Media And External Communications Associate

An exciting opportunity has become available to join Macquarie Group as a Media and External Communications Associate, working within the Group’s Corporate Affairs division. You will work as part of a close team of communications professionals on diverse and interesting initiatives, supporting external communications for Macquarie Group. You’ll play an important role in ensuring key stakeholders are updated on media and social media coverage of Macquarie, conducting media analysis and research to support business strategy, and managing reputation risks for external materials and messages.

Working collaboratively with the team, this role specifically entails:

• Responsibility for media monitoring, including social media monitoring, and keeping colleagues and staff throughout Macquarie updated on relevant coverage
• Distributing daily media coverage reports to staff
• Organising media outreach and media briefings for conferences, events, and financial result announcements throughout the year
• Supporting the team with preparing key messages and communications plans for announcements
• Managing requests from journalists for Macquarie’s market commentary and research
• Reviewing external materials and external speaking requests to ensure reputational risks are mitigated and quality control is upheld
• Arranging media training for staff in Australia
• Conducting media research, summaries, briefing notes, and media coverage analysis reports
• Fielding calls and emails from media and directing them as appropriate

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Recently graduated with a university degree in communications, marketing or another associated field, or have up to two years of experience in a similar role
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail
• A collaborative work style as part of a busy team, with the ability to also work autonomously
• Enthusiasm, a strong appetite to learn, and a good sense of judgement

If you are an engaged and proactive team player, please apply online today!

About the Financial Management Group

In our Financial Management Group you will be part of a team that provides strategic analysis and advice on capital, funding, liquidity, tax and financial performance to support the growth of Macquarie's businesses around the world. You will join a team that ensures Macquarie continues to meet its financial, regulatory and tax reporting compliance obligations in the jurisdictions in which we operate, and a team that maintains significant relationships on behalf of the Group.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable environment enables us to deliver innovative and sustainable outcomes for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’ is as inspiring to you as it is to us, please apply. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways.

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage candidates to speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you, and the type of working arrangements that would help you thrive.