Marketing Business Partner

At the City of Gold Coast, we're passionate about enhancing the lifestyle of our community and ensuring our city continues to thrive. We're seeking an experienced Marketing Business Partner to lead a talented team of officers in delivering strategic, integrated and innovative marketing and communication initiatives.

About The Role
As the Marketing Business Partner, you will play a key role in developing and managing an ongoing plan of impactful marketing campaigns that align with the City's priorities and community values. You'll be responsible for ensuring communications are digitally led, evidence based, relevant, personalised and deliver real value for money.

Collaboration will be central to your success. You'll work closely with internal and external stakeholders to leverage City initiatives and build strong partnerships. You'll inspire and mentor a small team of marketing officers, fostering a culture of creativity, wellbeing, and continual improvement.

What you'll be doing

• Driving the design, delivery and reporting of strategic marketing campaigns.
• Overseeing research and insights to measure effectiveness and guide innovation.
• Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across the City and beyond.
• Prioritising marketing that aligns with City priorities and community values.
• Leading a team of passionate marketing officers to deliver best-practice outcomes.
• Contributing to a high-performing and collaborative Marketing and External Communications team.

For more information, including position responsibilities please view the position brief by clicking the paperclip icon in the top right corner of this screen

What we're looking for

We're after a marketing professional who is strategic, collaborative and innovative, with proven leadership skills and a passion for delivering results that make a difference. You'll bring strong campaign management experience. We're after a marketing professional who is strategic, collaborative and innovative, with proven leadership skills and a passion for delivering results that make a difference. You'll bring strong campaign management experience, stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to balance big-picture thinking with practical delivery.

Be part of shaping the Gold Coast's future

The Gold Coast is inspired by lifestyle and driven by opportunity. We are the second largest Council in Australia.

Benefits
We care about being the most flexible government organisation in Australia and wehave a range of benefits to help you create the right balance:

• 9-day fortnight
• Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle, including hybrid/work from home options, flexible working hours and locations
• Personal and professional development courses
• Access to 350+ fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• 4 free confidential counselling sessions a year for you or an immediate family member
• 1 free nutritionist and financial advice session per year

We pride ourselves on our shared mission of being a high-performing, customer-focused organisation which delivers value-for-money services to the community. We're committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture.

How to apply

Click 'Apply' to submit your online application. Upload your Resume with a Cover Letter (of no more than 2 pages) outlining how your skills, experience and personal attributes would allow you to achieve success in this role.

Documents needs to be less than 2MB in size and PDF format is preferred. If you encounter technical issues when applying, please email

Our selection process may include a one-way video interview via Criteria, a face-to-face or virtual interview via Microsoft Teams, reference checks via Xref and additional checks including police checks, employment history checks, qualification checks, pre-employment medical reviews and drug and alcohol testing.

Contact Person

Carly Barnes

Contact Email

Closing Date

Monday 6th October 2025

Please note applications for all of our vacancies close at 10.30pm on the listed closing date.
The City of Gold Coast is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are committed to supporting an environment where all employees, regardless of their differences or similarities, feel valued, respected and supported. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons are encouraged to apply.