Senior Planning Producer - Sydney, Australia - abc

    abc
    abc Sydney, Australia

    Found in: Talent AU C2 - 1 week ago

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    About the Role

    ABC News is seeking a Senior Planning Producer to plan and coordinate multi-platform coverage and content for major news events and other stories, with a focus on reaching new audiences.

    In this key role, you will:

  • Commission stories on key news themes, generate story ideas and fresh angles, and help build detailed distribution plans to reach the audience.
  • Pitch stories that are relevant to Australians and reflect the cultural, geographic, and socio-economic diversity of the country.
  • Help deliver digital-first, trusted and impactful journalism, with an audience-centred approach.
  • About You

    Do you love it when a plan comes together? To be successful in this position, you will have a strong track record of planning and executing complex multiplatform news and event coverage. Experience commissioning for web and app platforms is highly desirable. You will also have:

  • Experience using audience insights and data to inform commissioning and prioritise stories for platforms.
  • High level ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of people across the ABC and assist in building team relationships with colleagues.
  • Excellent organisational skills including the ability to meet tight deadlines and experience using planning tools.
  • Well developed communication and interpersonal skills, ability to apply initiative, exercise tact and discretion.
  • The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services the ABC seeks to represent, connect and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.