External Communications Manager - [Archived Advertisement]

About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers trade and move capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.

About the Role

The External Communications Manager will work collaboratively to deliver programs that protect and enhance ANZ Institutional’s reputation, through a mix of media relations and thought leadership opportunities. 

Working with colleagues from across the communication function and business stakeholders, this role will develop and implement proactive media strategies and create content for our owned channels. We are looking for someone who has proven experience delivering communications strategy in a complex business environment, strong news sense, and excellent written communication skills. Visual communication skills, such as graphic design and video editing, will be highly valued.  

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: Can be based in Melbourne or Sydney
Role Type: Permanent, Full-time

What will your day look like?

As an External Communications Manager, you will:

• Deliver and support communication channels for ANZ Institutional, to enhance and protect the reputation of the division/Bank.
• Support ANZ Research with proactive and reactive media opportunities
• Manage the process for distributing media releases including writing, approvals, distribution and website publication.
• Work closely with the Group media team to manage responses to media enquiries.
• Develop external speeches and presentations on behalf of Leadership Team members.
• Have excellent communication skills, developing and producing written and visual content for a range of audiences, adopting the relevant style and tone to meet the audience needs.
• Work collaboratively with the wider team to develop and implement proactive communications campaigns and activities.
• Live all of ANZ’s values and contribute to a positive Culture (including Risk Culture) at ANZ.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Proven experience in developing communication strategies for a range of audiences.
• Experience working in media relations and content development are highly desirable.
• Visual comms skills such as video editing, graphic design, infographics and experience in podcasts would be helpful.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to effectively convey information and persuade others to change their minds or behaviours.
• Excellent ability to build strong relationships (internal and external) within a large organisation.
• Proven track record of pitching stories to media publications.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects to a high standard.

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 74537.