Senior Communications Officer, Creative Services, Aps6 - (Ea2024/12)

• Do you want to work at an agency where each day reveals new opportunities to work on some of the biggest issues facing consumers and businesses and have opportunities to pursue new and exciting pathways?
• Do you want to work at a place where smart and dedicated people from all walks of life collaborate to work on meaningful matters?
• Do you want to work a role that is responsible for providing graphic design and multimedia services across the AER?

Then this is the place for you! At the AER, we work to make energy consumers better off, now and in the future. We focus on ensuring a secure, reliable and affordable energy future for Australia as it transitions to net zero emissions. Our high performing culture is built on a foundation of care, support and inclusion. It’s why we’re driven by connection and collaboration, sharing our skills, knowledge and support with each other freely and frequently. It’s why we prioritise the wellbeing of our people and empower them to work autonomously, flexibly and courageously. We believe the best version of you is the one that’s true to who you are – and that’s the you we want working alongside us.
We value flexibility, this role can be performed at any of the AER offices located in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, or Sydney and are available as full-time or part-time.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds including First Nations peoples, people with disability and those from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
What you will do as the Senior Communications Officer, Creative Services
This position is responsible for providing graphic design and multimedia services across the AER. This will include maintaining the AER’s visual style guide, as well as designing materials for print, social and digital media such as reports, presentations, fact sheets, infographics, campaigns and videos.
Your key responsibilities will include:

• Provide graphic design solutions from creation to completion for print and digital, using Adobe software packages, including documents, infographics, animation, video and audio production.
• Manage and maintain an AER image library.
• Provide branding advice in line with government requirements and other related principles and requirements.
• Apply best-practice industry standards around design and multimedia solutions.

About you
In order to succeed in the role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification and demonstrated professional experience in graphic design (print and digital), multimedia production, and brand development and management.
• Demonstrated ability working with stakeholders to understand a brief and provide high-quality solutions.
• Strong creative skills, including the ability to understand and simplify complex concepts and provide design and multimedia communication solutions.
• Strong experience working with Adobe Creative Suite and other design and multimedia software, including report layout in InDesign.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organise and prioritise in a fast-paced environment, while delivering quality outputs and managing Creative Services workflow.
• Experience building and managing effective working relationships with stakeholders and suppliers to achieve agency goals.
• Experience working in a government context and/or working with presenting data is highly desirable.

To find out more about us and the role, please read the Candidate Kit.
How to apply
You will be asked to respond to the statement of claims of no more than 800 words and submit your resume with key outcomes or what you are most proud of in each role you have held (2 pages maximum).
Salary: $92,228 – $103,370 per annum (plus 15.4% superannuation)
Contact Officer: Emma Rossiter, +61 402 913 550
Applications Close: 11:00pm (AEDT) Sunday, 4 February 2024
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