Auckland | Spruik® | Permanent, full-time
Great clients. Great creative. Genuine opportunity to make your mark.
Spruik® is an established, independent strategic and creative marketing agency based in Auckland.
For 26 years, we’ve helped organisations address complex marketing challenges through thoughtful strategy, distinctive creative work and effective campaigns.
We’re looking for an experienced agency professional with a record of building trusted client relationships, developing opportunities and working closely with talented people to produce work that makes a difference.
This is a senior, hands-on position with a balance of established client relationships and relationship-led business development.
It suits someone who enjoys the work itself, not just overseeing it.
The opportunity
You’ll work directly with Spruik’s leadership team and experienced studio across a portfolio of established clients, while developing relationships that introduce new organisations to the agency.
Our work includes brand strategy, positioning, identity, advertising, digital, content and ongoing marketing and creative support.
You’ll have the backing of an established agency, a strong body of work and long-standing client partnerships, alongside the opportunity to contribute to the next stage of Spruik’s growth.
What you’ll do
• Build trusted, productive relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Get to know clients’ organisations, challenges and commercial priorities.
• Identify and develop opportunities through professional relationships, introductions and considered outreach.
• Help shape clear briefs, relevant recommendations, proposals and commercially sound scopes of work.
• Work alongside our creative team to present ideas and deliver excellent outcomes.
• Take responsibility for follow-through, client communication and the quality of the working relationship.
What you’ll bring
You’re likely to have significant experience in agency client services, as an Account Director, Group Account Director, Business Director or in a similar senior role.
We care more about the relationships you’ve developed and the results you’ve helped achieve than the title on your business card.
• A track record of managing and developing valuable client relationships.
• Examples of new business or meaningful account growth you personally helped create.
• An understanding of strategy, creative development, campaigns and agency commercial realities.
• Clear communication, considered recommendations and a collaborative, practical approach.
• An interest in clients’ businesses and the initiative to turn good conversations into useful work.
• Enthusiasm for being involved in projects and seeing commitments through.
An established professional network would be an advantage, but demonstrable relationship-building ability matters just as much.
Why Spruik?
We’re independent, experienced and deliberately hands-on.
Our clients include organisations with complex marketing needs, many of whom have worked with us for years. We value good thinking, open conversations, shared effort and doing what we say we’ll do.
You’ll work with an engaged leadership team, an accomplished creative studio and clients who involve us in meaningful business challenges.
There are few layers between a good idea and getting it done.
Interested?
If you enjoy working with clients, believe in the value of great creative work and would like to help grow an established independent agency, we’d welcome your application.