• A flexible, full time opportunity, with a balanced focus on both outcomes and wellbeing.
• 8 month Contract, commencing early November 2023 to 30 June 2024.
• Generous Salary Packaging available, increasing your take home pay.

About us

Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of Australians?

Sadly, we lose 50 people every day from heart disease in Australia, and as Australia's leading heart health charity, we are committed to changing this!

We do this through:

• Funding high-impact research, supporting emerging and leading heart health researchers to improve heart disease prevention, detection, care and support for all Australians.
• Advocating to governments and industry for increased funding and resources for heart health.

Building community awareness about living a heart-healthy lifestyle through public health awareness campaigns, accessible information and resources.

How can you make a difference?

Looking to change lives while still flexing your creative muscle? This role will pump you up!

This unique role will require you to lead our creative team of designers as you work together on themed creative campaign work from blank page to implementation. This is an opportunity for someone who is process driven with a high level of organisation; someone will ensure that deadlines are met every time and change lives in the process.

Responsibilities

• Interpret creative briefs to produce high-quality marketing communication materials to maintain a consistent visual brand identity while ensuring compliance with print and online standards. This includes presenting final creative concepts to stakeholders and actioning feedback.
• Provide hands-on creative design leadership in concept development and design to support the brand and wider marketing strategy.
• Oversee and guide creative projects so that they are aligned with brand vision, while also maintaining quality across digital and print assets for integrated marketing communications.
• Lead a small team of designers and external freelancers, providing both guidance and direction to ensure projects are completed successfully. This includes monitoring the quality of creative output to ensure the work aligns to the overall brand identity.
• Manage the Creative Services Team job scheduling to meet all deadlines while ensuring established procedures, processes, and file management are followed diligently.
• Creative direction of photoshoots to ensure photography is on brand and meets brief and marketing requirements.
• Manage and maintain the brand and digital asset management platform.
• Work with the Digital team to ensure alignment on creative solutions for multiple channels.

Let’s talk about you!

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in managing a team of inhouse and external designers, managing workload and job scheduling to ensure competing deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated experience in leading creative across multi-channel campaigns, delivering high-impact content to brief, on time and within budget.
• Demonstrated project management skills and experience with the ability to manage multiple design projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and engagement skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Experience working within a fast-paced inhouse or agency environment.
• Demonstrated skills and experience using the Adobe Creative suite and Microsoft Office.
• Advanced knowledge of print production process, including variable data and overprinting

Why work with us?

Our team believe in our purpose: we make a difference every day through meaningful work. We promote active living and support our employees to have healthy work life balance.

• Generous Salary Packaging
• The ability to work from home up to 50% of your working week.
• A positive and supportive culture
• Additional day of leave at Christmas
• Programs and initiatives that focus on your wellbeing at work

Ready to apply?

To apply, please submit a CV and covering letter that addresses the essential requirements by clicking the apply now button below. Please refer to the position description available on our website for further information about the role.

This role will require you to provide samples of your design work and/or portfolio.

We can heartly wait to hear from you!

(PS: We may commence shortlisting candidates prior to the closure of this role, so please don’t delay submitting your application!)

Be yourself, express yourself

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We strive to represent the communities we serve and recognise the skills, knowledge and experience a diverse team brings to our organisation. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other diverse groups.

Our commitment to health & safety

We have a COVID-19 vaccination policy in place that requires all staff and volunteers to be fully vaccinated or hold a valid medical exemption. We may request vaccination or exemption evidence in the pre-employment stage.

Please note that any offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks which must be completed prior to commencement. This may include a national criminal history check, working with children check and other background checks relevant to the specific role.

A position description is attached.