Do you love news and politics? Are you built for fast-paced environments and competing deadlines? Do you want your work to help drive progressive social change?

We’re looking for another consultant to join our dynamic team in Melbourne, to help our clients engage with the public to influence policy, shift opinion and win campaigns.

The ideal candidate will be an early-career digital campaigner or communications adviser with strong writing and technical skills and experience working across a variety of digital channels. For this position, expertise in the relevant online systems will be highly regarded. This includes experience with CRMs, CMSs, data tools, digital and social media publishing et. al.

We’re seeking a candidate with a minimum of two years of experience who is enthusiastic and excited to learn new skills.

The position will be appointed at either the junior or senior consultant level, according to the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

If you feel you meet most, but not all, of the selection criteria, please do not be dissuaded from applying.

About Essential

Essential is a strategic communications agency working primarily with member and not-for-profit organisations. At Essential, we value fairness, equity, social justice and respect. For over 25 years, we have been working with clients who share our values to promote positive social change.

We are driven to make organisations stronger through integrated, evidence-driven communications. Our winning campaigns engage and activate the public, influence progressive policy outcomes and shift public opinion.

Essential delivers integrated support for our clients across market research, campaign strategy, earned media, digital media, fundraising, advertising and production. Our research and communications strategy methodology has been developed, tested and refined over our 25-year history.

About the role

Working for a range of clients, you will provide day-to-day delivery of communications services, using all forms of print, electronic, social and digital media under the direction and management of Essential's Account Managers.

The range of clients and issues on which you'll work will help you build your career in strategic communications, as well as helping to win serious and lasting change on behalf of some great clients.

Skills and experience

• You'll have excellent digital literacy and be comfortable working with a variety of digital campaign tools.
• You'll be tech savvy and confident navigating issues and problems as they arise with the support of our technical suppliers.
• You’ll be a good writer, capable of creating and curating engaging content, writing quickly and effectively in a range of styles and formats.
• You’ll have a thorough understanding of the digital media landscape, distribution tools and strategies, have experience with paid, owned and social media execution.
• You’ll have an understanding of media and communications strategy and how to draw together a range of communications tactics into a broad campaign.
• You’ll possess excellent people skills and present professionally to clients.
• You’ll be diligent, results-oriented and show strong initiative, ensuring tasks are followed through to the end.
• You’ll be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with challenging and competing deadlines.
• You’ll be highly motivated with great initiative. You’ll enjoy working in a team as well as being able to work individually when required.
• You’ll have a good understanding of the progressive social and political environment that Essential works in and a commitment to our values of fairness, social justice, curiosity and respect.

Benefits and perks

Essential offers

• Attractive package with six weeks annual leave.
• Salary range of $63k-$90k depending on skills and experience
• Central location (Carlton in Melbourne) close to public transport