What's the role?

This is a high-impact opportunity for a senior, commercially minded Senior Account Manager to join Medium Rare (a News Corp Australia–owned content and marketing agency) and play a pivotal role within CommBank Connect, Australia’s largest financial owned media network, which Medium Rare represents.

In this role, you will own and grow a portfolio of key agency and client relationships, driving sustainable revenue growth and positioning CommBank Connect as a strategic, long-term media partner.

Acting as a trusted advisor to clients, you will leverage data, insights, and measurement to deliver integrated, results-driven media solutions across CommBank Connect’s premium asset suite.

Responsibilities

• Patch Ownership & Revenue Drive: Manage and develop your own dedicated client and agency patch while collaborating closely with the wider team to drive overall revenue and growth for CommBank Connect.

• Proactive Account Acquisition: Map, identify, and systematically build direct connections with senior decision-makers across your patch to secure new business and open doors with target accounts.

• Proposal Lead & Strategic Response: Lead the end-to-end response to complex client briefs, collaborating with Strategy and Content teams to develop tailored, insight-led media strategies from pitch through to delivery.

• Revenue & Pipeline Accountability: Track, monitor, and communicate sales performance, using internal systems with discipline to manage pipeline, forecast revenue, and deliver against targets across digital, print, screen, and partnership assets.

• Market Education & Commercial Storytelling: Educate the market on CommBank Connect’s unique proposition, applying data, research, and campaign measurement to build compelling channel recommendations aligned to brand objectives.

• Flawless Campaign Delivery: Partner closely with operations and delivery teams to ensure seamless campaign execution, on-time delivery, and high-quality reporting for all contracted clients.

Who are you?

• Tenacious Relationship Builder: A natural door-opener who proactively builds trust, expands networks, and manages end-to-end client engagement to convert target agency accounts into long-term commercial partners.

• Agile & Growth-Minded Professional: Thrives in a dynamic, fast-building environment with the self-motivation, resilience, and initiative needed to scale a growing media business.

• Strategic Proposal Lead: Skilled at analysing client briefs and bringing cross-functional teams together to craft persuasive, insight-driven pitches.

• Data-Informed Commercial Hunter: Confidently interprets data, market insights, and performance metrics to shape high-performing media strategies and drive revenue outcomes.

• Insight-Led Commercial Storyteller: Adept at educating the market on modern media channels, helping agency and brand clients see the clear commercial value and ROI of a non-traditional offering.

• Collaborative & Disciplined Executer: Combines strong cross-team collaboration across sales, strategy, and operations with structured reporting hygiene and attention to operational detail.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits

• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

In addition to our perks and benefits, employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and professional growth, such as:

• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career

• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives

• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers

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Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!

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