Editorial Director

What's the role?

Medium Rare Content Agency are looking for a highly professional and performance-driven Editorial Director with proven experience leading magazine and digital publications for business and finance brands.

In this senior role, you will have overall responsibility for the editorial strategy, creative direction and commercial integration of a high-profile content portfolio for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). You will lead the development of ambitious editorial plans across print, digital, social and audio, ensuring content is of the highest quality, engages audiences, and delivers on both brand and business objectives.

You will work productively and collaboratively with AICD as a trusted partner, understanding their content ecosystem needs, shaping their editorial agenda and ensuring seamless integration across channels. Your role will balance hands-on editorial involvement with high-level strategy, strong stakeholder management and a sharp commercial mindset.

You will champion creative excellence, driving innovative approaches to storytelling, design, and engagement while maintaining the highest editorial standards. This role requires a confident leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can inspire a multidisciplinary team to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a cohesive editorial strategy across multi-channel platforms (print, digital, social, audio)

• Develop and oversee ambitious editorial plans that align with audience needs and client goals

• Ensure the highest editorial standards through top editing and quality control

• Partner with AICD stakeholders to shape content strategies that support organisational objectives

• Manage and mentor editorial teams, freelancers and contributors to foster creativity and accountability

• Analyse content performance data to refine strategy, grow audiences, and maximise impact

Who are you?

• An experienced editorial leader (10+ years), ideally as an editor-in-chief or editorial director in business or client publishing

• Skilled at balancing strategic vision with hands-on content involvement

• Strong stakeholder manager, confident working directly with senior clients in a collaborative way

• Commercially minded, able to integrate revenue opportunities without compromising integrity

• A proven team leader with excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire multidisciplinary teams

• Innovative and adaptable, with a track record of driving engagement and audience growth across platforms

News Benefits

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices) 
• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
• Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents' rooms

Who are we?

Medium Rare is Australia's leading content agency. We work with some of the country's most recognisable brands and member organisations to create award-winning content and campaigns across print, digital, social, audio, events and out of home channels.

Our clients include Coles, Qantas, CommBank, Amex, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, Australian Institute of Company Directors and many more.

We celebrate courageous creativity and take pride in our people, our work and our clients. Medium Rare employs more than 200 people across our Sydney, Melbourne Auckland offices. This full-time role is Sydney-based, working from our Pyrmont office on a hybrid arrangement (three days in the office

What's next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit

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Commercial Content

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