Junkee Media, Australia’s leading youth publisher is on the hunt for a new Native Lead to join the custom and native publishing team based in Surry Hills. Junkee Media owns and operates flagship pop culture site Junkee; Gen Z site Punkee, music site inthemix; and custom publishing sites AWOL and The Cusp.

The Native Lead is ultimately responsible for defining and protecting the creative vision of Junkee Media’s native written and video content.

The Native Lead will lead ideation for native and branded content campaigns, blending truly original creative with an in-depth understanding of commercial needs.

The Native Lead will help develop processes to streamline the ideation, production and delivery of native content. They’ll establish fruitful working relationships with other teams to bring native campaigns to life across online, social and OOH platforms. They’ll also work in partnership with the sales and strategy teams to help retain key clients and drive revenue for the business.

Above all, the Native Lead will be a master at amplifying brand narratives while protecting the editorial integrity of Junkee Media’s titles, including flagship pop culture site Junkee, Music Junkee, inthemix, Punkee; and custom publishing sites AWOL and The Cusp.

Responsibilities

You will lead all ideation sessions and manage a video creative and commercial writer to ensure they deliver a large volume of native content thought starters on time, on budget. You will also work closely with strategy, sales, editorial and studio teams to interpret complex client briefs and define key content objectives. The ideas you generate will be truly original and honour Junkee Media’s tone of voice across all custom and consumer portfolios. Once your killer ideas have been approved and produced, you’ll be uploading, tracking, tweaking and partnering with the audience development manager to ensure we drive incredible results! You’ll also be managing freelance contributor budgets and analysing data to develop market-leading insights to offer clients recommendations for future campaigns.

You

You’re a super organised, ideas-focused leader with a Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, arts or related field with at least 4-5 years’ industry experience. You love collaborating with others to nail the brief and deliver audience-first, award-winning solutions for a diverse range of clients. You’ve got proven experience managing a team, influencing a broad spectrum of internal stakeholders and have a real passion for and interest in new youth news and culture.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to be Junkee Media’s Native Lead APPLY HERE. Shortlisted applications will receive a detailed job description.

Due to the high volume of applications Junkee Media receives, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.