Media Advisor

4 days ago


Brisbane, Australia CSIRO Full time

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

**Child safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The opportunity**:

- **Bring your communications and media expertise to CSIRO**:

- **Join a collaborative team, in a flexible work environment**:

- **Highlight CSIRO’s science and impact**

We are seeking a Media Advisor to play a critical role in amplifying CSIRO’s science and impact through earned and owned media.

As the Media Advisor, you will manage CSIRO’s Media Centre and triage incoming media requests to the dedicated media line and inbox. You will help to identify storytelling opportunities, devise and deliver PR/media strategies, nurture strategic media relationships, pitch stories, and assist in effective issues management.

You’ll draw on your strong media relations experience, within public relations or journalism, to craft compelling pitches that generate coverage. Success in this role requires a strong news sense, a flair for storytelling and a good understanding of how social and digital media intersect.

**Your duties will include**:

- Uploading media releases to CSIRO’s website, distributing releases via news wires and other platforms. Providing advice and training to Communication staff as required for uploading media release content.
- Working with Communications and other stakeholders to identify story opportunities, developing and executing multi-platform media campaigns that harness the news cycle to raise CSIRO’s profile on topics of strategic significance to targeted audiences.
- Supporting communication peers across research units with pitching media stories to ensure the best possible outcome.
- Identifying storytelling opportunities; writing and providing input into media releases, owned articles, social and digital media, videos and multimedia content, and other content as required.

**Location**:Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Canberra preferred. Other Aus CSIRO locations by negotiation.

**Salary**:AU$96k - AU$109k pa plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Indefinite, Full-time

**Reference: 99841**

**To be considered you will need**:

- A relevant tertiary qualification in journalism, communication or public relations or equivalent experience within large or complex organisations.
- Demonstrated experience devising and delivering PR/integrated communication campaigns that have cut-through and achieve objectives with target audiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with well-honed abilities in pitching to media, writing media releases, sub-editing and editing for a wide range of audiences and channels.
- Experience in public relations, alongside a contemporary and integrated skill set across digital and social media and stakeholder management.
- Strong digital skills (including experience in publishing to websites through a Content Management System), and confidence to learn new digital platforms.
- Demonstrated experience using data-driven insights to inform a success communications strategy.
- An understanding of the media and stakeholder environment in which CSIRO operates, and a strong news sense. Experience working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to turn around work within tight timeframes.For full details about this role please review the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible working arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today

**How to apply**:
**Applications close**:
14th May 2025, 11:00pm AEST



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