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Public Relations Senior Account Executive
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Who we are:
Burson, part of WPP, is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. When you work at Burson, you are part of a global community of lifelong learners who thrive at the edge of innovation.
WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com
For more information visit bursonglobal.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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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
You belong at Burson:
Our vision is for Burson to be the leading ‘academy company’ for creative communications professionals and emerging leaders. We provide a dynamic environment where ambitious colleagues come to elevate their skills, expand their networks, and ultimately, produce the best solutions for today’s leading brands. Our commitment to your growth is reflected in our robust benefits and people programs, which include professional development opportunities, mentorship programs with industry leaders, a vibrant and inclusive company culture fostering collaboration and innovation and packages designed to reward and retain top talent. We invest in our people because we believe their success is our success.
At Burson, we’re an agency of learn-it-alls. We recognize that the things we do best, creativity and communications, require a level of nuanced understanding. That’s why it’s imperative for us to hire extraordinarily talented people of all backgrounds and identities. Without that we can’t do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners. Your unique point of view—your talent—is what makes you a #BursonPerson, and it’s how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
When you click the "Submit Application" button below, this will send any information you add below to Burson. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. California residents should read our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it.
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Public Relations Senior Account Manager
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Who we are:
Burson, part of WPP, is the global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. With highly specialized teams, industry-leading technologies and breakthrough creative, we help brands and businesses redefine reputation as a competitive advantage so they can lead today and into the future. When you work at Burson, you are part of a global community of lifelong learners who thrive at the edge of innovation.
WPP (LSE/NYSE: WPP) is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com
For more information visit bursonglobal.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
More About The Role
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
You belong at Burson:
Our vision is for Burson to be the leading ‘academy company’ for creative communications professionals and emerging leaders. We provide a dynamic environment where ambitious colleagues come to elevate their skills, expand their networks, and ultimately, produce the best solutions for today’s leading brands. Our commitment to your growth is reflected in our robust benefits and people programs, which include professional development opportunities, mentorship programs with industry leaders, a vibrant and inclusive company culture fostering collaboration and innovation and packages designed to reward and retain top talent. We invest in our people because we believe their success is our success.
At Burson, we’re an agency of learn-it-alls. We recognize that the things we do best, creativity and communications, require a level of nuanced understanding. That’s why it’s imperative for us to hire extraordinarily talented people of all backgrounds and identities. Without that we can’t do the essential work of inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue, cultivating meaningful experiences, and driving innovation and creativity for our partners. Your unique point of view—your talent—is what makes you a #BursonPerson, and it’s how we deliver exceptional results for our clients, together.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
When you click the "Submit Application" button below, this will send any information you add below to Burson. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. California residents should read our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it.
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Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.
We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.
Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.
The Role
Planet is seeking a Business Development Manager focused on the Asia, Pacific, Japan region and their government’s National Security Communities to lead execution of the entire business development lifecycle, with a specific focus on Australia. Responsibilities include identifying and qualifying new business opportunities, pursuing long term strategic captures and supporting acquisition activities such as RFI’s, White Papers, Unsolicited Proposals, and RFPs across the region's D&I portfolio, while advocating for Planet capabilities to mission users within national Defense and Intelligence organizations. The BD Manager will contribute to the identification, prioritization and shaping of new business pursuits and the development and execution of capture strategies focusing on the Australian Defense Forces, Defense Intelligence Group, and Joint Operations Command. Future pursuits may expand across the entirety of the associated region, to include Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand, and others.
The ideal candidate knows how to navigate the complex relationships of a dynamic technology company with multiple priorities and will inspire our team and our partners. Planet’s services are novel, and we are looking for someone to educate stakeholders on the broader context of opportunities and keeping an eye on building the case for new product development.
This is a full-time, remote position based in Australia. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.
Impact You’ll Own:
- Leverage existing and develop new, trusted relationships with current and prospective Planet customers and industry partners
- Specifically, the role will need to create a strategy and engagement plan to align Planet solutions to increase support for Australia’s National Security mission needs
- Actively participate in relevant community forums, events, industry days, and other means to continually increase Planet’s understanding of the Customer’s missions, long term visions and priorities, along with budgets and acquisition cycles to position Planet to earn new business and partnership opportunities
- Build the long term pipeline at Defense and Intelligence organizations within the Australian National Security Community:
- Identify Mechanisms to Influence and Capture Future Business (e.g. RFIs, RFPs, White Papers)
- Adjudicate bid/no-bid or pursue/don’t-pursue evaluation, documentation, recommendation, consensus and way forward in coordination with Sales teams
- Establish repeatable business development processes
- Determine resource needs outside of current (e.g. consultants, subcontractors), justify resource needs, budgets and contracts, and manage the above
- Document and continuously update Customer engagement plans and key messaging in partnership with Global D&I Director of Business Development
- Provide leadership and expertise in support of strategic planning, competitive intelligence and market assessments
- Partner collaboratively with APJ Sales Director and Account Executives
- Maintain close alignment with Government Affairs on policy shaping activities
- Maintain close relationships with BD Managers across regions, to ensure consistent approaches where appropriate and coordinate engagements with multi-country Defense alliances that cross regions
- Coordinate responses to RFIs and RFPs through bid decision to submission to ensure alignment to strategy
- Collaborate with Proposal Managers and Product Leadership on product positioning and pricing
What You Bring:
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Experience working within the Australian National Security Community (e.g. Australian Defence Forces, Defence Intelligence Group, Joint Operations Command, Home Affairs) as a civilian or military officer
- Ability and experience in communicating effectively with senior level civilian leadership and/or military flag officers
- Experience forging mutually beneficial relationships with Defence and Intelligence organizations
- Excellent communication (speaking and writing), presentation, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Achievements and relevant experience in the private and/or public sector in some combination of aerospace and remote sensing, data analytics, sales, business development, and military and intelligence roles
- Excellent project, time, and budget management skills
- Experience working collaboratively and independently in a dynamic environment with the ability to tackle unique challenges presented by its dynamic conditions
- Experience working closely with organizations in a wide variety of geographies and sectors
- Highly motivated to create a vibrant 21st century aerospace ecosystem and a commercial GEOINT market
What Makes You Stand Out:
- Experience working across multiple parts of Australia’s National Security Community, preferably in GEOINT, Data, Space, Intelligence, Maritime functions in operational or strategic roles
- Active security clearance
Application Deadline:
June 29, 2026 by 11:59 PM Pacific Time (GMT 8)
Benefits While Working at Planet:
These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
- Employee Wellness Program
- Home Office Reimbursement
- Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
- Equity
- Volunteering Paid Time Off
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Why we care so much about Belonging.
We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging—dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply! At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description. We don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts. We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride.
EEO statement:
Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Know Your Rights.
Accommodations:
Planet is an inclusive community and we know that everyone has their own needs. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the hiring process, please reach out to accommodations@planet.com or contact your recruiter with your request. Your message will be confidential and we will be happy to assist you.
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AI in Our Interviewing Process: Planet is committed to providing an exceptional interview experience for all candidates. We are currently exploring AI interviewing technologies to better focus on candidates and less on trying to capture notes. As such, with the candidate's consent, select interviews may be recorded and include a Planet AI Notetaker for transcription and summarization purposes. Should an interview involve use of AI interview technologies, the candidate will receive notification and have the ability to opt out both in advance and/or real-time. Opting out will not affect one's candidacy.
Candidate AI Policy: Planet embraces Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, and we encourage its responsible use. We understand that candidates may use various resources, including AI tools, to prepare for interviews and assessments. However, during any live interview stage or when actively completing assessments for this position, the use of AI tools—e.g. Large Language Models (LLMs), deep fake technology, etc.—is strictly prohibited unless explicitly prompted by an interviewer or assessment instructions. If you are unsure about acceptable use, please contact your recruiter for clarification. If an AI tool or similar technology is desired as an accommodation, please contact accommodations@planet.com with your request for assistance. Your message will be confidential, and we will be happy to assist you. Violation of this policy may result in disqualification of your application.
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