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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as a senior day-to-day strategic partner to clients, leading programs across modern earned media, reputation, corporate communications, executive visibility, and thought leadership.
- Shape narratives, storylines, and media recommendations grounded in a strong understanding of client business priorities, audiences, and the broader Australian media landscape.
- Lead integrated account planning, building clear workback schedules, action trackers, ownership maps, and delivery plans across campaigns, announcements, executive visibility programs, and always-on media activity.
- Bring strong program and project management discipline, proactively managing timelines, dependencies, approvals, blockers, and stakeholder inputs to keep complex workstreams moving at pace.
- Create operational rigour across accounts, ensuring priorities, actions, deadlines, and follow-ups are clearly documented, visible to the team, and consistently progressed.
- Drive strong earned and media outcomes through active journalist relationships, credible strategic counsel, and smart angle development.
- Write and oversee high-quality communications materials including media releases, pitches, messaging frameworks, op-eds, executive briefing documents, and thought leadership content.
- Confidently pitch stories to journalists and editors, tailoring angles to priority outlets, verticals, and audience interest
- Monitor issues, trends, competitor activity, and industry developments to identify proactive and reactive communications opportunities.
- Manage team workflows, deliverables, and deadlines to ensure consistent quality, accountability, and seamless delivery across accounts.
- Demonstrate smart time management and prioritisation, balancing competing deadlines, knowing when to escalate issues, and bringing structure and calm to busy periods so high-quality work is consistently delivered.
- Provide clear guidance, mentoring, and support to junior team members, helping strengthen media instincts, communications craft, client service, and confidence.
- Support senior leaders in forecasting, budgeting, scopes of work, and overall account health.
Requirements
What you’ll need- At least 8+ years of relevant experience in Communications Marketing and/or related fields, including research, management consulting, media or publishing
- Strong earned media operator with deep knowledge of the Australian media landscape and what drives coverage today.
- Experienced in B2B communications and comfortable navigating complex business environments, stakeholder groups, decision-making structures, and technical subject matter.
- Highly organised with strong program management instincts and the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams with confidence and precision.
- Excellent writer, storyteller, and strategic thinker with proven pitching success and strong editorial judgement.
- Calm under pressure, solutions-oriented, and proactive in identifying risks, resolving blockers, and driving momentum.
- Collaborative and commercially minded, with strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivery excellence.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Media ReleasesPitchesMessaging FrameworksOp-EdsExecutive Briefing DocumentsThought Leadership ContentAccount PlanningAction TrackersWorkback SchedulesStakeholder Management
Soft Skills
Time ManagementProactive Problem SolvingCollaborationAttention to DetailCalm Under Pressure