What's the role?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior Social Media Producer to join the team behind Australia’s most loved food brands: taste.com.au, Australia’s Best Recipes, and Kidspot Kitchen.

In this role, you will work closely with our social media and editorial teams to amplify daily articles, recipes and videos. Utilizing social listening tools and web analytics, you will also identify emerging trends to help create and schedule compelling daily content.

You will have a passion for content ideation and community management and use your organisational skills to contribute to the growth and success of our massive social media accounts.

Key Responsibilities

- Execute the daily social media scheduling for taste.com.au, Australia’s Best Recipes, Kidspot Kitchen, and other network brands, ensuring content aligns with brand tone of voice, visual identity and editorial guidelines.
- Grow social referrals and engagement through the creation of clever, scroll-stopping social media content (including graphics, memes, carousels, and simple short‑form video cutdowns).
- Research, write, produce, and upload engaging content and posts across social media accounts to drive audience and traffic to our websites.
- Monitor social media platforms to identify new trends, viral audio, and topics. Use these insights to devise new social content and present ideas in team meetings.
- Monitor and respond to comments and messages on social media, helping to build thriving on‑and off‑platform communities.
- Maintain multiple cross‑channel content calendars to ensure consistent posting cadences.




- Assist in the production of our social video content, including occasionally filming and featuring in these videos.
- Review our extensive archive of existing content to creatively repurpose and package the recipes and articles into new and engaging social formats.

Who are you?

- Demonstrated experience (1–2 years or a strong relevant internship) in producing social media content and community management for a brand.
- Social media scheduling skills across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest.
- Knowledge of social media best practices and how to adapt to changes in social media algorithms, including an understanding or awareness of social SEO.
- Experience using social scheduling tools, content management systems, and basic analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Meta Business Suite).
- Basic digital content creation and editing skills using tools like Canva, CapCut, or natively within social media apps.
- A passion for food, home cooking and lifestyle content (no skilled food science or recipe creation experience required).
- The ability to engage audiences through innovative and relatable social media content.




- Strong written communication skills and attention to detail; excellent ability to edit punchy captions.
- A self‑starter with the ability to plan, organise, and manage competing deadlines and priorities.

Benefits

- Exclusively ours – Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
- Perks & discounts – Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits
- Health & wellbeing – Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
- Time off – News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: parental leave, birthday leave, volunteer leave, career break and compassionate leave.
- Financial wellbeing – Support on making the most of your money

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know.

For more information regarding Diversity at News Corp Australia please visit our careers page under the section.

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