We are seeking a Senior Social Lead to lead social strategy, creative ideation, and hands-on video editing across key CommBank content streams (including Brighter, CommBank Connect, and Brighter Perspectives). This role is an initial 12 month max term contract with the potential to transition into a permanent position.
This is a true hybrid role: you will set the high-level social strategy while being directly on the tools cutting and editing video assets. Itʼs perfect for a seasoned agency social specialist who loves both big-picture creative thinking and the hands-on craft of editing high-impact video content themselves. This role focuses on strategy, ideation, and asset delivery; live channel management and performance tracking sit directly with the client team.
What You’ll Do
- Hands-On Video Editing & Production: Directly edit existing long-form video, podcasts, and C-suite interviews into snappy, platform-first cut-downs, reels, and video assets (using Premiere Pro, CapCut, or Adobe Creative Suite).
- Social Strategy & Ideation: Drive creative concepts across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, turning high-level brand strategies into carousels, native reels, and static assets.
- Content Atomisation: Repurpose print, editorial, and long-form business content into engaging, platform-native visual formats tailored for social audiences.
- Branded Packages & Creator Strategy: Source, brief, and direct influencers whilecollaborating with media sales to concept branded social packages and dark posts.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Work directly with editorial, design, and marketing teams to ensure social content seamlessly elevates the wider brand ecosystem.
Who are you?
- Experience: 7 years of digital and social content experience within an agency, publisher, or brand setting.
- Proven Editing Skills: Strong proficiency with Premiere Pro or Adobe Creative Suite to produce polished, high-impact video assets independently.
- Strategic & Creative Mindset:
Ability to translate brand objectives into high-performing social concepts across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
- Creator & Talent Direction: Hands-on experience sourcing, briefing, and managing creator campaigns and executive/talent direction.
- Strong Client Communication: Confident in client-facing interactions, pitching creative concepts, and collaborating within a multi-disciplinary content team
Why News Corp Australia
Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.
News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.
Our benefits include:
- 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
In addition to our perks and benefits,
employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and skilled growth, such as:
- Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career
- Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives
- Workplace Inclusion and facilities - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents' rooms
Who are we?
Medium Rare Content Agency is an independent, award-winning Australian content marketing agency working with some of Australia’s most prestigious brands, including Coles, Bunnings, Qantas and Commonwealth Bank. We develop cross-channel content strategies focusing on robust, long-term creative solutions that deliver measurable ROI to our clients.
Our team is dynamic and high-performing, and we encourage behaviours that strengthen and celebrate our unique culture. Our purpose as a business is "To make a real difference in people's lives through quality content that inspires action - for the everyday and lifelong decisions of our clients' consumers."
What’s next?
Category: Commercial Content
Who are we?
Medium Rare Content Agency is an independent, award-winning Australian content marketing agency working with some of Australia’s most prestigious brands, including Coles, Bunnings, Qantas and Commonwealth Bank. We develop cross-channel content strategies focusing on robust, long-term creative solutions that deliver measurable ROI to our clients.
Our team is dynamic and high-performing, and we encourage behaviours that strengthen and celebrate our unique culture. Our purpose as a business is "To make a real difference in people's lives through quality content that inspires action - for the everyday and lifelong decisions of our clients' consumers."
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