Marketing & Communications Manager (Parental Leave Contract)

About Airtree

Airtree is a venture capital firm backing Aussie and Kiwi founders, building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow. We’re powered by our network, dedicating extraordinary resources to help founders shortcut company-building firsts and accelerate their journey from idea to global household name.

As one of the largest and most active early-stage investors in Australia and New Zealand, Airtree’s 110+ portfolio features the region’s breakout tech companies, including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree.

We're a down-to-earth team from diverse backgrounds but with the same passion: startups and technology. We've written a lot about what we do at Airtree, check out our blog, 2023 year in review, and team bios on our website.

We're committed to building a world-class VC platform for Australia and New Zealand startups with global ambitions. This is a rare opportunity to amplify Airtree’s brand in market and make a material impact on our region’s tech ecosystem.

This is a 12 month parental leave contract role.

What you’ll do

• Be the point-person for all media activities: Design earned media strategies and pitches to reporters to attract coverage in targeted outlets, triage inbound media requests and proactively identify opportunities for Airtree to add to public conversations. 
• Support and be a thought partner to Airtree’s leadership team on all things communications-related: Prepare internal stakeholders for speaking opportunities and media interviews and work with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent messaging across all channels and touchpoints with founders and LPs. 
• Act as our brand custodian: Manage Airtree’s brand identity to ensure wherever we show up is consistent and aligned with our audience, values and goals. 
• Oversee, manage and create content for Open Source VC: Collaborate with the Airtree team and subject matter experts to produce high-quality content to add to the Open Source VC library of resources. 
• Design and execute marketing initiatives that add value to our community: From webinars to workshops, email or digital campaigns, you’ll source talent, write copy, put together creative and measure results across our marketing efforts.
• Act as an extension of our portfolio companies PR & Comms teams: Provide portfolio companies with guidance, reviews, feedback and resources on fundraise announcements and media opportunities.
  

The person we're looking for:

• Has a proven track record of transforming marketing and communication strategies into fully executed projects, often with limited resources, from concept to final delivery. 
• Works autonomously and with ambiguity, connecting the dots on strategy, rolling up your sleeves and executing. 
• Is a brand champion, ensuring marketing initiatives have respect and empathy for Airtree’s audience, with an eye for design and awareness of societal shifts and contextual nuance. 
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to translate technical concepts and simplify them for various audiences. 
• Reads the room, media sentiment and internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating high judgement in decision-making, balancing risk and reward, and consistently making sound choices in complex and ambiguous situations. 
• Collaborate with multiple senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams, managing upwards and guiding them towards delivering outcomes that align with and achieve business goals. 
  

Location, Flexibility & Support

• Airtree’s office is based in Sydney, but our team enjoys a flexible (WFH days), supportive and family-friendly work environment.
  

As part of this contract role we offer:

• 5 weeks of leave: 4 weeks annual leave plus 1 bonus week of lifestyle and well-being leave
• A range of health and wellness benefits including EAP, mental health first aid training, skin checks, flu vaccines and more…
  

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We celebrate and value diversity and are committed to being equitable and inclusive in the way we hire and in the way our team works together.

We strongly encourage you to apply even if you are not sure you fit all of the criteria we've mentioned above. All our roles involve a range of skill sets and we recognise that everyone has different strengths and experiences that can add lots of value to our team.

How to Apply

Please apply by 25 October 2024. From the initial submissions we'll select a small group of candidates for an interview and a short take-home case study.

Finalists from that will be invited for in-person interviews with our team to talk through the case study.