Communications Advisor (Melbourne) - Top tier law firm

Mallesons; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Mallesons in Melbourne as a Communications professional, blending media relations, content development and digital storytelling. You will craft releases, manage media inquiries and advise stakeholders while shaping the firm's market presence.

You will produce podcasts and video content, grow the employer brand, and deliver integrated campaigns across channels, collaborating with Digital, Brand and Legal teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills; translate complex info for diverse audiences and channels.
• Demonstrated media relations experience, proactive and reactive; mindful of reputational considerations.
• Interest in current affairs, business, markets and the law; identify opportunities for communications.
• Understanding of social media and digital content; create engaging content.
• Initiative and ability to work independently, respond to direction and feedback.
• Interest in filming, video editing and podcast production.
• Relationship-building with journalists, senior stakeholders, lawyers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attention to detail; commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Strong project/time-management; handle competing priorities and deadlines.
• Flexible, proactive, collaborative; take ownership from concept to delivery.
• Experience with media monitoring and reporting platforms; assess coverage and trends.
• Ability to use AI tools appropriately with human oversight.
• Familiarity with content management and email marketing platforms such as SharePoint, Canva and Eloqua

Responsibilities

• Draft releases and digital copy; coordinate approvals, publication and media distribution.
• Nurture relationships across legal, trade and business media; coordinate media inquiries and commentary.
• Provide practical communications advice on messaging, audiences, channels, timing and reputational considerations.
• Use media insights to recommend improvements to future communications activity.
• Create and optimise social media content, including copy, basic graphics and video; ensure on-brand and engaging.
• Partner with teams to strengthen the firm's employer brand and social presence; develop engaging content.
• Deliver digital storytelling through filming and producing video content for social and other channels; collaborate with the Digital team.
• Plan and deliver external amplification of major publications and firm campaigns across social, website, email and media channels.
• Produce podcasts from recording to final edit; publish episodes with the Digital team.
• Produce monthly and quarterly media coverage reports with monitoring software; ensure accuracy and insights.
• Collaborate across Corporate Affairs, Digital, Brand, Business Development and other teams to deliver integrated communications activity.

Skills

Media relations

Content writing

Social media

Video production

Podcast production

Stakeholder management

Editing

Project management

Attention to detail

AI in communications

SharePoint

Canva

Eloqua

Tools

SharePoint

Canva

Eloqua

Job description

• Varied role - With a mix of media relations, content development, socials, video and podcasts plus reporting, you will be given the opportunity to broaden your skillset, while learning from leaders in their field.
• If you are interested in the issues that keep the economy moving; the energy transition, technology, finance, geopolitics and dealmaking, it doesn't get much better than this. At Mallesons our market-leading lawyers work on headline-making deals.
• Dynamic role with exposure to senior stakeholders, where you will help develop content and communications strategies that strengthen engagement with our clients, our people and the broader market - through compelling content, strong media relationships and a strategic digital approach.
• Join 2026 winner of 'Most Innovative Law Firm in the Asia-Pacific' at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards

Who are we?

We are Mallesons. The top-tier independent firm from Australia, a full-service firm trusted on the most complex and consequential matters across our region and around the world. We've been part of Australia's story for almost 200 years and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands and waters.

Our independence gives us the flexibility to combine our extensive top tier full-service capability with the best advisers in every market. With deep expertise, collective judgment and genuine collaboration, we cut through complexity so our clients can move forward with confidence and make more happen.

The Communications team at Mallesons, creates, manages and executes the firm's campaigns across traditional media, social media, and internal and external communications channels. They work together to:

• Position the firm as a thought leader on issues impacting our clients and their markets
• Elevate the firm's expertise and people by contributing to and influencing conversations on the business, legal and market issues that matter most to our clients.
• Protect and enhance the firm's reputation by proactively identifying opportunities and risks, ensuring the firm's expertise is communicated with clarity and impact.

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Affairs, as a core member of the small yet pivotal Corporate Affairs Team, you will develop and deliver content and communications activity that supports the firm's content and digital marketing strategy and strengthens client, market and employee engagement.

Based out of the Melbourne office, with a balanced approach to WFH, key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and delivering deal profiling and firm announcements, including drafting releases and digital copy, coordinating approvals, publication and targeted media distribution.
• Nurturing relationships across legal trade and business media, identifying opportunities and coordinating media enquiries and written commentary.
• Providing practical communications advice to stakeholders, including recommendations on messaging, audiences, channels, timing and reputational considerations.
• Using media and channel performance insights to recommend improvements to future communications activity.
• Creating and optimising social media content, including copy, basic graphics and video, ensuring it is engaging, on-brand and tailored to the platform and audience.
• Partnering with relevant teams to strengthen the firm's employer brand and social media presence, developing engaging content that showcases the firms' people, programmes and career opportunities.
• Delivering digital storytelling through filming and producing video content for social media and other digital channels, working with stakeholders and the Digital team from concept through to publication.
• Planning and delivering external amplification of major publications, thought leadership and various firm campaigns across social, website, email and media channels in partnership with the digital team.
• Producing podcasts from recording through to final edit, working with the Digital team to publish episodes across relevant channels.
• Produce monthly and quarterly media coverage reports using media monitoring software, ensuring coverage is accurate and includes performance analysis and key trends.
• Collaborate effectively across Corporate Affairs, Digital, Brand, Business Development and other teams to deliver integrated communications activity.

About You

Joining Mallesons means becoming part of a high performance, high expectations culture that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We bring clarity, insight and strong judgement. We create confidence through clear thinking, high standards and excellence in delivery.

As a proactive storyteller with a natural curiosity about the commercial world, you will bring your passion for writing content and knowledge of how to leverage it across a variety of channels. You will also bring:

• Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling and accurate content for different audiences and channels.
• Demonstrated media relations experience, including proactive and reactive media engagement and sensitivity to reputational considerations.
• An interest in current affairs, business, politics, markets and the law, and the ability to identify relevant communications opportunities.
• Understanding of social media and digital content, with experience creating and delivering engaging content.
• Initiative and the ability to work independently, while responding effectively to direction and feedback.
• Interest in, or experience with, filming, video editing and podcast production.
• Relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively with journalists, senior stakeholders, lawyers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Project and time-management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• A flexible, proactive and collaborative approach, with the ability to take ownership of work from concept through to delivery.
• Experience with media monitoring and reporting platforms is preferred, including the ability to assess coverage accuracy and identify meaningful trends and insights.
• Ability to use AI tools appropriately in communications work, applying judgement to review, verify and refine AI-generated outputs and maintain effective human oversight.
• Familiarity with content management, design and email marketing platforms such as SharePoint, Canva and Eloqua.

Why work with us?

We build careers that go everywhere. Mallesons is a special place to work where anything is possible, ambitions are limitless and diversity and inclusion play an important role. It's a place where you will collaborate with exceptional colleagues and clients, where you will sharpen your edge and support others to do the same, where you will make a difference you can be proud of. You will have access to a suite of wellbeing initiatives, benefits, policies and process that will support you to achieve your career goals.

Together we learn. Together we master. Together we lead.

Diversity and Inclusion

Mallesons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from diverse backgrounds. We welcome, value, support and harness the positive benefits that people's different life experiences bring, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages.

If you are unsure if you meet all criteria for this role, but have a passion for delivering high quality work, developing your skills and realising your full potential, then we encourage you to apply and have a further conversation about how you could fit at Mallesons.

We have a range of inclusive hiring practices - if you would like to seek workplace adjustments to complete your application please contact the Recruitment contact for this role or email *******@mallesons.com

If you are not an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you must hold all visas and other approvals necessary for you to work for the firm in Australia.