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Acknowledgement of Country

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The Opportunity

• A rewarding term opportunity | Flexible hybrid working environment
• Join a collaborative and fun team, in an organisation with purpose
• Help grow a trusted brand through passion, creativity and teamwork

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is looking for a passionate Brand Advisor to cover a parental leave period.

An exciting opportunity to draw on your exceptional communication skills across areas such as account/client liaison, production and design processes and supplier liaison, the Brand Advisor is integral to ensuring CSIRO’s visual identity and brand architecture is considered across everything produced from merchandise and signage, to scientific reports and event activations.

Working closely with a team of graphic designers in the Corporate Affairs Brand and Marketing team, the role requires exceptional levels of organisation and time management skills, with experience across design and production, with a broad and developing understanding of brand strategy.

Your duties will include:

• Protecting and strengthening CSIRO’s brand by collaborating with communicators across CSIRO on  design and production projects, in liaison with a team of graphic designers.
• Liaising, supporting and educating communicators to refine and develop design briefs; provide creative solutions based on knowledge of CSIRO’s visual identity and brand architecture.
• Coordinating activities as required to ensure the effectiveness of CSIRO’s image library and merchandise services.
• As part of the Brand Team, championing and helping communicators and CSIRO employees understand the CSIRO brand strategy. This can include assisting the Brand Manager with projects across areas such third party use of CSIRO’s name and logo; events, activations and sponsorship; and education materials and training. 

Location: Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle preferred. Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne may be considered.
Salary: AU$87k - AU$98k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term until November 2023
Reference: 87250

To be considered you will need:

• A relevant tertiary qualification and relevant experience in communications – PR, communications, brand or marketing
• A certificate or tertiary qualification in a relevant area, such as communication, public relations, brand, marketing, studio production management and/or relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated communication experience coordinating the design and production process with a team of graphic designers; experience working with brand strategy elements such as working within a visual identity, and following a brand architecture structure.
• Experience in coordinating numerous projects and clients concurrently, ensuring high standards of service delivery as well as technical output.
• The ability to proactively build and develop internal and external relationships to support delivery of Brand objectives and meet current and future goals.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

9 August 2022 11:00pm AEST