Digital Business Development Manager
Tennis Australia
Date: 17 hours ago
City: Melbourne, Victoria
Contract type: Full time
At Tennis Australia, we’re creating a more playful world through tennis – for everyone.
From grassroots to Grand Slams, tennis brings people together, inspires communities, and builds champions on and off the court.
We’re a team of imaginative and passionate people who believe in the power of sport to make a difference. If you're ready to help us serve up real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re committed to reflecting the communities we work and play in. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disability, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
About The Role
We’re now looking for a Digital Business Development Manager to join our Commercial team on a permanent, full-time basis. In this role, you’ll identify new digital advertising and content opportunities that drive revenue, grow audiences, and deepen year-round fan engagement. You’ll collaborate with the digital product, social, and partnerships teams to grow and commercialise the digital and social assets of the Australian Open, AO Series, and Tennis Australia.
In this role you will be responsible for:
To be successful in this role you will have:
If you think you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. Please note, only applications submitted through our system will be considered.
If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application process, please contact [email protected].
Tennis Australia is committed to providing a safe environment for all tennis participants, including children and young people. It is essential everyone involved with delivering tennis in Australia understands their responsibility in relation to child-safety.
We believe playing makes life better and we are always on the lookout to talented people to join our team and help us create a playful world through tennis.
Even if we are not currently advertising the position that you are looking for today, we may be tomorrow. There are a number of ways that you can keep up-to-date with new opportunities as they happen.
We encourage you to create a profile and register for our job alerts, as well as follow Tennis Australia on LinkedIn to stay up to date on the latest news and opportunities.
From grassroots to Grand Slams, tennis brings people together, inspires communities, and builds champions on and off the court.
We’re a team of imaginative and passionate people who believe in the power of sport to make a difference. If you're ready to help us serve up real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re committed to reflecting the communities we work and play in. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disability, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
About The Role
We’re now looking for a Digital Business Development Manager to join our Commercial team on a permanent, full-time basis. In this role, you’ll identify new digital advertising and content opportunities that drive revenue, grow audiences, and deepen year-round fan engagement. You’ll collaborate with the digital product, social, and partnerships teams to grow and commercialise the digital and social assets of the Australian Open, AO Series, and Tennis Australia.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Driving new business and commercial growth across Tennis Australia’s digital and social platforms, delivering on revenue and surplus targets
- Managing digital campaigns end-to-end – from briefing to execution, reporting, and optimisation
- Building strong client and agency relationships, leading responses to briefs and delivering innovative digital sponsorship and content solutions
- Presenting and packaging digital assets including branded content, social campaigns, EDMs and advertising
- Collaborating across teams to manage multiple projects, aligning on strategy, and ensuring seamless campaign delivery
To be successful in this role you will have:
- A strong background in sales and negotiation, with proven success delivering digital campaigns end-to-end
- Experience working with media agencies and direct clients, building strong relationships and driving results
- A solid understanding of sport, media partnerships, and evolving digital media trends and platforms
- Confidence in presenting to stakeholders and aligning brands with content, product, and sponsorship opportunities
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate across teams
- Hold (or be willing to obtain) a current Police Check and Working with Children Check
- Preparedness to be flexible in regard to working hours and arrangements relating to work associated with Tennis Australia
- Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
- Tickets to the Australian Open plus Superbox tickets to events at Rod Laver & Melbourne Arena
- Monthly health & wellbeing activities with access to CorePlus Pilates
- Onsite gym, tennis facilities & free onsite car parking
- Salary packaging & a range of discounts from our sponsorship partners
- Attractive leave benefits - with up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave for all primary caregivers and Sorry Business and Ceremonial Leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees
- We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180
If you think you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. Please note, only applications submitted through our system will be considered.
If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application process, please contact [email protected].
Tennis Australia is committed to providing a safe environment for all tennis participants, including children and young people. It is essential everyone involved with delivering tennis in Australia understands their responsibility in relation to child-safety.
We believe playing makes life better and we are always on the lookout to talented people to join our team and help us create a playful world through tennis.
Even if we are not currently advertising the position that you are looking for today, we may be tomorrow. There are a number of ways that you can keep up-to-date with new opportunities as they happen.
We encourage you to create a profile and register for our job alerts, as well as follow Tennis Australia on LinkedIn to stay up to date on the latest news and opportunities.
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