Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 3rd Jul 2024
- Melbourne > CBD & Inner Suburbs Melbourne
Aeon Media is seeking a visionary and strategic Head of Marketing and Communications to lead and enhance our global marketing and communications efforts. This newly created role is pivotal in advancing Aeon Media’s brand presence, audience engagement, and revenue growth across our digital publications and events.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the role is part of Aeon Media’s expanding executive team and oversees a small team including a Digital Strategy Manager, a Media Manager, and a Communications Assistant.
Strategic Leadership
Brand Management
Content and Campaign Management
Audience Development and income generation
Public Relations and Communications
Event Promotion
Team Leadership and Development
The ideal candidate will likely have worked in arts/culture, media, higher education or for-purpose organisations.
They will have exceptional leadership skills, and a proven track record in strategic marketing and communications.
Aeon Media is an international not-for-profit publisher and cultural events company. Aeon Media holds a unique and respected position in the global landscape for ideas-based publishing and more recently events. The company is in a period of expansion and building out its executive team to help us deliver our growth ambitions.
Aeon Media was launched in London in 2012 with its inaugural magazine, Aeon. Aeon has established itself as a unique digital magazine, publishing some of the most profound and provocative thinking on the web.
Aeon Media launched Psyche magazine in 2020. Psyche draws on the latest research findings from psychology and related disciplines to help readers better understand themselves and others.
Aeon Media is committed to keeping Aeon and Psyche freely available for all, and publishes new content every weekday.
In 2022, Aeon Media launched the Sophia Club, a program of cultural events in New York, London and Melbourne that showcases Live Philosophy and takes the audience on an immersive journey into ideas and the arts.
Aeon Media is preparing to open a permanent home for Sophia Club in Collingwood in 2026. The premises will be purpose-designed to house a dynamic cultural program of events and activities as well as our evolving company art collection.
Aeon Media is a not-for-profit, registered charity operated by Aeon Media Group Ltd. Aeon is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) organisation in Australia and, through its affiliate Aeon America Inc in the United States.
Aeon Media is well funded and financially secure. It is funded principally by the founders of Aeon Media, Paul and Brigid Hains. This is supplemented by income raised through reader donations, grants and partnerships, and syndications. Aeon Media has an active reader donor program which raises approximately AUD1 million annually.
Aeon Media’s head office is in Melbourne, with editorial offices in London and New York.
Because of current Australian visa regulations, only candidates with Australian/New Zealand residency or citizenship are eligible to apply.
Before applying, please obtain information about the position by contacting Andrew Abbott, Partner at Fish Nankivell, on 0401 712 953 or [email protected] using the subject line: Head of Marketing and Communications - Aeon Media enquiry via EthicalJobs .
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