What’s the role?

News Corp Australia is seeking a versatile writer to join our team on a parental leave contract. In this commercial role, you will contribute to a diverse range of copy projects across our premier news and lifestyle titles, including Escape, delicious, news.com.au, taste.com.au and more.

This is an excellent opportunity for a personable creative with experience in an advertising agency or in-house marketing environment. Writers with a background in crafting impactful advertising headlines would be well-suited. You will have the chance to showcase your copywriting craft, develop short-form content, and contribute to creative ideation. Whether you're helping to win new business or writing longer-form pieces, your attention to detail and clear, professional communication will be key.

We're looking for a writer who is eager to grow and gain a breadth of experience. You'll need to be adept at clarifying unclear briefs, juggling competing priorities, and meeting tight deadlines with a positive attitude. Experience with Adobe InDesign and Google Workspace would be beneficial but is optional.

In your application, please include a portfolio that demonstrates your creative thinking and copywriting skills.

Who are you?

• 1 - 3 years’ creative copywriter experience

• Experience responding to briefs with fresh ideas, compellingly articulated

• Background working across print, digital, social, or video content

• Demonstrated skills in writing impactful advertising headlines

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and organisational abilities

• Collaborative approach

• Self-motivated with a positive can-do attitude

News Benefits

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

• Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition

• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services

• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.

• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.

If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.

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