PR Manager (Australia & New Zealand)

We are seeking a PR Manager to join our Melbourne team.

The PR Manager is a key strategic role responsible for leading and elevating Movember’s storytelling and media impact across Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Communications and working in close collaboration with the local APAC team, this role shapes how Movember shows up in the world – through compelling media coverage, high-impact narratives, and strategic partnerships that bring our mission to life.

You’ll be responsible for developing and delivering high-quality, insight-driven communications that not only elevate the brand, but also advance critical conversations and action on men’s health. This role demands a newsroom mindset, sharp instincts, and an always-on awareness of the media and cultural landscape. You’ll lead the delivery of integrated, year-round PR campaigns that fuel audience engagement, amplify Movember’s brand and programs, and support key moments across the calendar – including our flagship Movember campaign.

You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment, combining long-term strategic thinking with the ability to rapidly respond to opportunity. From breaking news to personal stories, talent activations to issue-based advocacy – your work will help make Movember a national conversation, every day of the year.

For This Role, You’ll Need

• Background in journalism, media, or a newsroom environment strongly preferred – with a sharp understanding of what makes a story newsworthy and how to shape it for impact.
• 5+ years’ experience in public relations, journalism, media, or strategic communications, ideally with a focus on earned media and brand storytelling.
• Strong writing and editing skills – confident producing media releases, messaging documents, thought leadership, speeches, and digital content.
• Proven ability to translate complex or technical subject matter (e.g. health research, policy, data) into accessible, compelling content for broad audiences.
• Demonstrated experience managing media relations end-to-end – including strategy development, pitching, spokesperson coordination, and media monitoring.
• Comfortable leading talent and ambassador engagement, with experience briefing high-profile spokespeople and managing talent/influencer activations.
• Solid understanding of Australia’s media landscape, including national, regional, and multicultural outlets across broadcast, print, digital, and social.
• Familiarity with PR measurement and reporting tools (e.g. Meltwater, Google Analytics) and the ability to interpret data to inform decision-making.
• The ability to navigate complex review processes, tight deadlines, and feedback from multiple stakeholders – balancing collaboration with efficiency and editorial integrity.
• Previous experience working in a purpose-driven, nonprofit or social impact organisation is highly regarded but not essential.
  
  

Good Cause

Working for Movember, you’ll help raise millions for men’s health (not for a CEO’s bonus). And all those dollars do a whole lotta good. We’ve funded cancer research. Created lifesaving medicines. And helped make cancer treatments less “one-size-fits-all”, and more specific to each patient’s needs.

We’re even calling for governments worldwide to get it together on men’s health. By meeting directly with policymakers so they change the systems that change men’s health.

Good Vibes

The vibes aren’t just for Fridays – even though we start weekends early nine months of the year. Here, it always feels like something big’s about to happen. Be it an office-wide surprise birthday party (with cake!) or an impromptu all-staff boogie.

Come the hairy season, the energy gets silly. We’re talking celebrity visits. Live stunts on-site for TV and radio. And when we hit a fundraising milestone, the office gong might even go off. And that means one thing: it’s conga time.

Good Crew

Let’s just get this out of the way: big egos need not apply. We’re all about straight-up solid human beings out to do meaningful work. People who’ll help you reach career-best moments. And give you the freedom to get there the best way you see fit.

Hybrid remote working is the norm. And in the office, you can sit where you please. Who knows? On any given day you could even end up desk buddies with the man who started this all.

• Flexible hybrid working from home and our modern Richmond office
• Finish work at 2pm on Fridays (Dec-Aug)
• NFP salary packaging (pay less tax)
• 13 weeks paid parental leave and 5 weeks annual leave
• Fun & collaborative culture with employee social events
• Free Headspace subscription and other wellbeing initiative
• Relaxed dress code
  
  

Boy, do we know the feeling of being judged. (Over how we look, and other things that shouldn’t matter.) Being different is how we started. And it’s also helped us raise $1 billion for men’s health. So, we know the power of diverse experiences, skills and perspectives.

And another impressive number is our WGEA gender pay gap: it sits at a big, fat, round 0%. If you’ve got the relevant skills and the right attitude, let nothing stand in your way of firing off your application.

Do you want to DO GOOD?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Movember is the global leader in men’s health. Our focus is on mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Since beginning over drinks at a bar in 2003 in Melbourne, we’ve expanded internationally, raised over $1 billion for men’s health and funded more than 1,320 men’s health related projects globally.