Publicity Assistant

Company Description

Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company - the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want - across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.

**Job Description**:
**Your new Opportunity at Nine.**

The very busy and energetic Channel 9 Sydney publicity team requires an efficient, bright assistant.

This position requires assistance to the Director of Communications & Public Relations and the day-to-day running of the publicity department. The assistant will be required to execute daily tasks including; answer department phones, sending media releases and ratings reports, updating databases, management of 9Networks’s media site Nine Media Room and co-ordinate travel arrangements.

In addition to these general duties, they will also be required to assist the publicity team with event planning and assist Nine’s Head of Media Talent with artist schedules for shoots.

**Your Key Accountabilities**:

- Ensure all daily tasks are completed
- Assist department members with projects as required
- Ensure all media lists are updated
- Management of Nine Media Room

**Major Tasks and Activities**:

- Answering and monitoring the phones
- Management and maintaining 9Network’s media access site
- Distribution of media releases and daily ratings reports
- General administrative and executive assistant duties
- Co-ordinate and assist with events
- Liaise with internal departments to develop invites, styling, seating arrangements, catering, travel, artist schedules as directed by publicity, follow-up RSVPs
- Assist team with organization of photo shoots
- Field requests for artist appearances and interviews
- Establish and maintain relationships with media and interstate publicity departments
- Co-ordinate travel arrangements for on air artists and publicity staff
- Lodge all publicity accounts and distribution of petty cash/ reimbursements to artists and publicity office
- Manage viewer queries
- Maintain and update media contact and distribution lists

**Qualifications**:
**Enough about us, lets talk about you**

In order to succeed, you will ideally have:

- Television experience preferred (but not essential)
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently under pressure
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Very strong communication skills

**Your Operating Environment will be**:

- Office and external events, filming and photo shoots

**You will establish Key Relationships**:

- With all publicists, Head of Media Talent, promotions and programming department staff, all media, internal departments, external companies
- Don’t worry if you can’t tick every single one of these boxes, we would still like to hear from you. With a willingness to learn, a positive attitude and a growth mindset anything is possible at Nine_

Additional Information
**Life at Nine**

Nine is a people business. Being part of the team means you’ll be in a culture that promotes creativity and innovation, diversity and inclusion, is open to feedback, rewards impact and ensures everyone is heard. Importantly, you'll receive the following:

- Career development and quality training
- Up to 16 weeks paid primary carer’s parental leave
- Discounts on lifestyle, entertainment, and leisure memberships, including health insurance, dental and gym
- Access to Future Women - a movement to help women connect, learn and lead through unique content and events.
- Hybrid Working/Flexible working
- Discounts on products and services with corporate partners

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**:
**Nine’s Workplace Condition of Entry**:
Nine is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and doing what is reasonably practical to protect our people, including visitors to all Nine sites and events.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes