Brand & Communications Manager (13-month contract)

Piper Alderman; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Parental leave 26 weeks paid

Salary Continuance insurance

Purchased annual leave

Firm and discretionary bonus program

Office and team events

Corporate discounts

Diversity & Inclusion and pro-bono

Job summary

Piper Alderman is seeking a Brand & Communications Advisor/Manager for a 13-month contract. You will coordinate the firm’s digital profile from Adelaide, Sydney, or Perth, reporting to the Director of Business Development & Marketing.

Expect fast-paced delivery and strong collaboration across a national team. Responsibilities include maintaining the website, growing LinkedIn presence, overseeing brand assets, and leading communications initiatives such as firm news and EDMs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a communications role.
• Able to operate at a fast pace and maintain high standards.
• Experience managing digital profiles and content across platforms.
• Comfort with AI tools and Copilot for efficient delivery.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update website content, perform audits and analytics.
• Lead social media content and growth with BD/HR teams and partners.
• Gatekeeper of brand guidelines and design dynamic brand assets.
• Drive external and internal communications including news and EDMs.

Skills

Content strategy

Brand governance

Digital marketing

Stakeholder management

AI tools familiarity

Tools

LinkedIn

CMS

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

The Role

Our high-performing and dynamic Business Development & Marketing team is searching for a Brand & Communications Advisor/Manager, to work on a 13-month contract. Reporting directly to the Director of Business Development & Marketing, you will be a valued member of the national team, responsible for driving and coordinating all elements of the firm's digital profile. This role can be in our Adelaide, Sydney, or Perth office.

Your responsibilities in this national role will include, but are not limited to:

• Website – maintaining and updating content, improvement projects, development of meaningful content, annual audit, and analytics.
• Social media – strive for and lead the growth of our LinkedIn followers through planning and producing content with both the BD and HR teams and our partners, maintaining the branding elements on all platforms.
• Brand assets – gatekeeper of the firm's brand guidelines, design of dynamic brand assets and support to internal stakeholders on design projects.
• Communications – drive external and internal communication projects including firm news, deal notices, publications, EDMs, the intranet and reporting on various communications.

In this role you will work closely with the national Business Development & Marketing team members and various stakeholders, located throughout Australia. You will be challenged and busy, but we will ensure you have work life balance.

About You

The successful candidate will have 5+ years' experience in a communications role. You will be able to operate at a fast pace. You hold yourself to a high standard, with a desire to continuously learn and improve.

Our use of AI tools and access to a Microsoft Copilot licence will prove innovation and forward thinking is at the forefront of what we do, and your ability to leverage these tools will be critical in your success.

The Business Development & Marketing team offers flexibility with remote working for the right candidate.

About Us

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovation in service delivery and deep engagement across multiple industries.

Piper Alderman's vision is to Deliver client outcomes with responsive, commercially decisive expert advice. Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding work.

At Piper Alderman we promote a culture of excellence, collaboration, and teamwork. We recognise and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

Our perks

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

• Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
• An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
• Automatic acceptance into the group Salary Continuance insurance plan
• Purchased annual leave options.
• Both a firm wide and discretionary bonus program.
• A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
• A range of corporate discounts.
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.