Communications Manager

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Together with the Senior Communications Manager you'll ensure Trade Me earns high quality, positive media coverage across all of our verticals (Marketplace, Jobs, Property and Motors) and be seen as a media expert and trusted advisor in the business.

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You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:

#Flexible

Flexibility means different things to different people and we support you to find what works, including a home office set up and utilities allowance.

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#Wellness

Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.#LeaveWe support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.

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#Social

Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for free lunches. Friday drinks and nibbles every fortnight, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.

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#Learning

Whether it's on the job, formal training, mentoring or something else, you'll grow with us from Day 1.

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Here's what you can expect from this role:

* Field media enquiries as the first point of contact, and source responses for reporters

* Deliver comms-related advice & collateral, including releases, Q&A preparation and comprehensive comms plans

* Build and maintain strong media networks

* Media train our spokespeople

* Front media on behalf of Trade Me

* Drive media analysis tools

* Interpret data & insights to bring numbers to life

* Identify opportunities and pitching stories regularly across our verticals

* Find innovative ways of generating positive publicity for Trade Me

* Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure we’re aligned and making the most of every business opportunity

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What you will bring to our team:

Experience

* 4-6 years experience in a similar communications role

* Tertiary qualification involving writing or communications

* Strong media relations experience and a good grasp on the New Zealand media and ecommerce environment

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Competencies

* Initiative - able to identify opportunities, risks and issues and jump on them

* Strong attention to detail

* Confident with analysing and interpreting data

* Excellent writing and copy skills

* Flexibility and adaptability

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We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you.

At Trade Me, we're about connecting Kiwi to create the life they want. Whether it's the big things like finding a home, a job, a car or growing their business, or the smaller things, like finding that perfect bedside table or parting ways with some old stuff. At Trade Me our vision is to be the place where Kiwi look first.

Trade Me is one of New Zealand's most popular websites with over five million members and more than 650,000 Kiwi visiting our site every day.