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We’re on the lookout for a Corporate Account Manager to join the team at Burson  

If you’re an experienced AM with a background in issues & crisis and/or fintech, and are keen to work across complex, high impact briefs. This could be the role for you. 

This is a corporate leaning role with a strong focus on tech, reputation, and working across a mix of global and emerging brands. You’ll support integrated communications, while partnering closely with senior leaders and clients in fast moving, often regulated environments. 

You’ll play a key role in helping clients manage risk, shape narratives, and deliver strategic communications that cut through, ideal for someone who can confidently flex between corporate storytelling and issues management 

What You’ll Do 

• Lead day to day client management across corporate and integrated accounts
• Support and manage issues and crisis communications, including monitoring, messaging, and response
• Develop strategic communications plans across a range of audiences
• Oversee content development including media materials, stakeholder comms, and thought leadership
• Manage media relations and build strong journalist relationships
• Contribute to social and digital campaigns, working closely with integrated teams
• Support new business, proposals, and strategic recommendations
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members  

Experience That Contributes To Success 

• Experience operating at Account Manager level within PR, corporate communications, or agency environments
• Strong background in issues & crisis communications
• Experience working across fintech or financial services (or other regulated industries)
• Proven ability to manage clients and provide strategic counsel in high-pressure environments
• Strong writing skills across corporate and media materials  

Advantageous: exposure to our key capability areas: 

• Social & Total influence
• Data & intelligence (including AI/digital)
• Strategy  

At Burson, we’re driven by Craft, Curiosity, Counsel, and Camaraderie; and we’re always looking for people who bring sharp thinking, strong judgement, and a collaborative mindset. 

If this sounds like you (or someone in your network), we’d love to hear from you. 

#PRJobs #CorporateCommunications #CrisisComms #Fintech #Burson #Hiring #AgencyLife 

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We’re on the lookout for our next Account Coordinator to join our Corpsumer team at Burson 

If you’re early in your PR & communications career and keen to work across exciting consumer brands, campaigns, and culture led moments, this could be the role for you. 

You’ll join our corpsumer team, supporting integrated campaigns that span media, social, and influencer. This is a great opportunity to build your foundations in PR while gaining hands on experience across the full communications mix, from day to day media relations through to larger campaign moments. 

You’ll be part of a collaborative team, learning directly from experienced consultants and getting exposure to how we bring ideas to life for some of the world’s most recognised and emerging brands. 

What You’ll Do 

• Support day-to-day client servicing across consumer accounts
• Monitor media, trends, and cultural moments relevant to your clients 
• Assist with drafting materials including media releases, reports, and campaign summaries
• Help coordinate press materials, events, influencer activity, and media outreach
• Support social and digital campaign execution
• Contribute to research, ideas, and new business opportunities
• Learn from senior team members to build your storytelling and client management skills  

Experience That Contributes To Success 

• 6-12 months experience or internship in PR, communications, or a related field
• Passion for consumer brands, media, and pop culture and corporate
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn
• Interest in social, influencer, and digital trends
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitasks
• A team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment  

Advantageous: exposure or interest in one or more of our key capability areas: 

• Earned creative
• Social & influence
• Data & intelligence (including AI/digital) 
• Strategy  

At Burson, we’re driven by Craft, Curiosity, Counsel, and Camaraderie and we’re always looking for people who bring energy, ideas, and a willingness to grow. 

If this sounds like you (or someone in your network), we’d love to hear from you. 

#PRJobs #ConsumerPR #Communications #Burson #AgencyLife #Hiring 

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We’re on the lookout for an experienced Account Director to join our Corporate team at Burson, leading a portfolio of B2B tech clients while playing a key role in driving new business and growth across the agency.

This is a senior, client-facing role suited to someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, reputation, and commercial impact. You’ll lead complex corporate accounts, partner closely with senior stakeholders, and bring a sharp understanding of how communications drives business outcomes in the B2B and technology space.

Alongside leading day-to-day client strategy, you’ll play a critical role in new business – from shaping pitch strategy and narratives through to identifying opportunities and converting growth.

You’ll be part of a high-performing corporate team, working across integrated campaigns that span earned media, executive profiling, issues and reputation management, and strategic advisory, with exposure to some of the most dynamic and fast-evolving sectors.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end client strategy and delivery across B2B tech and corporate accounts
• Act as a senior trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic counsel on reputation, positioning, and communications approach
• Drive new business efforts, including pitch development, narrative creation, and identifying growth opportunities within existing and new clients
• Oversee integrated campaigns spanning media, digital, thought leadership, and executive visibility
• Mentor and lead junior team members, uplifting capability and ensuring high-quality output
• Build and maintain strong senior media relationships, particularly across business and technology press
• Contribute to agency-wide thinking, bringing forward ideas that align to Burson’s growth priorities
• Ensure strong commercial management across accounts, including forecasting, resourcing, and delivery against KPI   

Experience that contributes to success

• Significant experience in corporate communications / PR, ideally at Account Director level or equivalent
• Strong background in B2B and/or technology clients (essential)
• Proven experience leading client strategy and managing senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated success in new business – including contributing to and winning pitches
• Strong understanding of the corporate and media landscape, including business, tech, and policy environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to shape compelling narratives
• Confident team leader with experience mentoring and developing junior talent
• Commercially minded, with an understanding of account growth and revenue drivers

Advantageous: experience in one or more of our key capability areas

• Issues & crisis
• Data & intelligence (including AI / digital)
• Strategy & advisory
• Social & influence (from a corporate lens)

At Burson, we’re driven by Craft, Curiosity, Counsel, and Camaraderie; and we’re looking for someone who brings strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and a growth mindset to help shape what’s next.

If this sounds like you (or someone in your network), we’d love to hear from you.

#PRJobs #CorporatePR #B2BTech #AccountDirector #Communications #Burson #Hiring

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As a Senior Account Executive at Burson, you won’t just be executing campaigns, you’ll be helping shape them. Working closely with Account Directors and Client Leads, you’ll bring strategy to life across earned, digital and influencer channels, delivering work that genuinely moves the needle for our clients’ reputations.

You’ll sit at the heart of the action, building strong client partnerships, confidently engaging media, mentoring junior talent and contributing ideas that elevate both campaigns and the wider agency.

This is a dynamic, high-visibility role with real breadth. From strategic planning and media engagement to commercial exposure and new business support, you’ll gain hands-on experience across the full spectrum of agency life.

We’re ideally looking for a Consumer focused SAE based in Sydney, with strong core PR fundamentals, complemented by experience or interest in areas such as paid social, influencer engagement, earned creative or social/content.

If you’re ready to step up, broaden your impact and grow within a global communications leader, this is the role that accelerates your next chapter.

What You’ll Do 

• Help shape strategy, not just execute it – partner with Client Leads and Account Directors to turn ideas into impactful, integrated campaigns 

• Own delivery that makes an impact – lead day-to-day execution across media, influencer and integrated programs 

• Be the voice behind the coverage – pitch confidently to journalists, editors and creators to secure high-quality earned outcomes 

• Craft stories that cut through – develop compelling press releases, pitches, social content and campaign materials 

• Bring campaigns to life – coordinate events, activations and press moments from concept through to delivery 

• Turn results into insight – track performance, analyse coverage and contribute to meaningful reporting 

• Build trusted client relationships – develop strong client understanding and proactively identify opportunities 

• Elevate those around you – mentor junior team members and contribute to a high-performing team culture 

• Support growth – contribute to new business, case studies and agency initiatives 

Experience That Contributes To Success 

• Experience in PR or communications (agency preferred), ideally across consumer or corpsumer campaigns 

• A strategic mindset, with the ability to connect earned, social, digital and influencer into cohesive campaigns 

• Strong core PR fundamentals, media relations, pitching, storytelling and stakeholder engagement 

Plus one capability (essential): 
You bring strength in at least one of the following areas: 

• Paid social 

• Influence / creator engagement 

• Earned creative / campaign ideation 

• Social & content strategy 

• Strong social and digital understanding, including platform nuances and trend awareness 

• Excellent writing skills across media and digital formats 

• Digital fluency, with openness to using data, insights and AI tools to enhance performance 

• Highly organised, commercially aware and confident managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment 

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We’re looking for an HR Business Partner to join us on a 12-month maternity cover, working 3 days per week, starting end of May / early June.

This is a true HRBP role sitting at the heart of the business supporting Burson, Hawker Britton and Barton Deakin, with strong connection into WPP locally and Burson both regionally and globally.

You’ll operate as a trusted partner to the business, balancing strategic input with hands on delivery, and working closely with leadership to drive people outcomes.

While the role offers strong ownership and autonomy, you’ll be well supported by an HR Coordinator who plays a strong advisory role, supports across all employee and candidate touchpoints, and manages day-to-day recruitment and HR operations, alongside an Office Manager, legal support, L&D resources, and WPP central and regional HR teams.

It’s a dynamic, fast paced environment with smart, high performing teams and a huge amount of exposure and learning.

What you’ll do

• Act as a trusted advisor across all people-related matters
• Drive HR across ER, performance, L&D, reward and engagement
• Support organisational design, workforce planning and change initiatives
• Partner with leaders on hiring strategy and workforce planning, with recruitment delivery supported by the HR Coordinator
• Build capability, engagement and high-performing teams
• Work closely with regional and global teams on broader people initiatives
• Ensure compliance with local employment legislation and HR best practice

Experience that Contributes to Success

• Strong HR generalist experience in a business partnering role
• Experience in a fast-paced, matrixed environment (agency experience a bonus)
• Confidence advising on ER matters and navigating employment legislation (with legal support available)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
• Strong relationship building skills and a genuine passion for partnering with the business
• A proactive, solutions focused mindset and strong commercial awareness

If you’re looking for a role where you can own, influence and grow — with flexibility and strong support around you — we’d love to hear from you!

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We’re looking for an Account Manager (Corpsumer) to join Burson in Sydney, working across a mix of corporate and consumer clients and delivering integrated, reputation-led communications. 

This role suits someone with a corpsumer background, bringing experience across B2C campaigns with exposure to B2B, and growing capability in issues-rich environments. A key focus for this role is a strong Data & Intelligence mindset, using insights, audience data and performance metrics to shape campaigns and strengthen outcomes. 

Working closely with senior team members, you’ll help shape and deliver integrated campaigns across earned, social, digital and influencer channels, while managing day-to-day delivery and building strong client relationships. It’s a fast-paced role with strong exposure, offering the opportunity to grow your skills across strategy, execution and integrated communications. 

What You’ll Do 

• Lead day to day account management, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and to a high standard
• Support the development of campaign strategies, PR plans and content calendars
• Drive execution across integrated campaigns spanning earned, social, digital and influencer
• Apply a Data & Intelligence lens to your work, using insights to inform planning, optimise performance and strengthen results
• Build and nurture relationships with media, influencers and key stakeholders
• Support issues and crisis workstreams, building confidence in navigating sensitive situations
• Develop high quality content including press releases, pitches and social content
• Use proprietary AI tools to support content development, research and campaign planning, improving speed and quality of outputs
• Leverage AI assisted approaches to media monitoring, reporting and performance analysis, helping turn data into sharper insights
• Manage campaign trackers, reporting and documentation with strong attention to detail
• Mentor and support junior team members, contributing to team capability
• Contribute to new business proposals, case studies and organic growth opportunities 

Experience That Contributes To Success 

• 4+ years experience in consumer PR or communications, with exposure to corporate work (corpsumer)
• Experience delivering B2C campaigns, with some exposure to B2B
• Strong Data & Intelligence capability, with proven experience using insights and performance data to shape campaigns and demonstrate impact
• Exposure to or interest in issues and crisis communications
• Familiarity with AI tools (e.g. generative AI, AI-powered analytics) and a willingness to integrate them into day-to-day workflows
• Curiosity about emerging technology and how it can improve campaign performance and efficiency
• Strong media relations and content development skills
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment
• A proactive, solutions focused mindset with strong attention to detail 

#Hiring #AccountManager #ConsumerPR #CorporateCommunications #SydneyJobs #PRCareers #DataDriven #Burson #OneBurson 

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We’re looking for an Account Manager to join our dynamic Consumer & Brand team, working across a portfolio of globally recognised lifestyle clients to deliver integrated, culturally relevant campaigns.

This role is ideal for someone from a consumer agency or in-house brand background, with strong pitching experience and a clear strength in either earned creative or social & influencer.

You’ll bring the ability to land ideas in culture, whether through standout earned moments or by activating the right creators and platforms to drive reach and relevance.

As an Account Manager, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery of campaigns across earned, social and influencer channels. Working closely with senior team members, you’ll help shape work that cuts through, build strong media relationships, and drive meaningful coverage.

It’s a hands-on role with real ownership, offering the opportunity to further develop your creative thinking, strategic capability and client management skills in a fast-paced, supportive and empowering environment.

If you’re ready to make a significant impact and thrive on ownership, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Do 

• Manage and optimise the full lifecycle of client campaigns, from meticulous planning, timeline adherence, execution and impactful post-campaign reporting.
• Develop and implement earned creative PR strategies and dynamic content calendars, meticulously crafting pitches and creative angles that secure premium earned media coverage across diverse platforms, including social channels.
• Drive and evolve the influencer marketing program, encompassing strategic partner discovery, bespoke campaign ideation, content oversight, performance analytics, and actionable insights.
• Ignite and contribute to innovative campaign development, consistently pushing creative boundaries to deliver culturally relevant work that resonates deeply with target audiences.
• Curate and elevate all communication assets, ensuring consistency and quality across press releases, media materials, and engaging social content.
• Harness Burson’s AI capabilities for expedited content generation, advanced media research, and predictive trend analysis, enhancing campaign efficiency and strategic foresight.
• Forge and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with journalists, key influencers, and strategic partners to amplify brand messaging.
• Act as a dedicated mentor for junior team members, fostering their professional development and actively participating in pitches and new business growth opportunities. 

Experience That Contributes To Success 

• 3+ years' experience in consumer lifestyle PR
• Experience working in fast paced agency environment(s) or in-house roles Familiarity with AI tools (e.g. generative AI for content, research and ideation) and an openness to using them across campaign workflows
• Strong pitching experience with a proven track record of securing coverage in top tier Australian press 
• Strength in either earned creative or social and influence, with examples of work that has landed in culture is a bonus 
• Interest in how emerging technology and platforms can strengthen creative campaigns and audience engagement
• Strong writing and content development skills
• Confidence managing multiple workstreams and deadlines
• A proactive, creative and solutions focused mindset 

#Hiring #AccountManager #ConsumerPR #LifestylePR #SydneyJobs #PRCareers #CreativePR #InfluencerMarketing #Burson #OneBurson 

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We’re looking for a Senior Account Executive to join Burson, supporting a portfolio of corporate clients and delivering integrated communications that drive real impact. 

Working closely with Account Managers and senior leaders, you’ll support the delivery of campaigns across earned, paid and social channels, with a particular focus on strengthening how paid and social are used to amplify corporate narratives and drive performance. You’ll build your capability across corporate communications, media engagement and content development, while bringing a digital-first mindset to campaign delivery. 

This is a fast paced, hands on role with strong exposure across corporate work, offering the opportunity to take on more responsibility and continue growing your skillset across integrated campaigns and strategic delivery. 

What You’ll Do 

• Support the delivery of integrated campaigns across earned, paid and social channels
• Develop high quality content including press releases, pitches, social content and campaign materials
• Support paid and social activity, helping shape briefs, coordinate delivery and track performance
• Apply a digital and performance mindset, understanding how paid and social can amplify corporate communications outcomes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with media and key stakeholders
• Use proprietary AI tools to support drafting, research and content production, lifting the speed and quality of day-to-day outputs
• Apply AI-assisted approaches to media monitoring, social listening and reporting tasks
• Assist with campaign coordination, including events, activations and content rollouts
• Track and report on campaign performance, ensuring outputs are accurate and insight led
• Manage day to day account tasks, timelines and deliverables with strong attention to detail
• Support senior team members on issues and corporate communications workstreams
• Contribute ideas and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen campaigns 

Experience That Contributes To Success 

• 3+ years experience in corporate communications or PR
• Hands on experience across paid and social channels within a corporate or brand context
• Strong writing skills across media and digital content
• Understanding of how integrated campaigns come together across earned, paid and social
• Confidence building media relationships and pitching stories
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g. generative AI for drafting, research and content) as part of everyday workflows
• A genuine interest in how emerging technology can improve communications delivery and campaign performance
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• A proactive, curious mindset with a strong interest in current affairs and the media landscape 

#Hiring #AccountManager #ConsumerPR #CorporateCommunications #SydneyJobs #PRCareers #DataDriven #Burson #OneBurson 

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We’re looking for a Senior Account Manager to join our corporate and public affairs team, working across a portfolio of clients and delivering strategic, reputation-led communications. 

This role suits someone with a strong corporate communications background, who thrives in issues and crisis environments and is confident across stakeholder engagement and public affairs. 

You’ll bring the ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders in complex environments, alongside a strong understanding of how reputation is shaped through media, industry voices, policy stakeholders and executive positioning. You understand that influence today goes beyond traditional media, spanning executive voice, digital platforms and trusted third-party advocates, and know how to bring this together into integrated, high-impact programs. Experience in fintech is highly regarded. 

Working closely with account directors and senior leaders in the business, you’ll lead client relationships and drive strategic programs, providing trusted counsel and guidance. You’ll play a key role in shaping influence strategies, identifying and engaging the voices that matter, from media and analysts through to policymakers and business leaders, to build credibility and impact for clients. 

It’s a high visibility role with real breadth, offering exposure across strategy, client leadership and commercial responsibility, with the opportunity to step up and grow your impact. 

What You’ll Do 

• Lead day to day client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor across corporate and public affairs
• Provide strategic counsel on reputation, issues and crisis, bringing a calm and considered approach
• Drive the development and delivery of integrated communications programs and campaigns
• Shape and deliver influence strategies, identifying and engaging the voices that matter across media, industry, policy and business
• Navigate and lead engagement across media, government and key stakeholder groups
• Support executive positioning and thought leadership, helping senior leaders build credibility and presence
• Oversee content, reporting and outputs, ensuring work is high quality and insight led
• Influence senior stakeholders, building trust and guiding decision making
• Use industry leading AI tools to enhance research, planning and content development, working faster and producing sharper, more insight-led outputs
• Apply AI driven approaches to media monitoring, stakeholder mapping and reporting, turning data into actionable intelligence for clients
• Mentor and support junior team members, contributing to a high performing team culture
• Manage budgets, scopes and resourcing, maintaining strong commercial oversight
• Identify opportunities for organic growth and new business support 

 Experience That Contributes To Success 

• 5+ years’ experience in corporate communications, public relations, or related fields
• Proven capability in issues and crisis management
• Experience across stakeholder engagement and public affairs
• Experience shaping or delivering influence strategies across media, executive voice or key stakeholder groups
• Demonstrated ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders
• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to navigate complex environments
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Commercial awareness and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced setting
• Confidence using AI tools (e.g. generative AI, AI-powered research and analytics) to enhance the quality and efficiency of communications work
• A mindset of curiosity and adaptability when it comes to emerging technology and how it can strengthen client outcomes
• Experience in fintech is highly regarded 

#Hiring #CorporateCommunications #PublicRelations #SydneyJobs #PRCareers #Fintech #Burson #OneBurson 

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As a Senior Account Executive at Burson, you won’t just be executing campaigns, you’ll be helping shape them. Working closely with Account Directors and Client Leads, you’ll bring strategy to life across earned, digital and influencer channels, delivering work that genuinely moves the needle for our clients’ reputations.

You’ll sit at the heart of the action, building strong client partnerships, confidently engaging media, mentoring junior talent and contributing ideas that elevate both campaigns and the wider agency.

This is a dynamic, high visibility role with real breadth. From strategic planning and media engagement to commercial exposure and new business support, you’ll gain hands on experience across the full spectrum of agency life.

If you’re ready to step up, broaden your impact and grow within a global communications leader, this is the role that accelerates your next chapter. 

What You'll Do

• Help shape strategy, not just execute it. Partner with Client Leads and Account Directors to turn big ideas into impactful campaigns, bringing proactive thinking and fresh perspectives to the table

• Own delivery that makes an impact. Take the reins on day to day execution across media, influencer and integrated campaigns, ensuring work is sharp, strategic and consistently delivers against KPIs

• Be the voice behind the coverage. Pitch confidently to journalists, editors and influencers, building strong relationships and securing meaningful, high quality coverage that elevates your clients’ reputations

• Craft stories that cut through. Write compelling press releases, persuasive pitches, social content and campaign materials that resonate with different audiences and platforms

• Bring campaigns to life. Coordinate events, press trips and influencer activations from concept to execution, managing logistics seamlessly and ensuring every detail is considered

• Turn results into insight. Track performance, analyse coverage and translate outcomes into meaningful reporting that informs smarter, stronger future strategies

• Build trusted client partnerships. Develop a deep understanding of your clients’ brands and industries, confidently responding to requests and proactively identifying new opportunities

• Elevate those around you. Mentor and support junior team members, helping raise the bar across organisation, writing and media engagement

• Fuel agency growth. Contribute to new business pitches, draft standout case studies and identify opportunities that strengthen Burson’s market positioning

• Lead with ownership and accountability. Manage priorities with confidence, communicate clearly, anticipate challenges and deliver excellence

Experience That Contributes To Success

• Experience in PR or communications (agency preferred), ideally within integrated consumer campaigns 

• A strategic mindse, able to connect earned, social, digital, influencer and content into cohesive, insight led campaigns 

• Strong social capabilit, understanding platform nuances, identifying trends and translating ideas into engaging, social first content 

• Confidence building and nurturing media and creator relationships, with a proactive approach to pitching and securing coverage 

• Excellent writing skills across press releases, pitches and platform ready social content 

• Digital fluency, comfortable using performance insights and open to emerging tools, including AI, to enhance campaign impact 

• Commercial awareness, strong organisation and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment