Creative Writer

  • Adelaide Hills
  • Southern Cross Austereo

Creative Writer : Adelaide - Salaried : Southern Cross Austereo is Australia’s leading media entertainment company, home of LiSTNR and the Triple M & HIT network. With the ability to reach 95% of the population through our Radio, TV and Digital channels, our mission is to Entertain, Inform & Inspire all Australians Anytime. Anywhere!

  • In 2021 we launched LiSTNR, a curated and personalised Audio-On-Demand destination. It is home to the Hit & Triple M networks, 25 music stations and over 500 podcasts. LiSTNR is Australia’s #1 podcast network reaching more than 8 million monthly listeners._

What’s on offer for you?

  • Permanent position based out of our vibrant Adelaide office
  • Training and development opportunities, health and wellbeing initiatives, birthday leave, volunteer leave, concert tickets, footy tickets, social events - PLUS much more!
  • Industry leading and gender neutral Paid Parental Leave Policy which offers 20 weeks paid parental leave for a primary carer.
  • Award-winning, highly supportive and creative culture that enables you to be your best unique self!
  • Flexible & hybrid working environment (we offer a range of flexible working options to help our people balance work and home life).
  • Attractive salary package and opportunities for growth & progression - we love to promote internally across our 65 offices!

About the role : We’re on the hunt for a Campaign Creative Writer to join The Studio team based in Adelaide. This role is responsible for successful outputs in creative writing for the Creative team of The Studio. It requires collaboration with the whole Studio Creative Team in receiving, interpreting and responding to Campaign Creative briefs/production requests from direct clients and agency partners in market.

This role requires successful collaboration between the other members of The Studio to ensure the Creative Team is working effectively with the Campaign Ideas/Solutions Team.

What you’ll be doing :

  • Interpret a brief to write advertising commercials for SCA’s existing and prospective clients
  • Oversee the production of commercials and adherence to quality standards and ACMA guidelines
  • Work with Account Management and The Studio teams to create best quality creative to present to market
  • Work calmly under pressure to deliver required creative on time, and to the expected standard
  • Manage time effectively to maximize quality and quantity of creative output
  • Keep an organised overview of creative output, knowing where any job is up to at any given time
  • Participate in regular on-site and off-site sessions relating to the national function of The Studio
  • Create and develop proactive demo commercials as directed by Campaign Ideas team and Lead Creative Manager
  • Liaise with clients to take creative briefs and present creative ideas with Account Managers and The Studio team members
  • Collaborate with the Creative Team locally and nationally to create proactive ideas and concepts that support the Account Management team
  • Adopt new technology to drive creative proactivity and excellence, such as Veritonic, interactive, dynamic & contextual targeting, 3D audio and smart speakers. Promote and drive creative innovation both internally and externally
  • Manage the voiceover budget and ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner
  • Book and direct voiceover sessions

Experience we’re looking for :

  • 1 - 2 years successful radio writing experience is desired
  • 1 - 2 years customer focused background is desired
  • A thorough working knowledge of all relevant rules and regulations
  • Exceptional spelling and grammar skills
  • Basic computer skills
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Experience in directing/casting voice talent

We are a values driven organisation - If you genuinely live and breathe our values, you’ll be a perfect fit for SCA. We collaborate, take initiative, maximise creativity, have courage and act with integrity.

Keen? by submitting your resume via our careers page.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY : We are committed to advancing equal employment opportunities for our staff and to diversify and develop our workforce. Furthermore, we aim to recognise the value of attracting and retaining employees with different backgrounds, experience, knowledge and abilities. We also aim to ensure diversity contributes to our business success and benefits individuals, teams, clients and the community.