AddressAbout the job
- A real career opportunity with a supportive team
- True work / life balance
- Great North Sydney location and flexible hybrid work arrangements
- Highly competitive salary
- We are a boutique Public Relations and communications consultancy that is well-respected by industry and media alike due to the quality of our work and client service. We are relied on for our consulting expertise and trusted by various stakeholders among our clients and in the press.
- We offer a career and a great place to work.
- We provide stability along with the opportunity and time to enhance your skills, with a true ‘tools down’ approach when the day is up. People stay long-term with Watterson because we offer an inclusive and supportive culture, with a flat structure that ensures everyone has a voice and everyone advances their career.
- We're a small, tight knit team which offers the freedom to work autonomously and as part of a collective. We collaborate and bounce ideas off each other, and we truly love what we do.
- We’re in a great location in North Sydney with easy access to trains and buses but we offer flexible working arrangements and the necessary tools to work remotely.
- We are looking for an experienced PR professional or experienced media professional / journalist who believes in communications and its ability to make a difference. Our company is growing as we invest in new platforms, industries and technologies, and we’re looking someone to come in as a consultant to grow with us.
- We’re looking for the right fit: whether you're already working in PR, have a background in journalism or another related industry, or even if you’re looking to start a career or take the next step in one, we’d like to have a chat.
- Clients include well-known multi-national and local organisations in enterprise and consumer technology, sustainability, cybersecurity, arts and entertainment, and more.
- We work with mainstream and trade media; create digital content and develop and advise on partner, customer and internal communications; and manage social media platforms for spokespeople and companies. We work very collaboratively and support and challenge each other every day.
- Excellent written and verbal communications
- Experience with and understanding of the ANZ media landscape
- Interest in and knowledge of digital media
- Experience working directly with and managing clients
- Strong attention to detail
- Four to seven years’ experience in the media industry at a senior level; two to four years at consultant level; or 1 - 2 years at assistant consultant level
- Management of multiple client comms programs and campaigns
- Working directly with media, analysts, influencers and other key stakeholders
- Providing strategic client program management
- Working with the Watterson senior team in new business development and generation
- Managing communications / PR programs from the ground up and executing strategic programs
