The Feed

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About Us

SBS is one of the world's most unique and innovative media organisations, producing trusted, meaningful and engaging content that exists for all Australians to inspire, support and celebrate the diversity of our multicultural society.

Our purpose, for the last 40 years, has reflected and explored the evolving diversity of Australia, investing in initiatives to deepen its connections with communities, sharing their stories and giving a voice to those often unheard, with the aim of increasing understanding and respect of the differences that make up Australia.

SBS is a truly distinctive network, showcasing multicultural, multilingual and First Nations stories otherwise untold in the Australian media.

The Department

The Feed makes Walkey Award winning, digital-first documentaries, vertical video and other digital content. The team sits within Digital Current Affairs, which also includes Dateline and Insight.

The Role

We have an exciting and rare opportunity for a new reporter/producer to join the Walkley-Award winning Feed team. This is a multiplatform role that covers short documentaries, vertical video, articles and social media content.

We’re looking for someone who is agile, brimming with ideas, and has the intuition to know a story’s priority platform. They’re in-tune with the zeitgeist, have an intrinsic understanding of the issues that concern young people in Australia, and are keen to get to the heart of the issue.

We are a small but mighty team who is in constant collaboration '“ we share story ideas, feedback, wins, losses and support. Come join us

In this role you will:

- Pitch and produce original digital-first content
- Contribute daily story ideas that could work for short-turnaround articles, vertical video, social media content or short documentaries
- Deliver content that engages Gen Z and Millennial audiences
- Collaborate with the team on content, production and storytelling
- Maintain an awareness of story success, engagement and traction
- Stay on top of online and social media trends and be aware of the upload processes across these platforms

About you
- Degree in media, or commensurate experience
- A keen news junkie or storytelling obsessive
- Able to jump from working independently with little supervision, to collaborating with the team
- Strong communication skills that allow you to condense complex ideas for young audiences
- An understanding of social media platforms and storytelling, including that for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube
- Experience writing articles and scripts, whether for TV, social media, or documentary
- Strong editorial judgement
- Bonus points if you have experience working with data

Some of the reasons to consider working with us
- The people A genuine sense of feeling included (we truly celebrate and welcome difference) and being part of one of the most inclusive companies in Australia
- The culture and the engagement of our workforce, we are proud to have an employee engagement score of 82% with low levels of employee turnover.
- A brand that is not only recognisable but trusted and established, we have been broadcasting for over 40 years and we’re not done yet
- We offer a range of benefits from, health care checks, salary packaging, Employee Assistance Programme, flexible work arrangements, and ClassPass access
- We also love to promote from within We have allocated funds to do just that and help with training gaps when moving from role to role.

For other opportunities within our organisation please visit our careers website SBS Careers - Working at SBS

Reasonable adjustments

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