Head of Digital

THE ROLE : HEAD OF DIGITAL
As Head of Digital, you will be a strategic leader responsible for shaping and driving the agency’s digital vision, elevating our digital product, and delivering measurable value for our clients. You will build deep, trusted partnerships with senior clients, working as a strategic advisor who understands their business challenges and anticipates future needs. You’ll act as a thought leader within the agency, across our global network, and in the industry, helping define the future of digital marketing. You will play a role in reshaping the marketing industry, in a tech forward agency embracing and driving disruption with AI with game changing proprietary AI technology.
Why Megaphone
Megaphone is one of Australia's most awarded digital marketing agencies. Known for our creativity, performance-first mindset, and ability to scale brands with energy and precision, Megaphone is where data meets storytelling, growth meets imagination, and people thrive in a bright, collaborative, high-performance environment.Megaphone is part of the global marketing agency network Stellar, and powered by the industry leading global AI marketing technology Pixis.ai.
Pixis began in 2018 with a bold mission: to democratize AI and make it accessible to brands everywhere. Today, our codeless AI platform is trusted by 1,000+ global brands including Fortune 2000 companies and powering campaigns with 200+ proprietary AI models. But at our heart, Pixis is about people. Our values—innovate simply, empower people, champion creativity, keep it real, and stay human—are woven into everything we do.As we grew, we realized the technology wasn't enough. That's why we built Stellar—a performance marketing group designed for what comes next. Stellar unites 11 specialist agencies across paid media, creative, lifecycle, SEO, and platform strategy, all connected by Pixis' AI infrastructure. No silos. No bolt-ons. Just one adaptive growth engine that moves as fast as the market does. Stellar is where brilliant people, cutting-edge technology, and bold ideas come together to deliver outcomes, not tradeoffs.
Key Responsibilities
Product Leadership & InnovationElevate the agency’s digital product across all disciplines—media, content, data, and technologyEmbrace and be a driver of disruption with AI in our industry by bringing to bear the full impact of our proprietary AI tech stack with pixis.ai and Prism both internally and with clients inPlay a critical role in how we define and demonstrate value and differentiationAnticipate and design for future client needs by developing new propositions and solutions.
Client Leadership & Partnership DevelopmentServe as a trusted senior advisor to key clients, cultivating long-term, value-creating relationshipsSupport growth opportunities within existing accounts.Deliver strategic guidance across digital channels to drive measurable client impactSupport teams in translating client business objectives into actionable digital strategies that drive performanceThought Leadership & Internal InfluenceAct as a digital thought leader, both internally and externally—presenting at industry events, publishing POVs, etc.Champion knowledge sharing across the agency and global networkFoster a high-performance, innovative digital culture that attracts and retains top talentNew Business & Agency GrowthLead digital strategy and vision on key new business opportunitiesCollaborate with business development and client leads to craft compelling pitches and solutionsActively shape the agency’s positioning in market through visibility and thought leadership
Key Channels & Competency Areas
Paid SocialPaid SearchProgrammatic Display & VideoSEOCRM & Lifecycle MarketingInfluencer MarketingMartech / Data & Analytics
KPIs
Client Growth: Revenue growth from existing clients through digital opportunitiesNew Business Wins: Success rate and contribution to digital-led new businessProduct Development: Launch of new digital propositionsTeam Development: Growth of digital talentThought Leadership: Industry recognition, speaking engagements, content output
THE LEADER WE'RE SEEKING
6+ years in premium digital agency environmentsProven scaling expertise with high-growth brandsStrategic vision paired with hands-on execution excellenceNatural leadership that inspires teams and builds lasting client relationshipsAI/automation experience in marketing (strongly preferred)
You may be (or be on the path to be!) a Head of Search, Social, Digital or Performance, in an Australian indie or network agency, a Search & Social or Performance Director, or an Account Director or Client Services Director, with a strong lean to digital and cross channel strategy looking for your next challenge.