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News Corp Australia Senior Branded Content Editor in NSW, Australia
What’s the role?
Are you a creative thinker who can produce best-in-class content that excites brands and customers? An experienced editor and innovator who dreams of working with Australia’s leading brands and flexing your skills in a dynamic business?
Medium Rare, Australia’s leading content marketing agency, is looking for a Senior Branded Content Editor to ideate and create high-quality commercial content for Qantas, its Frequent Flyer partners and high-value advertisers.
You’ll be joining a fast-growing business with a flexible working environment. This is a hybrid role, based in our Sydney office but with the opportunity to work part of your week remotely.
You’ll work closely with sales and account service, design and editorial teams to develop innovative content for digital publishing platforms, social media, video and print channels.
Key responsibilities:
Lead the ideation and production of high-quality digital copy, social media assets, video concepts and scripts, as well as print magazine executions, overseeing the process from concept through to delivery.
Working predominantly on Qantas magazine, Qantas Travel Insider and Qantas social channels, you’ll edit and commission commercial content for a range of partners and advertisers. Knowledge of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program would be very beneficial.
Manage the workflow of branded content production, balancing multiple concurrent projects and managing freelance resources.
Work closely with clients to agree on concepts, execute them within editorial guidelines and liaise on revisions. An exceptional eye for detail is essential.
Use social media channels and email newsletters to amplify content – maximising engagement but also driving action.
Ideate, research and edit across a broad range of topics, including travel, business, food and wine, style, homes and technology, and keep a close eye on trends in these areas.
Who are you?
At least five years’ experience as a features editor or content manager at a media publisher, agency or brand. We need someone with skills to tell a story across all channels, so solid experience in print, digital and social content is essential.
High-level organisational skills and demonstrated experience juggling multiple concurrent projects autonomously. You work to deadlines, while always maintaining an eye for detail and quality.
High-level commissioning and copy editing skills, as well as the ability to manage freelance writers within a budget.
A strong understanding of revenue generation in the branded content space. You have experience creating content campaign proposals and presenting these in client meetings.
Excellent communication skills to work with both sales and creative teams, as well as driving positive and productive conversations with clients and stakeholders.
Ability to think visually and direct visual assets, including social content, videos and ad creative.
Up-to-date knowledge of all social media platforms, best practices and specifications. You know what will perform best on Instagram Stories vs Reels vs Tiktok, how to supercharge click-throughs and make sure content is optimised to perform on each platform.
You’re an innovator with a love of learning. You’re always looking for new ways to wow clients and drive results.
Knowledge of SEO research and writing is advantageous.
News Benefits
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
Who are we?
Medium Rare is a hybrid workplace. We’re based in Pyrmont but you’ll have the opportunity to work part of your week remotely.
Our team is dynamic and high-performing and we encourage key behaviours in our people to help maintain and improve our company culture.
●We are hardworking and stay true to our strong Medium Rare brand and reputation, leading positive relationships with our clients and showing them that we understand their worlds.
●We prioritise healthy work relationships by bringing our team together in productive and collaborative ways, celebrating individual and joint achievements.
●We are constantly looking for ways to improve our processes by creating ways of working that enable collaborative, creative idea generation.
●We prioritise our integrity as a team and individuals by working hard to maintain high professional standards, seeking out diverse and varied client work and pushing back on unreasonable client demands.
What’s next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.
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Commercial Client
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