Senior Account Director - Agency

The Opportunity

This is a key leadership role within NZME’s Auckland Agency Sales team. As our new Senior Account Director, you’ll take ownership of a portfolio of agency clients, leading relationships at a senior level while driving long-term commercial growth.

Working closely with the Group Account Director and senior commercial leaders, you’ll shape strategy across your agency patch, delivering integrated media solutions that maximise value for clients and NZME. This role is ideal for an experienced media sales professional ready to lead strategy, influence at a senior level, and drive business outcomes across a complex client portfolio.

How You’ll Do It

• Own the commercial strategy for your agency portfolio, developing and executing business plans that deliver sustainable revenue growth.
• Lead senior client relationships, providing strategic guidance and building long-term partnerships.
• Drive proactive and reactive opportunities, identify new business, and lead the development of multi-platform proposals across digital, radio and print.
• Collaborate closely with internal specialists, ensuring a seamless, insight-led approach to client solutions.
• Success in this role comes from combining strong commercial leadership with strategic thinking—using market insights, client understanding and innovation to unlock growth opportunities and strengthen NZME’s position in the market.

About You

• 5+ years’ experience in media sales or agency-facing roles
• Proven ability to develop and execute client strategies and business plans
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of delivering revenue growth
• Confident operating at a senior level with agency partners
• Skilled at building long-term relationships and influencing outcomes
• Proactive, strategic thinker with deep knowledge of the NZ media landscape

What’s On Offer

At NZME, we foster a high-performance culture built on being Connected, Curious and Confident. You’ll be part of a senior, collaborative team where your ideas and leadership will directly shape client success and commercial outcomes.

Based in our City Central office, this is an opportunity to lead key agency relationships, drive strategy, and play a central role in NZME’s ongoing growth across New Zealand’s evolving media landscape.

All applicants will be asked about their current working rights in New Zealand. (Eg. Citizen, resident, visa, no visa etc.)

New Zealand Media and Entertainment is NZ's premium integrated media group. We keep Kiwis in the know about what matters most to them, and dig into what’s going on in the world and why, as well as shining a light on the latest and greatest in news and entertainment. Combining radio, digital, and print we reach more than over 3.6 million* Kiwis every week.

We are home to more than 50 of Aotearoa’s award-winning media brands - each with its own voice, and each powered by the country’s top media personalities, journalists, broadcasters, designers, writers, commercial thinkers, operations teams, marketers, digital and tech specialists and many more. You can achieve anything you set your mind to here – the possibilities are endless!

Come and join the future of NZME. Give it your all and enjoy the ride because this could lead anywhere…