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Senior Manager Media and Communications

Adelaide, South Australia💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead media, external, and internal communications agenda, manage reputation and issues management, and act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team.

Role type

Senior Manager, Media & Communications

Builds

Corporate reputation, strategic narratives, and media relationships for a large Australian national organisation.

Domain

Corporate Communications / Reputation Management / Issues Management

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic leadership, media relations, issues and reputation management, executive communications, crisis communications, team leadership, written and verbal communication

Preferred skills

Experience in high-profile national organisations, established Australian media landscape relationships, commercial pragmatism

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Set strategic direction for the communications function, manage key Australian media relationships, navigate sensitive high-profile issues, support senior executives with media engagements, oversee speeches and public profiling, ensure timely and consistent communications, lead proactive issues management and crisis response

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on leadership

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