Marketing Communications Advisor

HWLE Lawyers; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HWLE Lawyers seeks a Marketing Communications Advisor to join the national Marketing and Business Development team, delivering internal and external communications that showcase the firm’s expertise, people and culture. You will work with Partners and senior lawyers to raise the firm's profile and support strategic objectives.

You will develop engaging content across channels, support firm-wide comms initiatives, contribute to social media presence, and help maintain digital platforms while

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in marketing, communications, digital content or social media, ideally in professional services.
• Experience developing communications strategies across channels.
• Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills tailored to audiences.
• Experience with social media platforms, CMS and EDM/marketing automation tools.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior professionals.
• Experience creating visual content using Canva or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience editing basic video content for social media.
• Excellent project management and ability to handle multiple deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver internal and external communications plans and campaigns.
• Create engaging content including articles, announcements, social media posts, presentations, video and digital communications.
• Support promotion of firm achievements, appointments, awards, thought leadership and market successes.
• Provide communications advice to Partners and business services leaders.
• Coordinate and publish content across the firm's social media channels, primarily LinkedIn.
• Assist with delivery of client e-news and digital communications.
• Maintain and update website content, lawyer profiles and publications.
• Support reporting and analysis of communications activity, website performance and social media engagement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the national Marketing and Business Development team.

Skills

Marketing communications

Content creation

Social media management

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

CMS

Marketing automation tools

Job description

• Play a key role in shaping communications and brand engagement within Australia's largest legal partnership
• Join a collaborative national Marketing team where your ideas and expertise will make a genuine impact
• Flexible 3:2 hybrid working arrangements

About us

HWLE is not your typical law firm. Our rapid rise to become the largest legal partnership in Australia shows that in our case, the differences are real. We deliver first class legal advice to our government and commercial clients in every state and territory across Australia. Firm wide, we have over 270 Partners and 1900 people.

The opportunity

HWLE has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Marketing Communications Advisor to join our national Marketing and Business Development team in Melbourne or Sydney. Reporting to the PR Specialist, this role plays an important part in shaping and delivering internal and external communications that promote the firm's expertise, people and culture. Working closely with Partners, senior lawyers and business services leaders, you will act as a trusted advisor, identifying opportunities to raise the firm's profile and ensuring communications support our strategic objectives.

This is a varied and hands-on role that will see you develop engaging content across multiple channels, support firm-wide communication initiatives, contribute to our social media presence and help maintain the firm's digital platforms. You'll have the opportunity to work across a broad range of projects and collaborate with stakeholders nationally. You'll be busy with:

• Developing and delivering internal and external communications plans and campaigns.
• Creating engaging content including articles, announcements, social media posts, presentations, video and digital communications.
• Supporting the promotion of firm achievements, appointments, awards, thought leadership and market successes.
• Providing communications advice to Partners and business services leaders.
• Coordinating and publishing content across the firm's social media channels, primarily LinkedIn.
• Assisting with the delivery of client e-news and digital communications.
• Maintaining and updating website content, lawyer profiles and publications.
• Supporting reporting and analysis of communications activity, website performance and social media engagement.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the national Marketing and Business Development team.

To succeed in this role, ideally you'll have

• 4+ years' experience in marketing, communications, digital content or social media, ideally within a professional services environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering communications strategies, campaigns and content across multiple channels.
• Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills, with the ability to tailor content to different audiences.
• Experience working with social media platforms, website content management systems and EDM or marketing automation tools.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise senior professionals and influence outcomes.
• Experience creating visual content using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar design platforms.
• Experience creating and editing basic video content for social media or digital channels.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• A proactive, service-oriented approach and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work autonomously.

What we offer

• Unrivalled career pathways: Our size, range of experience and competitive pricing model will provide you with everything you need to succeed. Unlike our competitors, our Solicitor to Partner ratio enables greater mentoring and client engagement compared to our competitors. Our 180 day career forecasting sessions provide the platform to fast-track your progression.
• Location: Our cutting-edge office is conveniently located in the heart of the CBD amidst a fast-pace, high-networking legal community. Enjoy working in a state-of-the-art office environment with access to modern end of trip facilities.
• Great culture and a huge networking platform: Be part of a firm renowned for its friendly and down-to-earth culture. We also have sports clubs, social club and monthly firmwide drinks.
• Impact: Join a firm consistently ranked at the forefront of the Australian legal market, where your work is recognised nationally.

Applicants must have full working rights in Australia to apply.

HWLE also strongly encourages applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

HWLE strives to create an inclusive environment where our people want and feel comfortable to bring their entire selves to work. Varied perspectives contribute to our collective success so whatever your background, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. If you have reasonable accessibility requirements that will enable you to participate equitably in our recruitment process, please reach out to Anthony Gosti - [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.