Associate Director

We are looking to appoint an Associate Director – Communications and Engagement to our team of communications consultants, providing strategic consulting advice and expertise to clients.

You'll lead complex, high-impact work for some of WA's most interesting organisations across communications, engagement and strategy. It's the quality and variety of work and the opportunity to collaborate with our exceptional team who enjoy working together that sets Clarity apart.

We're looking for a strategic thinker who can set direction, build trusted client relationships, and deliver work of an excellent standard, working with a dedicated, talented team.

The Opportunity

This senior consulting role offers the chance to work with a leading corporate communications and design agency. At Clarity, we partner with a diverse range of clients, shaping reputations and driving business growth through our unique combination of strategic communications, branding, marketing, and design.

We help shape and build the reputations of some of WA's largest organisations, playing a key role in their success. What sets Clarity apart is our diverse, high-quality work and a collaborative team that thrives on making an impact — having fun along the way.

If you enjoy working across a diverse portfolio of clients and projects, can provide high-level, strategic reputational advice to senior leaders, and work closely with our team of motivated, high-performing communications professionals, we would love to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Take briefs, clarify the problem to be solved, scope work, and deliver to agreed objectives, timelines and budgets.
• Lead best-practice communications and engagement strategies for projects across government, infrastructure, transport, property and community contexts.
• Map stakeholders, plan engagement, facilitate engagement, and build constructive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders depending on the project at hand.
• Coordination of media relations, proactive media/brand opportunities, and issues management.
• Create high-quality content in the form of media releases, speeches, briefings, fact sheets, digital content, letters and reports.
• Manage and monitor project progress.
• Manage and mentor other consultants within the team, providing clear briefs and constructive feedback, supporting their professional development.

About you

• You have 5–10+ years experience in communications and/or stakeholder engagement (agency or in-house), with demonstrated success delivering complex programs in WA.
• Outcomes-focused with an ability to simplify complexity for communication to stakeholders.
• You're a natural problem solver and you enjoy thinking outside the box to come up with creative solutions to complex and unique communication challenges.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a sharp eye for clarity, tone and purpose.
• You're happy to work both independently and within a team environment where you can support and collaborate with colleagues at all levels and share your knowledge, expertise and ideas.
• You're confident in managing project budgets and taking on responsibility for the tracking of performance against targets.
• Tertiary qualifications in communications, marketing or a related discipline — or equivalent experience.
• IAP2 training/certification and/or formal engagement qualifications are desirable.

About us

Clarity is an established, full-service communications agency with a dynamic and fast-paced atmosphere. We are a fun and friendly team of forward-thinking people with local, national and international experience, based in the heart of Subiaco.

You'll work with an amazing team of people.

We make every effort to find the right people – it's the highest priority in our recruitment process. We enjoy working together to deliver excellent results. We have fun at work and it's important to us that our people are supported and cared for.

We will invest in you.

The Clarity Academy is our Professional Development Program which ensures people continue to develop their skills and career. You'll learn on the job every day, with a variety of work, and the ability to tap into the knowledge of our highly-experienced team.

We involve everyone in the business.

We pride ourselves on keeping everyone up to date with business performance and activity. Our employee incentive scheme ensures everyone shares in the success of our hard work, with a transparent bonus system based on business performance.

Salary negotiable, dependent on experience. Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia.

If you're interested in hearing more, we'd love to hear from you.

Email us at  referencing 'Associate Director – Communications and Engagement' in your subject line or apply via SEEK.

Clarity Communications is an equal opportunity employer – we value and encourage diversity in our workplace.