ABOUT THE ROLE
We’re looking for a creative Social Media Manager to take ownership of social output for a number of global clients.

You will have a proven background (min. three years) in publishing or agency, and be comfortable concepting social ideas that get online communities fired up — particularly across Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.

You will be working directly with clients, leading always-on activity from ideation to execution across both consumer and corporate worlds. So you’ll be a calm and capable communicator with a solutions-focused mentality.

The accounts we’re hiring for span a range of sectors, from automotive to sports. So you’ll ideally have a versatile range, and be comfortable across multiple verticals.

As part of the Editorial team, you’ll stay on top of trends and move at the speed of internet culture. You see yourself as a strong solo worker, but also the ultimate team player. We’re hard workers, big thinkers, care about the small stuff and like to have fun.

ROLE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
The nature of We Are Social’s business requires a high level of flexibility and versatility. While the specific content of your role is clearly defined, the nature of the demands placed on us and the creativity of our campaigns means that the role will evolve over time and needs a ‘can do’ approach to picking projects up and making them happen.

We expect you to show confidence and competence in the key areas below:

• A keen interest in cultural and social trends
• A proven creative conceptor who’s confident in delivering planned and reactive assets, particularly across Instagram
• Capable of delivering clean copy in the correct tone of voice, ensuring it’s on-brand and always on-time
• Adept at finding the key insight/hook that will capture attention 
• Able to craft an inspiring and clear deck (in Google Slides) to present work
• Accountable for deadlines and thinking ahead, preempting any problems
• Confident dealing with clients and being able to collaborate respectively
• Be able to deal with feedback constructively and dispassionately
• Strong social platform knowledge across the major platforms, while curious about new platforms and developments
• Excellent communication, presentation and project management skills
• Being calm under pressure and with the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience in organic (and ideally) paid social media
• Manage, track, and report on performance, using learnings to optimize future creative opportunities

• Ability to assess key learnings from campaigns and incorporate them into your next work
• A knack for turning complex information or jargon into digestible consumer-friendly comms

ABOUT WE ARE SOCIAL

We Are Social is a socially-led creative agency operating globally at the forefront of marketing and culture. We are the world's leading social specialist network: Over 1300 social experts in 19 offices around the world proving the power of social thinking to drive business value. We help brands immerse their stories in the real conversations their audience are having. We generate sharp strategies and inspiring campaigns, based on social insights for forward-thinking brands like Samsung, TikTok, Audi, Mastercard, Kayo, PWC and Colgate.

We’re focused on creating ideas worth talking about. How do we do that?

• We put social thinking at the centre of what we do.
• We connect people and brands in meaningful ways.
• We create ideas worth talking about.
• We Are Social.

Here in Sydney, we are a group of people from different walks of life, united by a passion for popular culture. We Are Social is an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity of thought and experience at our company. Learn more about our culture and our work.

INTERESTED?

Are you interested in the opportunity you just read? If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Chloe Houlcroft (People & Culture Assistant at [email protected]). You can apply by sending us your CV and cover letter. In the interview process, you will meet, among others, Ruaridh O’Donnell (Editorial Director) and Suzie Shaw (CEO)

• Senior leadership role with accountability for the overall Rest-wide strategy
• Work with the Rest Board and Executive team
• Leading industry fund with significant market presence 

About Us

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support over two million members, with around $80 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

About the Job

The GM Strategy is one of the most critical, senior influencing and cross-functional leadership roles at Rest. Reporting to the Chief Strategy, People and Corporate Affairs officer, your role as the GM Strategy will be a key role, working with the Rest Executive leadership team, Board, Senior Leaders and others within Rest and across the industry.

You will have overall accountability for

• Designing, facilitating, and delivering the overall Rest-wide strategy process, including Board-level and Executive-level strategic planning.
• Developing and managing an industry-leading strategic vision for Rest

Responsibilities

• Design, facilitate, and deliver the overall Rest-wide annual and long-term strategy process, including running the annual Board Strategy process, and contributing significantly to annual Business Plans.
• Develop and manage an industry-leading strategic vision for Rest
• Lead a cross-functional strategic planning and strategy leadership group, to achieve alignment and integration of functional strategies across Rest.
• Bring best practice thought leadership and ‘outside in’ perspective to Rest.
• Provide strategic advice consulting as required, including regarding ad hoc matters.
• Work with internal teams and external stakeholders and partners to ensure there we maintain a comprehensive view of Rest’s strategic landscape.

As the Technology Cost and Benefits Manager, you will be responsible for evaluating the costs associated with technology initiatives, analysing their benefits, and providing recommendations to ensure cost-effectiveness and maximum value for Technology and the organisation.

Additionally, you will lead a team to provide operational planning, dependencies management, reporting, financial management, ensuring seamless coordination with the broader Technology deliverables.

The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, financial stakeholders, and technology leaders to drive informed decision-making in technology investments. It also involves establishing and upholding a comprehensive Value Management Framework to assess, track and optimise the value derived from technology investments and spend.
 

Key Accountabilities:

• Establish and uphold a comprehensive Value Management Framework to assess and optimise the value derived from technology investments and spend.
• Actively manage the enterprise value management framework with focus on ensuring all work to be delivered by Technology has a clear outcome and measurable benefit and realisation plan defined, signed off by Sponsor and Business Owner, planned for with Finance and then is frequently tracked and reported on. Provision of actionable insights will be key as these will feed through to Steering Committees
• Drive business management practices within our Technology teams
• Ensure alignment with the overarching Technology strategy and contribute to the budget planning process.
• Develop input for internal and external reporting; material for tenders, contractual review summaries, scheduling and minuting agreed governance meetings.
• Assure delivery of maximum value within budget and with minimum risk while quickly responding to changing business needs and demand across the portfolio. Strategic cost management across the total Technology portfolio and insightful reporting to Leadership Team required.
• Drive business impact through creation of new Commercial Management tools/processes (or optimisation and automation of existing ones) that solve for team-wide pain points and opportunities.
• Set up best practice frameworks for governance, risk identification & management, vendor management, value management, strategic planning & reporting.
• Develop and maintain Technology Dashboard to measure operational effectiveness and impact. Co-ordinate input for Board and external reporting as required.
• Direct adoption of vendor management best practices – managing key inputs for strategic vendor meetings directly.
• Manage and optimise the current budgeting process & BAU business management – Supporting SoWs, BAU reporting, contracts, invoices
• Drive structured approach to managing cost-to-income (cost base diligence) improvements across Technology Delivery, working with Platform Leads to set, track and report benefits ( cost reduction and avoidance). Maintain refreshed TCO profiles.
• Active participation and ownership of strategic focus areas covering workforce management, operating model, vendor management, technology obsolescence & simplification and technology acceleration.
• Lead and coach team to provide consistency in process, service and stakeholder support through process.
• Drive the annual strategic budget setting process for Technology Delivery – with input from broader Technology Leadership Team, ensuring strong alignment across strategy-> budget->delivery goals with focus on what is required to deliver and impacts of change.

You will be leading the development of renewable projects including wind, solar and battery storage that will need your stewardship through the development life cycle to financial close.

The role is based in our Melbourne or Sydney office – with site visits required to our development sites, stakeholders and communities. Our current portfolio consists of a mixture of greenfield through to late-stage assets, and with your help, we’ll be growing the pipeline to feed more projects into the construction phase.

Just as important as what you achieve in this role, is how you perform the role. We’ll need you to be an engaged team member, who can cross pollenate your development expertise into an investment world. Be ready for a dynamic work environment, with a start-up mindset. You’ll be encouraged and supported to be bold in your thinking and leadership, whilst being a helpful colleague to those around you.

Flexible working arrangements are typical at Octopus with the team working from both home and office over the working week

Essential Job Functions

Project Development

• Potentially anything that falls under the banner of Project Development from landowner liaison, development approvals, grid connection, EPC procurement, PPAs etc. Treat the projects as if they are your own.
• Assist the wider Investment Team through asset growth opportunities as required, including bringing your contributions and knowledge into project evaluations, acquisition bids, transaction and negotiation processes, due diligence work and supporting Investment Directors through internal approval processes.
• Provide leadership in developing sound relationships with relevant stakeholders including landholders, community, Traditional Owners, regulators and policy makers.
• Manage project teams of multidisciplinary internal and external experts, including technical, planning, legal, grid, environmental and engineering advisors.
• Selecting advisors, consultants, OEMs, and construction contractors (including EPC contractors), running procurement process and contract negotiations through to financial close.
• Take the lead role for negotiation of high value contracts including project construction (EPC etc), equipment supply and transmission connection agreements.
• Manage the grid connection process, working closely with NSPs and grid consultants, to navigate the complexity of the technical, regulatory, and commercial connection landscape.
• Manage the delivery of development works within allocated budgets in a timely, efficient and effective manner.
• Development of project execution plans including timelines, costs, risk assessments, communication of project financials and progress reports in a consistent manner across the assigned projects.
• Development of required inputs for management papers, board papers and commercial negotiations as required.
• Prepare and manage budgets for Capex and Opex, project schedules, and technical inputs into financial models, supporting overall project business case development.
• Support our fundraising efforts, including meeting with prospective investors, promoting the Octopus profile, and supporting our fund managers with development expertise as required.
• Support ongoing profile raising activities – networking with industry participants and at times engaging with energy policymakers to influence energy policy.

Konica Minolta is innovative, robust and continually evolving. From printing, scanning and copying to cloud storage and managed IT services, our award-winning products and solutions help companies to transform and move information faster. Our people make this possible. As a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Employee of Choice, we offer workplace flexibility, support diversity and promote events and activities to support wellbeing. We strive to create and maintain an inclusive workforce as diverse and capable as our class-leading solutions. We actively encourage women and those from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

About the role

Konica Minolta Australia is transforming to provide a holistic range of IT services and we are currently seeking a passionate Marketing Communications Manager to join our team on a maternity leave cover basis. Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, this role is key to managing marketing communications across the Konica Minolta brand, products and services to create awareness, build trust and lasting customer relationships.

• Create and manage annual marketing communications plan, including budgets and timelines.
• Implement marketing campaigns, programs and events to advance Konica Minolta’s brand identity and awareness of product portfolio with existing and new customers.
• Oversee Konica Minolta’s public relations strategy and programs, cultivate meaningful relationships with external audiences and serve as the point of contact for communications.
• Lead internal communications initiatives and manage stakeholder engagement.
• Create comprehensive and effective content strategy with high engagement rates.
• Manage inhouse creative resource and development of creative for campaigns, events and company initiatives. 
• Design and develop effective sales and marketing materials to create awareness and connect customers with the brand and portfolio.
• Manage annual events calendar and ensure successful execution of customer and industry events to promote Konica Minolta and garner interest with products and services.
• Coach, guide and lead the marketing communications team to ensure set objectives are met and develop their capabilities.

Who are we looking for?

• Demonstrated experience in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or related field in B2B environment.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing or Communications.
• Sound experience in content strategy, media buying, planning, briefing and agency management.
• Demonstrated experience in project management and budget management.
• Excellent attention to detail, time management and organisational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Creative skills for contributing new and innovative ideas.

As per Konica Minolta compliance procedures, the successful candidate will be required to undertake background checks.

You will enjoy a collaborative team culture where you will be supported and empowered to contribute your ideas and identify opportunities to develop your team and yourself. We are dedicated to the values of diversity and inclusion and have a firm commitment to ethical practices and corporate responsibility.

Konica Minolta is committed to providing a working environment that is inclusive and fair to both women and men. Progressive policies such as our domestic violence policy; paid parental leave and flexible workplace policies enable our people to balance work and life responsibilities. We have been thrilled to receive a citation from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 5 years in a row.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities and actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for our roles, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or disability.
If you are require any adjustments/assistance during the recruitment process please reach out to [email protected]

Join our Team and thrive in an environment built on strong Collaboration, continuous Learning and personal Growth. Everyday at Konica Minolta is an opportunity to share your Ideas, influence Change and engage with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a member of the Unit 42 team, you will be one of the founding members of a newly formed team that is responsible for the successful adoption of purchased U42 offerings and driving the increased up-sell of additional services/products. We are looking for experienced SaaS sales or customer success professionals (ideally with cybersecurity domain expertise) who want to make an impact in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Your Impact 

• Ensure customers are maximizing their return on investment by owning the customer’s on-boarding, adoption, satisfaction and advocacy across a portfolio of customers

  • Provide high touch/white glove customer outreach immediately post close to shepherd customers through the on-boarding process

  • Drive adoption- ensure customer applies the offering hours in a timely manner

  • Ensure customer is measurably satisfied with the service they are receiving

  • Informing customers of refresh needs and options 

  • Proactively identify up-sell opportunities and grow revenue

• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with customer stakeholders, executive sponsors and partners to drive cybersecurity solution adoption to ensure they are leveraging the solution to achieve full business value

• Be the first line of defense in solving customer support requests, and coordinating and prioritizing timely resolutions with consulting teams and become a Subject Matter expert over time

• Ensure continual communication with customers on Unit 42 messaging, current and offerings updates, events, main points of contact within Unit 42, and touchpoint for all feedback from our customer

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of typical business challenges faced by customers and common objectives to appropriately map services and associated business benefits to address their needs

• Serve as a customer advocate in influencing service and product roadmap and improvements

• Partner closely with sales and consulting teams to develop and apply these processes - Must be able to build trust and influence 

• Manage performance metrics CSAT, Renewal rate, Upsell / Cross-sell lead identification, Reference-ability, Renewal likelihood, Adoption, Consumption, Customer Engagement

• Capture and nurture CISO and execute relationships to influence the recurring strategic spend