Senior Communication Strategist

Delivering good energy starts from within

It's an exciting time to join Origin. Creating a great place to work means together we're progressing our ambition to lead the energy transition through cleaner energy and customer solutions. We're always looking for better ways to deliver for our customers - and for our people.

About the role:

This newly created position sits within the Brand & Design team, whose purpose is to govern, protect, and to find and articulate the way forward for the Origin brand. The Senior Communication Strategist play a critical role in taking high-level brand strategy and platforms and crafting them into compelling and integrated communication strategies that can then be brought to market by the wider organisation.

Why this role matters?

The primary body of work will be communications strategy. Specifically, the crafting of multi-channel, integrated communications plans and the development of consumer-facing messaging and the. Key responsibilities will include:

• Bring big ideas to life across the origin ecosystem by crafting clear, compelling and connected strategic work across multiple touchpoints.

• Build out multi-channel communication plans that combine owned, earned, shared and paid (OESP) channels and media.

• Craft key messages, communication and messaging hierarchies to set up the design and activation function to execute campaigns that are crisp, clear and make sense.

• Partner closely with brand experts, researchers, designers, content, social, product and marketing leads, whilst building and fostering a culture of creative and communication best practise.

What will you bring?

As a curious thinker, you will understand the governance and systems required to keep good brands great but you're a creative thinker too. You possess an ambition to ideate, create, innovate and transform. You bring with you a host of experience working across a range of brands, likely in an agency environment, or a combination of agency and client-side.

• Extensive experience building communication strategies, campaign ecosystems. 

• Significant expertise in working across owned, earned, shared and paid channels.

• Familiarity working with human and behavioural insights, and able to apply them to strategic communication thinking. 

• A bias for action and a bias for delivery. Able to develop work, present work and get things done. 

• A rich understanding of brand storytelling and a passion for helping brands to find their voice. 

• Familiarity with working in complex, matrixed environments with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.

So, why join us?

• Discounted Origin products benefits for employees, including Electrical, Gas and Internet offers!
• Origin 360 Electric Vehicles (EV) employee subscription offers a fantastic range of EVs, with flexible month-to-month plans and no lock-in contract.
• Free and confidential counselling for employees and family members.
• A great high energy team, that encourages interesting, rewarding, and engaging work!

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we're powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we'd love to hear from you.

To learn more about who we are, and what we do, visit our website: www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.