Communications Manager

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE

The National Gallery (the Gallery) is seeking an experienced communications professional to join the Marketing, Communications and Visitor Experience portfolio. In this role you will create dynamic and effective PR campaigns for National Gallery exhibitions and programs across local, national and international channels. You will get to work on an exciting range of communications projects across the Gallery and beyond. No one day will be the same, and there will always be something new and different happening to challenge you.

This is a great opportunity to build your career in arts public relations, publicity, communications and media management. As the Gallery’s Communications manager, you will be the primary liaison point between the Gallery and external media outlets. You will also lead the development of communications, public relations and media strategies, organising media launches, pitching stories to the media, tracking and analysing campaign coverage, managing the online media portal, and writing and pitching media releases or stories.

Your leadership skills will be highly valued, and you’ll have an opportunity to lead a small team to deliver excellent outcomes for the Gallery. You will join a high-performing team of communications and marketing professionals ready to support the next stage of your career. This is a fast-past exciting role, and you will play an important part in the Gallery’s success.

An order of merit may be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

If you do not wish to be added to an order of merit, please notify us in your application.

This position reports to the Head of Communications and you will be responsible for managing one other staff member. This position of Communications Manager is an ongoing full-time role.

CONTACT

Further information about the position may be obtained by contacting Fiona McQueenie on +61 2 6240 6786 or Fiona.Mcqueenie@nga.gov.au.