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Associate Digital Director

About us
Haere mai ki PHD Aotearoa!
Interested in joining our award-winning team?
PHD’s reputation as a fantastic place to work is widely recognised, from our limitless learning and development opportunities across an enviable client list and agency specialisms, to our fun culture and inclusive environment.
Amongst the wider industry, we are equally renowned as the media agency delivering clients an unfair advantage. Behind this advantage is our unique winning formula – a handpicked winning team of experts, backed by a comprehensive suite of best-in-class services, advanced products, and innovative technology.
As our newest PHD’er, what would this this mean for you? You’d get to deliver this advantage to clients through your mahi, talents, skills, and `play to win’ attitude while keeping yourself future fit and having a phenomenal time.
As for other agency benefits loved by the PHD team? There’s our free life insurance and discounted health insurance and gym memberships and a wellness program keeping us all happy and healthy, birthday and long weekend gift day programs which bump up our leave days, along with an annual calendar of industry, social and cultural celebration events.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, neurodivergent status, religion and/or beliefs, and all applicants are valued for the talents, expertise, experience, and perspective they offer.
We’d love to tell you more about PHD and the role, and encourage you to apply through the job ad.
About the role
To successfully lead a digital portfolio, utilising all PHD Group resources resulting in well executed & innovative digital strategies with excellent executional management and client servicing.
Strong advocate of an integrated work approach, with specific responsibility for the management and growth of direct reports.
Skills & Experience
  • Typically tertiary qualified, supplemented by 6+ years of strong media planning and buying experience and client relationship management
  • Sound understanding of media fundamentals and strategic planning capabilities across several channels
  • Strategic thinker with sound analytical skills
  • Able to effectively participate in senior discussions regarding business and communications strategy (may not lead these discussions)
  • Sound decision making which considers multiple stakeholders and their issues
  • Able to deliver broad business thinking as well as having the ability to deliver against processes and attention to detail that come with large scale accounts
  • Ability to engage and influence senior individuals/stakeholders/decision makers within your client group
  • Ability to challenge others (internal, client or creative agency) using appropriate approach and diplomacy to secure desired outcome
  • Confident presenter at client meetings
  • Understands motivators and detractors in leading and motivating a team of people
  • Ability to build on agency culture and cross agency collaboration and integration
  • Future focused
If this sounds like you, please apply directly via the job ad ASAP.

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