Senior Brand and Marketing Manager

About the McGrath Foundation:  

We are the McGrath Foundation. Each of us, and all of us, together. And what we do matters. It matters to the thousands of families going through cancer.  

They are why we show up each day. The families we know and the ones we don’t. The families that need the support of a McGrath Cancer Care Nurse.  

Showing up at the McGrath Foundation means showing up with your head and your heart.  

It means bringing all your knowledge, your expertise, and your experiences.  

And matching it with all your care, your courage and the commitment to support others. 

We are the McGrath Foundation. Care to join us?  

Why the McGrath Foundation is a great place to work: 

We have a clear purpose: What we do and why we do it matters.  

We have a strong brand: We are a trusted and well-known brand across Australia.  

We support flexibility: We embrace hybrid working and where possible, offer flexibility in core hours, including part-time options.  

We offer attractive salary packaging benefits: Not-for-Profit salary packaging is offered to reduce your taxable income and keep more of your pay in your pocket.  

We care about your overall wellbeing: We offer a range of generous leave options and free access to Sonder, an innovative total wellbeing platform.  

We have fun, together: The annual Pink Test and is our major fundraising event and it’s part of our DNA. We come together and work as a team to make it happen. We have fun and celebrate our success, because success means we can help deliver care to more people experiencing cancer.

About the opportunity

At the McGrath Foundation, our brand is more than our name and logo. It reflects our belief that no one should go through cancer without the care of a McGrath Cancer Care Nurse. Every day, around 450 people in Australia are diagnosed with cancer. Meeting that growing need takes communities, partners, workplaces, supporters, and people across the country coming together. As custodians of our brand, the Brand and Marketing team shares stories that build awareness, deepen engagement and inspire action for people experiencing cancer.

The Senior Brand and Marketing Manager guides diverse activities across campaigns, brand, content and media, while keeping our messaging clear, warm and aligned to our purpose.

About the role

This is a 14-month fixed contract role with a hybrid working arrangement (3 days in the office and 2 days from home).

Reporting to the Head of Brand and Marketing, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering integrated campaigns and communications that support the Foundation’s revenue goals, marketing strategy, and organisational priorities.

As Senior Brand and Marketing Manager, you will guide the delivery of a significant program of activity across our core brand, campaigns, content and operational execution. Managing a talented team, including internal graphic design capability, this role will suit someone who enjoys a balance of hands-on project delivery and partnering across the organisation to produce meaningful, high-quality work.

What you will bring

You are an experienced marketing leader with strong capability across brand, campaigns, content and media. Confident managing cross-functional projects, you can guide creative work from brief to delivery and build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders, and partners. Your writing, storytelling and judgement are strong, and your collaborative leadership style helps people feel supported, focused and empowered to do their best work.

In this role, you will:

• Lead brand, campaign, content, and marketing programs that support our strategic and revenue priorities
• Shape integrated communications across key campaigns, channels, and organisational priorities, working cross-functionally with the extended team and other functions
• Manage team workflow, briefs, timelines, budgets, graphic design work and external partner coordination across multiple campaigns and projects. Support and develop team members, building capability and encouraging clear and efficient ways of working
• Write, review, and refine campaign, brand and supporter-facing copy that connects with our audiences and reflects the Foundation’s voice

About you

You will ideally have a relevant tertiary qualification in marketing, communications or a related discipline, along with at least five years’ hands-on marketing leadership experience. More importantly you will bring care, confidence and a collaborative spirit, supporting the team to stay focused, do great work and bring our purpose to life.

If you are passionate about making a positive impact and can see yourself in this role, we would love to hear from you. Apply now, or contact the People and Culture team via people.culture@mcgrathfoundation.com.au if you have any questions.

We value diversity!  

The McGrath Foundation is an employer of equal opportunity and celebrates the diversity of our team. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to participate in our recruitment processes.

This is a direct search process so respectfully, no agencies please.