Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, Product (Nathan or Gold Coast Location)

Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why.
Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excellence, and the transformative power of education. But what sets us apart is why those things matter and how you’ll achieve them.

Why? Griffith brings together exceptional minds like yours from across the globe and from all walks of life. Here, we do incredible work, questioning and challenging, always in the pursuit of excellence.

Marketing and Communications provide university-wide strategic marketing and communications advice and develop, manage and implement marketing and communications activities (including advertising) across all Griffith audiences including prospective and current students, staff, alumni, donors and corporate partners.

About the Opportunity

As Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, you will provide strategic marketing and communications direction, leadership, and expert advice to one of our four academic portfolios, ensuring alignment with the University’s overall strategy. You will be responsible for developing, managing, and implementing marketing and communications initiatives to drive student recruitment, reputation, and research objectives.

You will be a crucial part of the Product Marketing management team and collaborate closely with senior University leaders, including the Pro Vice Chancellor, Deans, and senior managers, to deliver impactful marketing and communications initiatives. You will lead cross-functional teams and oversee the execution of multi-channel activities that elevate the University's positioning.

Key Responsibilities

You will:

•  Develop and implement strategic marketing and communications initiatives to support student recruitment, reputation-building, and research impact.
• Provide high-level strategic advice to the Pro Vice Chancellor and senior leadership within an academic portfolio.
• Lead and manage marketing and communications staff, ensuring collaboration, alignment, and effective delivery of initiatives.
• Oversee multi-channel marketing campaigns, ensuring their success through data analysis and performance optimisation.
• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate marketing efforts with broader University priorities, applying an agile approach.
• Leverage insights and analytics to measure and refine marketing effectiveness.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive engagement.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and University policies while championing ethical and professional behaviour.

About you 

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• At least five years’ experience in strategic marketing, communications, and leadership in a complex organisational environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to provide expert strategic advice to senior leaders.
• A track record of successfully leading teams and delivering impactful marketing initiatives.
• A deep understanding of data-driven decision-making, including marketing analytics and audience insights.
• Applied knowledge of marketing tools such as GA4 and campaign dashboards. As well as project management tools such as Asana.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, project management and problem-solving skills.
• A tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, business, or a related field, combined with significant relevant experience.
• Experience within the higher education sector will be an advantage and is highly desirable.

What we can offer

This is a continuing full time opportunity and can be based at either Brisbane South (Nathan) or Gold Coast.  As Griffith is a multi-site University you may be required to work across other campuses.

HEW 9 Salary - $132,655.36 - $137,398.61 + 17% super. Full package range - $155,206.78 - $160,756.96.

Why join Griffith?

As a values-led organisation, at Griffith University, we've worked hard to create a dynamic and strong organisational culture. We offer:

• Wide range of Learning and Development opportunities
• Mix of on campus and work from home options available and a supportive work environment
• Salary packaging options and corporate health discounts
• Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave and leave loading
• Support with future learning opportunities through our educational staff assistance scheme
• Opportunities for internal mobility
• Health Safety and Wellbeing initiatives – on campus Gym facilities

At Griffith, we’re committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all - whoever you are and wherever you’re from. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.

Griffith University values diversity, inclusion and flexibility and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. For more information please visit our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page. Griffith University also maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy against all forms of modern slavery. For more information, please refer to Griffith’s Modern Slavery Policy.

How to apply
Please submit your application online and ensure your application includes the following:

• A covering statement outlining your suitability for the role referring to the “About You” section listed above and the position description
• Current curriculum vitae, including name and contact details

Further Information
For application or recruitment advice please contact Laura Whitworth, Talent Acquisition Partner on [email protected] 

For further information about the role please contact Rachel Christie, Head of Product Marketing and Academic Partnering on [email protected]

Closing date:  Wednesday 9th April @ 11:59pm AEST. All applications must be submitted online.

Note to recruitment agencies, please no unsolicited messages to be sent to our hiring team. All recruitment at Griffith University is managed internally.