Careers + Internships
Careers @ VIVA!
VIVA! Communications is always seeking talented PR practitioners whose skills set, ability and experience sets them apart from the crowd.
We are committed to attracting, selecting and retaining PR professionals of the highest calibre.
Team VIVA! specialises in healthcare PR. Our consultants are industry professionals with backgrounds in Public Relations, journalism and science.
We offer competitive salaries, great benefits, a work-life balance and a dynamic, creative and cohesive team environment.
At VIVA! you will enjoy a defined career path, supported by ongoing investment in your training and professional development.
We have a successful track record in employing graduates and are dedicated to investing in the future of the PR industry by offering internships to PR and journalism students.
If you are a PR consultant or a graduate and wish to join our successful team, please email your resume to our General Manager, Paul Jans @ pj@vivacommunications.com.au
Current opportunities
Summary
- Manage key relationships with valued existing VIVA! clients.
- Provide senior counsel to key client stakeholders.
- The ability to write to specific tailored Healthcare audiences.
- Developing strategy for integrated communications campaigns.
- Superior media relations skills & contacts.
- Identifying and maximising new business opportunities.
- Knowledge of MA Code of Conduct, MTAA & TGA Codes.
- Excellent presentation and organisation skills.
- Confidence in pitching and closing client accounts.
- Proven account management including financials & budgeting.
Core Competencies
- Demonstrate agency principles in all professional and networking endeavors.
- Manage the engagement of digital & social media platforms and their influence.
- Develop strategies that meet project objective and program goals.
- Ability to convert research to strategic programs.
- Communicate superior attention to detail across team members and consistent delivery of work that meets or exceeds expectations.
- Effectively manage account teams to ensure client goals are met and exceeded.
- Guide agency growth and leadership through mentorship of junior staff.
- Effectively manage client budgets, projections, and financial planning.
Client Service
- Manage key strategic relationships with valued VIVA! clients.
- Develop client strategic plans and budgets in coordination with management.
- Responsible for nurturing client relationships and developing organic growth.
- Lead client contact (initiate/lead meetings, provide counsel, trouble shoot)
- Develop roles and delegate responsibilities across account teams.
- Ensure team activities are on strategy and driving desired program results.
- Write complex, strategically key media materials/other deliverables.
- Identify and realize organic growth opportunities with existing clients.
- Assist management team in the development of new business opportunities.
- Support pitch strategy, proposal and presentation with management.
Management
- Allocate staff resources and assist in direct financial projections and planning.
- Understand and help communicate the agency’s vision to staff.
- Manage client budgets, staff allocation and forecasting.
- Keep the team informed of any client, team or personnel issues.
- Managing, supervising, mentoring, & inspiring an accounts team Inc training & development.
Contact
Paul Jans, Managing Director, VIVA! Communications
02 9968 3741
pj@vivacommunications.com.au
Intern @ VIVA!
An internship @ VIVA! Communications is an investment in a young PR practitioner’s future.
At VIVA! Communications we have hosted many interns at our Sydney HQ. As we work all year round, we offer internships ranging from two weeks through to three months. We have worked with more than 100 businesses in the health + wellbeing sector in Australia and offer an opportunity for interns to experience public relations at all levels and across all communication channels throughout their internship.
To be considered for an internship at VIVA!, we ask you to 'like' VIVA! on Facebook and to follow @VIVAcomms on twitter, if you have a twitter account. In addition, you are required to comment on one of the VIVA! blog posts and then to forward us a link to your comment along with your application, to demonstrate your interest in public relations and performing an internship with our agency.
An intern at VIVA! may gain exposure to and experience in the following:
- Research
- Copy writing for media alerts, media releases and background media materials
- Supporting media relations activities – traditional, digital and social
- Brainstorming PR campaigns
- Social media – Web 2.0; Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Flickr, YouTube
- Assisting core PR team staff members on various projects
- Database entry and management
Please direct your internship inquiry to Paul Jans,
Managing Director, VIVA! Communications @ pj@vivacommunications.com.au