• Get hands-on brand and marketing experience
• Help raise the profile of CSIRO
• Apply for a CSIRO Vacation Scholarship today!

Our Undergraduate Vacation Scholarships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offer high achieving and promising undergraduate students the opportunity to collaborate with our leading CSIRO scientists and experts in our world class facilities.

Students will have the chance to work on a real project in science, engineering or a related field such as science communication.  Placements are full time and typically begin in late November or early December and can be from 8 - 12 weeks in length.

CSIRO’s Brand Team have an opportunity for an undergraduate student to work with their creative group of designers and brand experts to assist with major projects and brand strategy initiatives, including events, multimedia and brand acknowledgement.

Location:  Newcastle, NSW
Scholarship:  $1,559.85 per fortnight
Reference:  68301

Project Duties/Tasks

• Your creative and organisational skills will provide support for major event and brand engagement initiatives. In 2020 this included CSIRO marching in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Tasks include planning and event logistics, writing for CSIRO’s channels, briefing graphic designers and more.

• Your passion for strategy will assist the Brand Team investigate opportunities to align CSIRO’s brand with external organisations. This includes supporting the Brand Engagement Manager and assisting with the management of CSIRO’s logo use by external organisations.

• With an eye for imagery and photography (and a enthusiasm for detail and metadata), you will help shape and promote CSIRO’s multimedia library. Working directly with scientists and communicators you will look at gaps and opportunities in our multimedia library to showcase brilliant science and innovation.

Relevant Fields of Study

This project is best suited to students studying Brand, Marketing or Communications.   

Contact: For more details please contact Kirsten Lea by phone on (02) 4960 6245 or email Kirsten.Lea@csiro.au Monday to Thursday.

Pre-Requisites/Eligibility:

To be eligible to apply you must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or an international student who has full work rights for the 8 to 12 weeks duration (does not require visa sponsorship). 

Vacation scholarships are open to students who:

• are currently enrolled at an Australian university;
• are in their penultimate (second-last) year of a full-time undergraduate course; and
• have a strong academic record (credit average or higher).

Apply Online

To apply you will be required to:

1. submit a Resume/CV and Cover Letter (as one document) in the ‘Resume/CV’ field which includes:
   • the reasons why the research project/s you have selected are of interest to you and how your skills/knowledge meet the project requirements; and
   • an outline of your longer-term career aspirations and how this program will help you achieve them.
2. upload your academic results in the ‘Cover Letter’ field;
3. in the ‘Education’ section select your university from the Educational Institute list; 
4. in the ‘Job-Specific Information’ section select ‘Not Applicable’ for both Preference 1 and Preference 2; and enter your Grade Point Average (GPA).

If you experience difficulties applying online call 1300 984 220 and someone will be able to assist you. Outside business hours please email: careers.online@csiro.au.

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Applications Close

Monday 3 August 2020 at 11:00pm AEST

COVID-19 restrictions:  We have many projects on offer across our sites and we hope to fill all of these positions, however please be aware that the COVID-19 restrictions could impact some projects.  Depending on the restrictions in place we may not be able to proceed with some projects or we may be required to only consider students who reside closer to the location due to restricted interstate travel. We will endeavour