Public Relations Officer

Think HQ Pty Ltd is seeking a Public Relations Officer.

At Think HQ, we use inclusive communications to tackle complex social challenges and promote for-purpose projects.

We’re looking for an experienced Public Relations Officer to join our rapidly growing team, where you’ll help develop and oversee the implementation of integrated and PR-led campaigns targeting diverse Australian audiences, working with and learning from experts across the business, and using your strategic communications skills for good.

About Us
We're a genuinely collaborative, full-service communications agency working across Public Relations, advertising, multicultural communications, web design, animation, film and audio production. Our skills are diverse, but we’re all united by our passion for projects that deliver positive outcomes for people, places and the planet.

We’re a diverse bunch; ex-journos, filmmakers, social researchers, PR professionals, community engagement specialists, writers, animators, designers, and strategists who love what we do.

We unapologetically seek out work that will have a genuine positive impact. We all know where we are headed, and we’re united by our mission to make change. Our growth is underpinned by our values.

Think HQ values inclusion and diversity – it’s the reason we can do the work we do. We welcome and actively encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQA+ people, people from our multicultural communities, or who speak a language other than English, people with disabilities, older Australians and parents returning to the workforce.

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent.

Annual salary: $75,000.00 – $80,000.00 excluding SGC

Duties and Responsibilities include:
-Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with consumer, community, employee, and public interest groups.
- Come up with different PR strategies that will lead to easy acceptance and appreciation of any new move by the organisation and our clients.
- Plans or directs the development of programs to maintain favorable public and stakeholder views of the organisation and client’s agenda and accomplishments.
- Studying the organisation and client objectives, promotional policies, and needs to build Public Relations strategies that influence public opinion and promote products, ideas, and services.
- Preparing and editing organisational publications, including employee newsletters or stockholders' reports, for internal and external audiences
-Maintaining cordial relations with the clients, potential clients, media persons
-Plans and oversees the delivery of media and stakeholder events
-Producing and/or overseeing the development of effective and high-quality written materials in a range of PR formats (e.g. media releases, eDM copy, stakeholder plans)
 

Skills and Qualifications:
- Qualification at the level of Bachelors Degree in a related field
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the role
- Excellent knowledge of print, online and broadcast media and PR processes, plus a genuine interest in news and current affairs
- A solid network of media contacts - journalists, editors and producers - and the ability to land high impact coverage 
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing for media and a variety of audiences
- Excellent organisation and time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects/tasks and meet set deadlines
- Proven ability to manage client and projects, develop effective PR strategies, meet deadlines, and liaise with suppliers and stakeholders
- Interest in or experience engaging with multicultural communities, including basic understanding of Australia’s cultural demographics, relevant Government policies and approaches, principles of cultural diversity
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to accept feedback and apply learnings to future work
- Experience planning and delivering successful media and stakeholder events or activations; and experience working on government or behaviour change campaigns would be considered a real bonus.