Senior Account Manager CommBank Connect

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