Retail Media Specialist

News Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Publications access

Perks & discounts

Health & wellbeing

Time off

Financial wellbeing

Onsite gym

Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking a Retail Media Specialist for David Jones Amplify, a national role in Medium Rare’s commercial team. This hybrid Sydney-based position focuses on selling, creating, and delivering experience-led campaigns that connect premium brands with in-store and online shoppers.

You will manage a portfolio with a strong commercial focus, driving end-to-end campaigns, pricing, and inventory strategies, while building valuable supplier relationships and delivering measurable ROI

Qualifications

• Proven experience in media sales, retail marketing, shopping centre, or category/partnerships roles within luxury, retail, or media/experiential agency environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive business planning and revenue growth by identifying and converting new business opportunities.
• Build and secure creative media solutions that bring a brand to life in the world of David Jones Amplify.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of retail media campaigns while identifying production efficiencies to ensure optimum delivery and client satisfaction.
• Lead the review, pricing, and optimisation of media inventory and packaging strategies.
• Implement strategies to improve the sell-through of production-heavy channels.
• Support the development of preferred supplier relationships to oversee the logistics and execution of experiential pop-up retail media campaigns.

Skills

Media sales

Retail marketing

Strategic thinking

CRM proficiency

Stakeholder management

Tools

CRM tools

Job description

As the Retail Media Specialist for David Jones Amplify, you will join Medium Rare's high-performing commercial team in a newly created national role to drive the growth of Australia's first luxury retail media network. Collaborating with third-party agencies and internal strategy teams, your primary purpose is to sell, create, and implement experience-led campaigns that connect non-supplier brands with premium, purchase-ready consumers both in-store and online. You will manage your portfolio with a strong commercial focus, delivering end-to-end solutions - such as visual merchandising hot spots and storefront windows that drive full-funnel shopper engagement, elevate the customer experience, and maximize return on investment for advertisers.

Responsibilities

• Drive business planning and revenue growth by identifying and converting new business opportunities.
• Build and secure creative media solutions that bring a brand to life in the world of David Jones Amplify.
• Take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of retail media campaigns while identifying production efficiencies to ensure optimum delivery and client satisfaction.
• Lead the review, pricing, and optimisation of media inventory and packaging strategies.
• Implement strategies to improve the sell-through of production-heavy channels.
• Support the development of preferred supplier relationships to oversee the logistics and execution of experiential pop-up retail media campaigns.

Who are you?

• You have proven experience in media sales, retail marketing, shopping centre, or category/partnerships roles within luxury, retail, or media/experiential agency environments.
• You are a strategic and creative thinker with a passion for retail media, who gets a thrill out of building new business opportunities and piecing together a brand's attributes into an exceptional media plan.
• You possess a strong understanding of media channel planning, inventory, and commercialisation management strategies.
• You are highly detail-oriented with strong organisational skills, allowing you to seamlessly manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, collaborating easily with stakeholders and managing client relationships with a customer-centric approach.
• You are proficient in using CRM and reporting tools to manage pipelines, track campaign performance, and inform your overall sales strategy.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

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Benefits

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits
• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

Additional initiatives

• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career
• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives
• Workplace Inclusion and facilities - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

Medium Rare is Australia’s leading content and owned media agency. We work with some of the country’s most recognisable brands, including Coles, Bunnings, Qantas, Officeworks, CommBank and L'Oréal Australia & New Zealand, to create award-winning content and campaigns across print, out-of-home, digital and social channels. We celebrate courageous creativity and take pride in our people, our work and our clients. Medium Rare employs more than 200 people across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland. This role is Sydney-based, working from our Surry Hills office on a hybrid arrangement (three days in the office). Run by experienced content marketers with the backing of News Corp, Medium Rare offers clients the best of both worlds: the creativity, agility and service mentality of a dedicated agency with the insights, analytics and reach of Australia’s leading media company.

Category:

Commercial Content

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