PR Account Director - Energy

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Join an agency awarded for its culture and work with innovative brands shaping the future!

Sling & Stone is the public relations agency built for entrepreneurs, challengers and disruptors. We unearth, craft and share the stories of the most ambitious brands shaping the world. We’re a team of 60+ Slingers across Australia, Singapore and New Zealand.

Our energy portfolio proudly includes companies like MGA Thermal, revolutionising clean energy storage, Origin Energy, focused on getting energy right for Aussies and the planet, and Neara, helping energy companies make smarter infrastructure decisions with its physics-enabled technology.

We’re now searching for our next Account Director to join our Australian team and lead our energy portfolio. We want someone excited about the opportunity to get stuck in with a unique set of clients, ready to fuel your career by working across companies leading unique advancements in this sector. If you’re passionate about the challenge of translating innovation into impactful stories across varied audiences, this could be the perfect fit for you.

The role you'll play

As an Account Director you’ll provide high quality strategic communications counsel, develop audience-first strategies and lead teams of ambitious go-getters to execute integrated campaigns and secure results. You’ll also get involved with agency projects, help grow the business and expand our services, all while acting as an agency ambassador.

In return, you’ll be working with some of the most exciting and innovative brands who are truly disrupting traditional industries, have purpose-driven missions, and are looking to shake things up.

To be successful in securing this role, you will need to:

• 7+ years of public relations experience, with a deep understanding of the energy and cleantech sectors. Integrated work where you’ve overseen or directly executed not only PR but influencer/creator, social, content or more is a plus. 
• Experience leading and overseeing integrated public relations account teams. From setting strategies, to managing budgets, providing strategic counsel to clients, and assessing outcomes
• Have proven team leadership, people management, and mentor skills
• Experience in managing accounts and client needs on a day-to-day basis
• Be capable of driving strategy, have strong critical thinking skills, and a sense of creativity for a number of public relations campaigns/accounts, ensuring satisfaction across your client portfolio
• Be able to develop scopes of work and budgets, manage service levels with meeting deliverables, while keeping teams engaged and motivated 

Want to know more?

Here’s a taste of Sling & Stone:

• We’re a team of 60+ spanning Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, delivering truly integrated campaigns
• We won Provoke Best Agency of the Year in APAC + top 10 globally last year
• We’re deliberate about which brands we work with, and say no to those who don’t fit our focus on clients shaping the future 
• We’re proud of what we do. Our team is filled with smart, skilled communicators who share and live these core values: Gumption, Build, Play, Tune in
• We give all Slingers the opportunity to do the most impactful work of their careers here, giving them the training, skills and support to develop new passions, services and client portfolios, with the support of a dedicated manager

Employee benefits

As a valued member of the Sling & Stone team, you will have access to a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing, they include:

• Annual leave: 20 days annually which rolls over year-on-year
• Wellness leave: 10 days annually which rolls over year-on-year, this can be accessed for both mental and physical health needs 
• Additional gifted leave days: EOY agency closure from 23 Dec to 2 Jan with all non public holidays paid by S&S, and 2 Days that Matter to use for anything you wish each year
• Give Back Days: 2 days per calendar year to volunteer their time to a charity or NFP
• Paid Parental leave: Up to 12 weeks Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer and up to 8 weeks of paid compassionate Parental Bereavement leave
• Employee Assistance Platform: Access to Uprise, including three confidential therapy sessions a year
• 2 days in the office: We have a flexible hybrid approach with two all-hands days for our teams, to reap the benefits of in person collaboration including spontaneous interactions, brainstorms, giving and receiving feedback, creativity and learning
• Meeting free Mondays: So everyone gets a full day of uninterrupted focus time for deep work
• Learning & development: Ongoing training provided by both internal and external trainers on a variety of subjects, all housed in a Learning Management System so everyone can access past training resources from all agencies within VCCP, Gemini AI prompt tutorials and LinkedIn Learning self paced learning modules
• Growth Fund: $200 annual training allowance for every Slinger to upskill on anything they want to learn aligned to their role
• Technology & mobile allowance: All Slingers get the best in class work stations including MacBook laptops, 27inch screens, optimised AI tools + cloud tech stack, and more. We have a BYOD policy for mobile phones, and you will receive a monthly allowance in your pay
• Mid-year agency Slingathon: A moment half way through the year to come together to grow our skills, form stronger connections, work with Slingers we don’t in our day to day, and of course so much needed vibes
• Culture & connection: from monthly socials to end of year holiday parties, and everything in between, our People team ensures there’s plenty of #play, fun and frivolity for all Slingers throughout the year
• Week before pay day lunch: Catered lunches for every team in the office on the last Tuesday before payday each month
• Out & About: With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore, as well as many sister agencies across the globe within the VCCP network, there are opportunities to extend your holiday or stay in a location and work from another S&S or VCCP group agency office
• Work from anywhere: Up to 6 weeks per year of remote work from anywhere
• Global transfers: As a global agency we’ve facilitated many international transfers between our own teams and within the broader VCCP Group across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, USA, and the UK

Ready to apply?

Send us your resume and tell us why you’re right for this role! 

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Sling & Stone is built on the talent we hire. We’re only as good as our people, and the best teams are built with people from a variety of backgrounds, offering a variety of perspectives. Even if you don’t meet all of the requirements for our roles, if you think this is the job for you, please go ahead and apply. Studies have shown that certain minority groups will only apply if they meet every specification on a job advert and we want to change this. We do not discriminate against any employee or candidate because of age, gender, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion or disability or any other basis. Our people are chosen on merit, professional qualities and alignment with our values. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.