Content Producer

Content Producer (2 roles offered)

Join us at the Australian Museum and help us achieve our Mission to ignite wonder, inspire debate and drive change 

About the Roles

Temporary roles offered:

• 1x Parental leave backfill until beginning of August 2024 (full time)
• 1x blockbuster exhibition Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs project support between October 2023 to May 2024 (part time at 3 days a week) 

The Content Producer is responsible for managing the AM’s social media channels to bring the AM’s collections to life and build audiences for topics including AM exhibitions, programs and science initiatives, while driving revenue and awareness. The successful candidate’s creative and motivated mindset will drive new ideas and strategies to increase our audience and online engagement.

Both roles will offer a slightly different focus to the BAU responsibilities of the Content Producer, as outlined below:

Parental leave backfill full time for a period up to 10 months

This role will focus on managing all of the AM’s social media channels, including managing the organic social media publishing schedule and content plan, and align activity with other teams, including PR and Marketing. This role will also help evolve the AM’s presence on social platforms, testing new products and ideas, keeping up-to-date with platform developments, advising and training colleagues, providing analysis on overall performance, monitoring customer perceptions and identifying key influencers and opportunities.

Blockbuster exhibition Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs project support part time 21 hours per week until May 2024

This role will focus on creating content for the blockbuster exhibition Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs, including producing, filming and editing creative and captivating social media content about exhibition, capturing photographic and video content, ideating creative content pieces on the exhibition for the AM’s organic social media channels, and working with the marketing team to produce creative content pieces for the AM’s paid media channels (digital, paid social media etc). From 18 November 2023 until May 2024, the Australian Museum will host one of the largest and most spectacular exhibitions Sydney has ever seen, Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs. More than 3,000 years in the making, visitors will discover over 180 ancient Egyptian treasures. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the blockbuster event Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs. 

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• Role Description 
• AM Candidate Pack

About you

This position provides an outstanding opportunity for an excellent communicator and storyteller with creative and journalistic flair and strong attention to editorial detail and factual accuracy to join a passionate Marketing and Communications team. To be successful in this role you will:  

• Possess excellent video and photographic skills and experience, including creation of content, shooting, editing and production with the ability to optimise this content for social media platforms.
• Be willing and able to undertake out-of-hours monitoring as required.
• Possess excellent digital knowledge and skills including statistical analysis and reporting, experience shooting and developing video & photographic content, experience using Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere, Photoshop, etc.), and social media management tools.

Essential requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and experience managing social media, digital marketing and digital communications.

About the Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is truly a great place to work. We aim to be a leading voice for the richness of life, the Earth and culture in Australia and the Pacific. We commit to transform the conversation around climate change, the environment and wildlife conservation; be a strong advocate for First Nations’ culture; and continue to develop world-leading science, collections, exhibitions and education programs. 

Recent staff survey results confirm that our staff feel valued, accepted and supported and that they believe the AM is an inclusive workplace. AM staff also report a high level of job satisfaction. 

The AM is located on the homelands of the Gadigal people and acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal people as the custodians of the land, sky and waterways, paying respect to Elders past and present.

Check out our current exhibitions and events here. 

The AM supports a diverse workforce and promotes applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disabilities.

Benefits

Besides working together with other like-minded people passionate about the Earth and all its wonders, you will have access to:

• Dedicated Wellbeing programs
• Career development and opportunities across the NSW Public Service.

How to apply  

Applicants must submit (if submitted as attachment, please upload as PDF): 

1. A one to two page covering letter which addresses the role description’s key knowledge and experience
2. Resume

As part of the online application process, you will be prompted to answer two targeted questions.

1.  Provide an example of an organic social media campaign that you have managed which delivered substantial reach and demonstrate how this aligned to the KPIs of the organisation or client. (Maximum 500 words)
2. What is one recommendation you have for how the AM can increase engagement on its hero social media channels? If you were hired for this role, how would you go about implementing this idea? (Maximum 500 words)

For more details, Frequently Asked Questions and how to apply for the role go to I Work for NSW.  

The successful applicant will be subject to national criminal records check and will need to show proof of at least two COVID-19 vaccination doses. 

Contact person: Jacinta Spurrett, Director of Marketing, Communications and Partnerships, Jacinta.spurrett@australian.museum

Inclusive and welcoming 

The Australian Museum is an NSW Public Service organisation and aims to attract and retain the right people for the right jobs. The AM is a diverse and inclusive workplace where genuine participation and contribution is enabled, and everyone, regardless of their background, identity or circumstances is valued, accepted and supported to thrive at work. 

This means that we are embedding diversity and inclusion in everything we do on a daily basis, whether it be our recruitment processes, workplace culture, career development programs, customer service or policies and procedures. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment process to better enable you to shine, please reach out to the contact person or note this in your application.