local, national, regional, and global campaigns. Brisbane forms a strategic hub for our agency, both in providing on-the-ground client activation and counsel, and in helping execute national client programs in partnership with team members from across the country.Our Brisbane team serves a mix of local and national clients (spanning consumer and corporate verticals), a small but mighty team with large ambitions, and plenty of new and untapped growth opportunities. We are committed to accelerating our growth and investment in the city which is where you come in. This is a chance for the successful candidate to shape the future of our Brisbane and Queensland offering with the support of our highly successful and established agency behind it.This newly created role will serve many purposes:Drive the vision, evolution, and growth of our Brisbane offering, all with the support of an established executive team and national staffIdentify, unlock, and ingrain new Queensland-based clients to establish a larger portfolio of local businessProvide additional scale for HAVAS Reds existing national clients and team membersBe our face and key stakeholder in Brisbane across local team members, Reds national ELT, and the broader HAVAS Village agenciesOwn the commercial and P&L responsibilities, as well as staff and hiring decisionsWork in partnership with local team members and HAVAS Red SLT to ensure a positive, exciting, and high-powered cultureContribute to the overall creative excellence and commercial outcomes of HAVAS Red AustraliaThe type of qualities were looking for:A proven PR or communications leader whos still hungry to take the next step in their careerHighly connected in Brisbane/Queensland among brand and businesses communities, with a track record of building lasting relationships and sourcing new client opportunitiesAn entrepreneurial spirit with the ambition (and thick skin) to build, shape, and grow a teamA natural and inspiring leader confident, decisive and energeticA vision for the future of earned communications and the role that HAVAS Red can play for our client partnersInherently strategic and creative in solving challenges for clients and teamsA willing partner for some of the best practitioners in the business across all functions of the agencyCalm under pressure and with a capacity to manage varying business priorities Open, honest and always acts with integrityKey responsibilities in detail:1. Client Service ExcellenceWork with the local team SLT and teams to set and uphold standards in client service.Drive account planning processes ensure quality plans are developed, implemented and regularly reviewed to ensure we have strategies in place on all client business to achieve our objectives.Establish a co-operative culture between other agency teams as needed.Foster a shared agenda with clients, inspiring them and giving them the confidence to be adventurous.Profile & MarketingLead an effective marketing plan to raise the profile of HAVAS Reds Brisbane office with business and trade media and bodies across Australia and the region. Ensure your personal brand is prominent in the local business community as well as PR and marketing industriesSupport the agency with meeting award targets and other marketing milestonesBusiness DevelopmentDrive Brisbanes efforts in new business, seeking out prime opportunities and leading and managing teams to convert pitches.Actively look for and deliver on opportunities to grow existing business by building client relationships.Establish accurate financial forecasting and plans to deliver against budgetsIdentify and realize other opportunities to increase revenue.Team Leadership and DevelopmentAn internal figurehead who will inspire, set direction and lead by examplePartner with SLT and local team members to develop a Brisbane vision and thriving agency team culture.Convey the agencys offering, philosophy and vision to clients and potential recruits.Partner with the SLT to ensure best practice processes are in place.Effective line-management of all direct reports deliver regular and constructive feedback, identify strategies for developing individuals.Develop and foster strong relationship with senior leaders across HAVAS VillageDriving Creative ExcellencePartner with SLT to ensure the right Creative infrastructure is in place to enable the delivery of ambitious ideasCreate the context to do great work across Brisbane and related teams.Build client appetite to buy ambitious ideas.Be an inspiring purveyor of great ideas who can ultimately deliver on them.At Havas, we are committed to building a future that is inclusive to all, where you can bring your whole self to work and feel valued, respected, and supported to succeed. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs, age, and abilities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply for this or any role with us.#LI-BN1Contract Type :PermanentHere at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individuals ability to perform their job. #J-18808-Ljbffr