Media Strategist

Who Are We? 

Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences.  Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women.

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people. 

Why Are Media?   

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

• A day of leave for your birthday,
• 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
• An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
• FREE digital access to all our titles, and
• Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).    

You’re welcome in the office every day, but you have the option to work from home one day a week.

About the role

Within Advertising Sales, the Strategy team plays a pivotal role influencing the day-to-day responses to briefs. Reporting into the Commercial Strategy Manager, the Media Strategist will utilise their industry experience and knowledge to lead the custom strategy, questioning and expanding on briefs from the Sales team in a rapid response environment to build industry-leading customer solutions, owning the end-to-end process from ideation to execution.

Duties

As a Strategist you will build the best response in market.

• Identify key insights from briefs and articulate a clear and effective strategic response underpinned by a great, single-minded idea and persuasive sales story that meet the Agency and Client requirements.
• Partner with the broader Sales and Brands team to provide expertise and guidance on brief responses and proposals from a creative, budget, yield and delivery perspective.
• Engage with our Sales business by constantly evolving and innovating our offerings.

Skills and experience

Experience in cross platform media strategy or sales at a publisher, media or creative agency. You are innately inquisitive with a creative flair, balancing the big picture with the small detail, a storyteller.

• A natural at taking briefs, finding hooks and uncovering insights
• A strong communicator, you can clearly communicate complex strategies
• You're a team player with a professional and positive approach to your work
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and exceptional attention to detail

Are Media is committed to a diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We know & value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome & encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.  When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.