Creative Coordinator

Dementia Australia; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meal and entertainment benefits

Birthday/significant day leave

Annual leave loading

Hybrid work arrangement

Employee discounts and wellbeing

Confidential counselling

Volunteer day and study leave

Job summary

Dementia Australia is seeking a Traffic/Production Coordinator for a full-time permanent role based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane. Reporting to the Creative Services Manager, you will manage briefs, schedules, DAM assets and coordinate production across creative disciplines.

Responsibilities include maintaining workflows in Asana, handling reviews and approvals, and ensuring timely delivery while supporting branding and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a traffic coordination or production management role within a creative, marketing, or agency environment
• Strong ability to manage tasks, timelines and projects
• Experience coordinating across multiple creative disciplines
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities under deadline pressure
• Understanding of creative production processes and terminology
• Collaborative work style with internal and external stakeholders
• Openness to new ideas and change initiatives
• Commitment to Dementia Australia’s ALICE principles

Responsibilities

• Managing creative briefs with clear scope, timelines and deliverables
• Coordinating production schedules, priorities and resource allocation
• Maintaining project workflows in Asana with tasks, owners, deadlines and status updates
• Managing creative reviews, stakeholder feedback and approvals
• Maintaining creative assets in the DAM with governance and version control
• Managing calendars across teams and channels for marketing, communications and fundraising
• Overseeing project delivery, budgets, reporting, external suppliers and handovers
• Improving creative workflows and ensuring brand and regulatory compliance

Tools

Asana

Wrike

Monday.com

Job description

Work at Dementia Australia and be part of a passionate team committed to making a difference. We value our people and are proud to offer flexibility, extra leave entitlements, attractive salary packaging options and employee support programs.

About the role

Full-time permanent position, based in either Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane. Reporting directly to the Creative Services Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Managing creative briefs, ensuring clear scope, requirements, timelines and deliverables
• Coordinating production schedules, priorities and resource allocation across creative disciplines
• Maintainingproject workflows in Asana, including tasks, owners, deadlines and status updates
• Managing creative reviews, stakeholder feedback and approvals to support timely delivery
• Maintaining creative assets in the Digital Assessment Management (DAM), including governance, version control, archiving and accessibility
• Managing integrated marketing, communications and fundraising calendars across teams and channels
• Overseeing project delivery, budgets, reporting, external suppliers and asset handovers
• Improving creative workflows, maintaining procedures and supporting brand and regulatory compliance

What is in it for you?

Salary benefits:

We offer all employees the opportunity to salary package up to $15,900 each year for living expenses and up to $2,650 each year for meal and entertainment benefits.

Leave allowances:

In addition to your annual leave allowance, we offer one day of paid birthday or day of significance leave, paid days off during our end of year closure period (if these fall within your regular work days), enhanced personal leave and extended parental leave for all parents. You will also receive 17.5% annual leave loading and the option to purchase additional leave.

Work/life balance:

Flexible, hybrid work arrangements (2 days in the office, 3 from home).

Employee benefits:

Access to discounts and savings at over 450 retailers across Australia, wellbeing programs and free, confidential counselling for you and your family. Access to continuous professional development, staff recognition programs, a paid volunteering day and paid study leave.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with the following:

1. Tertiary degree in Marketing, Business Support, Communications, or lesser formal qualifications with substantial relevant experience

2. Minimum of 2 years of experience in a traffic coordination or production management role within a creative, marketing, or agency environment

3. Demonstrated proficiency managing tasks, timelines and projects using Asana or similar project management platforms, such as Wrike or Monday.com

4. Experience managing creative workflows across multiple disciplines (design, copy, video, digital, etc.)

5. Proven ability to manage competing priorities and maintain calm under deadline pressure

6. Background in creative project coordination with understanding of creative production processes and terminology

7. Embraces new ideas and change initiatives, accepts ambiguity, and adapts to changed circumstances

8. Working collaboratively to achieve team outcomes and building trusted, respectful relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support Dementia Australia's vision and mission

Our values are informed by the voices of people impacted by dementia.

• Living Experience
• Inclusive
• Empowering

To find out more about our ALICE principles see link here: https://www.dementia.org.au/about-us/alice-stronger-voice-together

About us

Dementia Australia is the national peak body and source of trusted information, education and services for the over 446,500 Australians living with dementia, and the almost 1.7 million people involved in their care. We advocate for positive change and support vital research. We are here to support people impacted by dementia, and to enable them to live as well as possible. Our commitment to a shared set of values shapes our decisions, actions and behaviours towards achieving our core purpose and strategic priorities.

For specific role enquiries, please contact ***********@dementia.org.au