Are you a social media pro with a drive to create The Most Epic Instagram Story Ever? Have you had three years (or so) of hands-on experience at a digital content publisher or a content or marketing agency? Do you have the right stuff when it comes to tools like Canva, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator to turn your amazing ideas into reality? Do your myriad talents extend to writing articles, blog posts and other compelling copy? And are you deadset keen to upgrade your career by working for Australia’s leading digital content marketing agency?

The social content producer at Storyation contributes to some of the agency’s most exciting, experimental and high-profile work by coming up with ideas for client content and then designing or creating that content to deliver what the audience and the client needs in the best way possible. 

We’re looking for someone to support Storyation’s editorial team by creating content like Instagram Stories, gifs, animations, website articles, interactive social content, illustrations, digital artwork and more. The successful candidate will also partner with our video producers to provide expert advice about the best formats and styles for social videos and support them with pre-production for social video shoots. Working with a talented bunch of content professionals both at the agency and through a big network of very excellent freelancers, you’ll be central to the success of our client’s content.

The social content producer also works with our strategy squad to help them identify the juiciest content trends to integrate into client strategy projects and new business pitches. You’ll also work with and learn from experienced and knowledgeable partnership managers to develop client and account management skills by participating in client meetings, workshops and more.

The person we’re looking for has the following kinds of experience and skills:

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• Extensive experience:
  • developing branded content or publishing content for client brands including managing the production process for these content items
  • writing in a professional marketing context including formats such as articles, research documents and social media content
  • creating visual content for social and digital channels in static and dynamic formats using tools such as Canva, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and native social media design tools
• Some experience:
  • working with digital analytics and research tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager, CrowdTangle, SEMRush, BuzzSumo etc) to derive content-related insights and report on content performance
  • working with multiple brands or projects briefed by clients, either by working in an agency or consultancy or with commercial teams at a media publisher
  • presenting at and participating in client meetings and workshops with other team members and clients including researching and preparing for those activities
  • working with common digital marketing or social media apps (e.g. MailChimp, Sprout Social, Sprinklr, HubSpot, WordPress etc) to schedule and publish content
  • contributing to research projects for client strategies or proposals including auditing social and digital content to develop insights and recommendations
  • managing or supporting pre-production for video shoots including activities like briefing talent, preparing call sheets and organising shoot logistics
• High proficiency in:
  • understanding how social media works (both through paid and organic means) and how to create content that makes the most of each channel’s strengths
  • developing search engine-optimised content including keyword research, writing optimised titles and metadata and applying search insights to content creation
  • creating effective, compelling visual social and digital content including a strong eye for what works on mobile devices and branded content channels
• Some proficiency in:
  • developing insights by drawing on data sources to come to conclusions and linking them to creative and stylistic choices in content created
  • understanding what makes for good VS bad branded content and digital marketing along with knowing the kinds of sources to go to for best-practice education

The Storyation team is tight-knit, caring and high-performing, so if you want to join us, you should know there are four key behaviours we encourage in our people to help keep this an excellent place to work. These behaviours are:

1. We prioritise healthy work relationships by bringing our team together in structured, productive ways, celebrating individual and joint achievements, promoting those little informal rituals that keep us together and, with offices in Australia and New Zealand, we make sure to deliberately reach out to team members across the ditch.

2. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve our processes by creating ways of working that advantage us and getting rid of processes that hold us back or make things harder than they need to be, enabling collaborative, creative idea generation and leveraging the right processes from our parent brand Medium Rare.

3. We confidently articulate our identity by making sure we tailor our pitch to the country we’re working in, leaning into and staying true to our strong Storyation brand and reputation, leading a positive relationship with our clients and showing them that we understand their worlds.

4. We prioritise our integrity as a team and individuals by working hard to maintain high professional standards, seeking out diverse and varied client work and opinions within our team, pushing back on unreasonable client demands and talking openly amongst ourselves about the status and progress of the business.

NOTE

We can only consider applications from candidates who have Australian citizenship or Australian permanent residency at this time; no recruiters, please.