Destination Marketing Officer

Job No: CN2192

Location: Newcastle, NSW

Employment Status: Permanent, Full-time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 7 Feb 2020 AEST

• Be part of developing and delivering marketing campaigns.
• Build strong working relationships.
• Permanent Full-time role - 35 hours per week.
• Flexible working with optional 9-day fortnight.

Located 160km north of Sydney, Newcastle is New South Wales’ second largest city, and offers the perfect lifestyle and career environment.

Our City is thriving and rapidly transforming. In recent years Newcastle has experienced a significant increase in development activity, with the 2018-19 Financial Year seeing building approvals top $1.55 billion.

Having just relocated to our exciting new work premises at 12 Stewart Avenue, our new environment creates a great opportunity to further align our people with our organisational vision, values and strategic directions, and leverage the great work CN is already undertaking to support cultural improvement.

CN has an exciting opportunity for a highly tourism professional to join our Major Events & Corporate Affairs Service Unit.

Your experience will assist you in continuously updating online tourism content / platforms, social media accounts associated with tourism communications messaging, and all other printed digital collateral.

You will be assisting the Tourism Manager to develop and deliver marketing campaigns and associated packages to stimulate visitor target markets in identified demand stimulus periods.

Building strong positive relationships with key government agencies will be important to assist in the development of key outcomes, including major industry stakeholders such as Destination NSW.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include a range of flexible working options, professional development opportunities and health and well-being programs.

To be successful in this job you will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related qualification, and/or demonstrated capability through past employment experience.
• Extensive marketing experience and demonstrated ability in the day to day use and optimisation of websites and social media platforms (including mobile phone applications) and other marketing channels to build brand awareness and drive campaigns.
• Significant tourism marketing and/or media public relations experience and a proven record in the efficient and effective use of traditional media, such as newspapers, television, radio, magazines and brochures.
• Demonstrated experience in tourism industry development and understanding of tourism industry distribution channels.
• Be willing and able to work in a dynamic and fluid environment with the flexibility to work outside regular business hours during the evening and on weekends.

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in partnership marketing and relationship management.
• Ability to be agile and adaptable in a changing environment.
• A highly constructive business culture that is keen to integrate marketing with business and economic development.
• Experience in managing external contractors or consultancies.

Sound like the perfect job for you? Apply Now!

City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

To view the full position description please click here.

Application Closing Date: Thursday, 6 February 2020.

Remuneration: $81,620 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35 hour week.

Contact: Georgia Lazzari, Tourism Manager, 02 4974 2870.