Job Description

Agency :

Red Agency

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Help define the future of social, influencerand earned creativity in Australia.

Havas Red is on an exceptional growth trajectory. Named PR Agency of the Year in 2025 byAdNews, Golden Target Awards andMumbrellaTravel Marketing Awards, we are redefining what modern communications looks like - throughearned‑firstcreativity, culturalinsightand a genuinely integrated approach to PR, social, influencer,contentandbrandexperience.

Now,we’relooking for a national Head of Social & Contentto take one of thefastest‑growingand most strategically important parts of our business to the next level.

This is a leadership role with real weight: setting the national vision, building capability, driving commercialgrowthand positioning Havas Red as the undisputed market leader in social andcreator‑ledcommunications in Australia.

The Opportunity

Social and Contentaren’tjust channels anymore.They’refoundational to how brandsoperateand shape reputation, drive culture, and directlyimpactcommercial outcomes.

Havas Red alreadyoperatesat the intersection of earned media, social, creators and content through ourmerged‑mediamodel, with deep influencer credentials, proprietary tools, creator partnerships and thought leadership in the space.

This role exists to:

• Unify and elevate our national social and content offering, including its vital role at the heart of earned storytelling within integrated communications agency

• Build a point of view on where the industry is heading, and lead clients there

• Convert cultural relevance into measurable business impact

• Unlock significant new revenue across consumer, corporate, travel, tech,healthand brand experience work

WhatYou’llDo

Set the Vision

• Own and articulate Havas Red’s national social and content strategy, aligned to ourearned‑firstphilosophy and broader Havas Village ecosystem

• Define how social, creators and communities power reputation,attentionand growth in anAI‑accelerated,creator‑ledlandscape

• Build distinctive IP, frameworks and thinking that differentiate Havas Red in market

Lead & Build Capability

• Lead,mentorand growhigh‑performingsocial and content teams across Sydney,Melbourneand Brisbane

• Shapebest‑practiceacross strategy, creator partnerships, community management, paid social integration, governance, brandsafetyand measurement

• Foster a culture of creativity, ambition,inclusivityand commercial accountability

Drive Commercial Growth

• Own the commercial success of social and content nationally

• Identifyand unlock new revenue streams,offeringsand partnerships

• Play a senior role in new business—shaping propositions, leadingpitchesand winning ambitious,future‑focusedclients

• Upskill senior client leaders to confidently sell and lead social andcreator‑ledsolutions

Partner at the Highest Level

• Act as a trusted advisor to CMOs, CEOs and Comms leaders

• Translate cultural insight, platformshiftsand creator dynamics into clear business value

• Collaborate with senior leaders across PR, corporate affairs, content, experiential, data and digital to deliver truly integrated work

WhoWe’reLooking For

You are a strategic leader, not just a channel specialist.

You’lllikely bring

• 12–15+ years’ experience across social, influencer,contentor integrated communications

• A proventrack recordbuilding and scaling successful social and creator practices

• Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, resourcing,forecastingand growth planning

• Deep understanding of creator culture, platforms,communitiesand emerging influence models

• ConfidenceoperatingatC‑suitelevel, both internally and with clients

• A clear point of view on the future of social, influence, AI, trust and earned attention

You are:

• Ambitious,opinionatedand intellectually curious

• Creatively fluent but commercially disciplined

• Energised by growth, change and building something meaningful

• A natural leader who raises the standard around them

Why Havas Red?

• Award‑winning,grown‑upambition: We backbig ideaswith real investment and leadership belief

• Merged‑mediaby design: Social and content are core to how we work

• Cultural intelligence meets commercial reality

• Access to global Havas Red capability, tools and thinking, combined with real local autonomy and the support of the Havas Village

• A leadership team that values point of view,braveryand humanity

Your Impact

Within your first 12 months, you will have:

• Positioned Havas Red as a clear national leader in social, contentand influencer

• Built a distinctive market reputation forcreator‑led,earned‑firstbrand growth

• Delivered meaningful commercial growth across the practice

• Created work that shapes culture not just follows it

This is a rare opportunity to define the future of social and influence inside one of Australia’s most awarded andfastest‑growingcommunications agencies.

If youdon’tjust want to run social butre‑imagineit, we should talk.

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.