Finance Journalist

Savings Media Group encompasses a range of respected websites from across the finance, property and motoring sectors, including Savings.com.au, Your Mortgage, Your Investment Property, InfoChoice and Performance Drive. Millions of Australians visit Savings Media Group websites each year to compare products, discover savings, use helpful tools or read news, guides and expert tips.

About the Role
As a finance journalist you will be responsible for generating high quality content that attracts an engaged audience of users to Savings Media Group websites by producing and maintaining relevant content (e.g. guides, features, news articles, videos) that informs Australians on finance and property-related matters.

Whether you're an experienced writer, a recent graduate or a student in their final year of studies, this role is perfect for those seeking to immerse themselves in the finance and property media sector.

We can offer WFH flexibility with a mix of work being performed from home and from our Brisbane CBD office.

Key responsibilities:

Write informative guides, thoughtful features, breaking news and clean web copy;
Conduct interviews to source original commentary for news, features and guides;
Present yourself in videos and podcasts
Leverage social media to amplify the reach of content;
Represent the brand well when approached by external media outlets (e.g. speak about your articles on radio); and
Produce content for other brands in the wider business when required.

About you
You will be an enthusiastic writer with a genuine interest in financial products and the Australian property market. You’ll also pro-actively monitor key trends in the media landscape and creatively apply the ‘saving lens’ to create topical content that will best suit the interests of the audience. The required qualifications and experience is detailed below:

Experience in an online publishing environment and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Communications/PR/Media would be very highly regarded
Business/Finance qualifications or experience would also be viewed favourably
Highly advanced, versatile writing skills to suit a variety of writing formats (news, features, educational, etc.)
A thorough understanding of social media platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
SEO knowledge.

Why us?
Savings Media Group is a fast-growing, innovative web publisher with big ambitions. Millions of Australians visit Savings Media Group websites each year making the group one of Australia’s leading sources of financial news, guides and product comparisons. Savings Media Group also produces a bi-monthly magazine (Your Investment Property Magazine) and a podcast (The Savings Tip Jar).
As an associate of Firstmac, Australia’s largest non-bank lender with $15.7 billion in loans under management, we have a 40+ years of history in helping Australians get into more than 130,000 home loans.

Benefits
But we're much more than that. We're a social bunch and we host a number of events during the year. We're proud sponsors of the Brisbane Broncos with prize draws all season long, and we are also actively involved in our local community with our loans.com.au Women, Children & Community Program, designed to support Australian charities on their mission to raise awareness for important causes.

Our staff are encouraged to take an annual paid day to do charity work, as well as get involved in Quarterly Community Initiatives where we give back to a local cause

Apply for this position
To express your interest in this exciting opportunity, please send your resume accompanied by a brief cover letter to Claire Barber at careers@firstmac.com.au Or click on the 'Apply Now' button below.
Applications close at 5pm on Monday 20th November 2023.