Marketing & Communications Manager

A unique opportunity for a self-motivated Marketing and Brand specialist to join our growing company to manage (and grow) our primary brand (XAM Consulting).
This is a part-time 12-month contract with an idea to go permanent, 3 days per-week role with XAM Consulting, driving all marketing, communication, lead generation and brand-building activities.
3 days per week $350 per day inc super.
**We want someone who will**
- Create and execute a strategic marketing plan alongside the leadership team
- Drive business growth with strong marketing, from brand to lead generation
- Build on our existing brand and brand voice for XAM, and develop this for our new ventures
- Turn the work we do internally into leadership-based content, working with internal staff to package their brilliance into quality communications.
- Drive all marketing initiatives and seek out new opportunities/ways to market
- Maintain and develop our social media platforms and online assets
- Create and maintain marketing materials (including content, marketing collateral, video and photography), If required recruit and managing freelance creatives - image and video. There is budget for creative and content for large pointed pieces of work but this is not an agency management role, in order to achieve results you will need to do a mixture of the work yourself (eg with Canva) and freelance/internal designers.
- Develop and ensure consistent use of brand guidelines and templates
- Seek out opportunities for press (including drafting and proofing press releases)
- Lead internal and external event initiatives, including maintaining events calendar, event planning, sponsorship coordination, on-the-day support, and post event follow up
- Plan, execute and measure quarterly marketing campaigns
- Align XAM communications to customer problems/needs/desires, turn our internal ways of working into our unique selling propositions
- Create case studies of our work in multiple formats
- Manage website creative and content

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What you won’t have to do*
- Anything technical/programming - web etc

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What we’re looking for*
Above all else, we would love to find a driven, empathetic, highly skilled communicator with a lot of initiative... but the below attributes would be looked upon favourably.
- Understanding and proficient use of digital marketing and social media platforms
- Experience with developing and managing content, including written and video, for digital, ads and social media.
- Experience in developing and growing a brand
- The ability to write and communicate in a brand voice, this a must have
- Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail
- A Design or Marketing/Comms degree and/or a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- A creative growth mindset with a willingness to contribute new ideas
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and working knowledge of
- Knowledgeable about technology industry
- Understanding of content and thought leadership-based marketing
- It is desirable to have experience in advertising platforms, not required but need to be open updating creative in the platform

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What we can provide*
- Remote/flexible work, school hours friendly. You can work remotely but with trips into the CBD at occasions, approx. 2-3 per month plus being onsite for events across syd/bris/melb.
- the opportunity to work in a smaller business where your work makes a difference
- a chance to have a real impact on business direction and operations
- commitment to your professional development and growth
- regular social activities including weekly Friday night events
- a strong, supportive and fun team culture (we all genuinely really like each other)
- a workplace that values the health and happiness of their staff above all else, and a genuine commitment to wellbeing and work/life balance

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**Salary**: $350.00 per day