Media Business Director (Contract)

Job Description:

dentsu is a network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in a sustainable economy. As a unified organisation, dentsu brings together deep expertise across media, creative and customer experience to deliver integrated solutions that drive meaningful progress for clients and society.

dentsu Aotearoa’s radically collaborative team of diverse creators unifies people, clients, and capabilities through horizontal creativity to help clients create culture, change society, and invent the future.

We are now excited to invite applications for the role of Media Business Director on a fixed-term contract (immediate start to end of January) with our awesome team in Auckland.

The role:

As Business Director, you'll be the senior lead across a portfolio of clients, overseeing the development and delivery of integrated media strategies across both traditional and digital channels. You'll work closely with internal specialist teams to ensure campaigns are insight-led, commercially effective, and flawlessly executed.

You'll also play a key leadership role within the agency, mentoring team members, strengthening client partnerships, and identifying opportunities to grow client accounts and broaden our service offering.

Core responsibilites:

• Act as the senior day-to-day client lead, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and providing strategic counsel.
• Lead the development of integrated media strategies and plans across offline and digital channels.
• Ensure the highest quality of client deliverables, campaign execution, reporting, and overall account performance.
• Partner closely with Digital Directors, Business Directors, and specialist teams to deliver cohesive media solutions.
• Oversee client contracts, compliance requirements, and commercial processes where required.

A bit about you:

• Extensive experience in a senior media agency role, ideally at Business Director level or equivalent.
• Strong background in media strategy, planning, and client leadership across traditional and digital channels.
• Proven ability to build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and influencing skills.
• Able to simplify complex challenges and translate insights into clear strategic recommendations.
• Calm, adaptable, and comfortable stepping into an established team to make an immediate impact.

Become a champion for meaningful progress:
Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

If you want to belong to a one global network where opportunities are limitless – we look forward to welcoming you.

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