Digital Communications Consultant

At **SEC Newgate**, our people are what set us apart and are at the heart of our success. We create an environment that stimulates and rewards our people, where staff are supported to contribute ideas and embrace opportunities to achieve their personal goals. We look for people who are curious, self-motivated, and collaborative.

If you are like-minded and are motivated by working with a talented team on issues that matter, read below for what’s on offer.

**Jobs, tasks and responsibilities**

The successful applicant will provide hands-on implementation support to a variety of SEC Newgate clients, helping to bring their social media strategies to life.

You will have the opportunity to build your experience helping clients in government, not-for-profit and corporate sectors to grow their profile, accelerate stakeholder engagement or advocate on important issues.

You will be a core member of the SEC Newgate Digital team, and will closely collaborate with teams across the organisation to deliver great client outcomes, including our creative, media and government relations teams

**Daily tasks include**:

- Creating and maintaining content calendars
- Working collaboratively to identify content opportunities, including in response to current news and events
- Working collaboratively to produce engaging social content, including copy development and working with our in-house creative team to prepare visual and multimedia assets
- Scheduling and publishing social content
- Daily monitoring of social platforms and staying on top of community management
- Setting up and publishing paid digital media campaigns
- Compiling social media reports on content performance and audience engagement
- Keeping on top of social media news and trends

**Ideally you are**:

- Interested in current affairs and the health and wellbeing sector
- Skilled and passionate about the professional use of social platforms, particularly LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
- Highly organised with an eye for detail
- Familiar with paid social media buying, or willing to learn
- Collaborative and adaptable with a can-do attitude and great interpersonal skills
- Resilient and calm under pressure - comfortable working to deadlines and across multiple client accounts concurrently

**Your practical skills and experience should include**:

- 12 months+ professional experience in a social media facing role
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Communications or Public Relations
- Strong writing capabilities - the confidence and ability to write clearly and succinctly
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and listening skills
- Positive approach with a good sense of humour
- Demonstrated experience in previous communications, consulting or client-facing roles is a plus

**About Us**

**SEC Newgate Australia**

**120 People - 6 offices nationally**

As Australia’s largest full-service strategic communications firm, SEC Newgate understands the environment and helps to build a communications and engagement strategy that goes to the heart of our client’s challenges. With 6 offices nationally and a network around the world, we bring a level of trust, expertise, collaboration and support to our clients that few others can match.

We have extensive expertise in corporate positioning and reputation building, issues campaigning, issues management and crisis communications, and are trusted by some of Australia’s leading companies, government departments and peak bodies.

Click here to find out more about SEC Newgate Australia

**Why SEC Newgate?**
- **We want people to thrive. **We believe our people should be in the driver’s seat of their growth, but within a supportive environment. We take a holistic approach to deliver better outcomes for our clients.
- **We work on stuff that matters. **We are proud to work on complex projects and issues that make a material difference to our clients and communities. This provides a stimulating and motivating environment to grow and contribute.
- **We can be flexible on how we get there but not on delivering excellence.**We support a flexible work environment that gives our people opportunities to work under different arrangements. This is a joint decision with a focus on what’s needed to deliver exceptional client outcomes whilst balancing personal needs and preferences
- **We aim to think and act beyond ourselves. **We strive to improve ESG outcomes for our clients and ourselves with a focus on inclusion, diversity and sustainability.
- **Connection is at the heart of our culture. **We connect daily, encourage constructive and active contribution to ideas and discussions, and want to encourage genuine collaboration to deliver better outcomes for our clients. Our culture embraces a philosophy of ‘one firm firm’.
- **We’re good people to work with.**Our staff and our clients tell us that they enjoy working with us. We believe that providing a nurturing and supportive environment and sharing a passion for