A Snapshot

As the Head of Communications based in our HQ in North Sydney, you will report directly to the Chief Marketing Officer, making your mark in a number of ways:

• You will enhance AirTrunk’s reputation as a leader in hyperscale data centres, sustainability and innovation and other areas with a range of audiences.
• You will lead AirTrunk’s global communications strategy and program across internal and external communications.
• You will manage AirTrunk’s global media relations ensuring AirTrunk remains top of mind with key journalists.
• You will be an inspirational leader, forming strong trusted partnerships with other leaders, the ‘Marketing, Communications & Social Impact’ team and as a people leader.

Your Day to Day

• Strategy – Lead AirTrunk’s corporate affairs, developing and executing communication strategies and plans (internal and external) to help meet AirTrunk’s business objectives.
• External communications
• Lead AirTrunk’s external communications including public relations and social media.
• Partner with the marketing team to build AirTrunk’s profile in local markets.
• Identify and facilitate impactful speaking opportunities and award entries to position AirTrunk as industry leaders.
• Establish and manage media relationships to enable quality media coverage, across a range of industries such as data centre and tech trade, finance, and sustainability.
• Manage AirTrunk’s reputation and crisis communications strategy and take the lead on the communications response.
• Internal communications – create and deliver the internal communications strategy, and help AirTrunk leaders inform, engage, excite and manage change for ‘AirTrunkers’ across APJ.
• Content development - develop AirTrunk’s content strategy, and create engaging, informative, and targeted content that is aligned to our brand and culturally relevant. For example, reports, whitepapers, media releases, blogs and internal communications.
• Partnerships – proactive and strategic business partnership with leadership and the marketing and social impact teams. Build deep, trusted and productive relationships with industry associations, agencies and consultants and other external stakeholders.
• Platform management – manage all communications platforms and activities such as the intranet, all staff meetings, media monitoring, internal and external social media. Evaluate and optimise as needed.
• Compliance & Governance – Establish processes and manage approvals to ensure communications adhere to governance requirements.
• Effectiveness - Measure and report on the effectiveness of communication plans, making data-driven adjustments as needed.

Requirements

• You have 10+ years’ experience in communications leadership
• You have relevant tertiary education
• You have successfully built highly effective communications strategies from the ground up through to execution
• Ideally, you have experience working in technology, data centres or commercial real estate across APAC (and Japan)
• You excel at distilling complex information into clear, concise, and easy to understand messaging and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• You are a creative communicator and master of story telling
• You can build trusted relationships at all levels across the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• You have successfully built highly effective media relationships.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
• You are proficient in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Excel
• Ideally, you are proficient in Meltwater and LinkedIn