Advertising Manager

Job No.: 694518

Location: Mulgrave

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: Continuing appointment

Remuneration: $124,343 - $137,251 pa HEW 8 plus 17% super

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity

Paid media and demand generation play a critical role in how Monash engages prospective students and drives global recruitment. As Advertising Manager, you will lead the Channel Experience and Program Change team to oversee the University’s media buying, social media activity and the development of creative, high-impact advertising campaigns focused on lead generation, student recruitment and student engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate higher-education marketing strategy into multi-channel advertising and social plans that drive measurable impact
• Lead the delivery of university-wide and faculty-specific paid campaigns across social, digital, and above-the-line (ATL) channels
• Manage external media and creative agencies, ensuring all output aligns seamlessly with our brand guidelines and strategic priorities
• Manage operational activities, including planning, continuous service improvement, reporting and risk management.
• Lead a team of 3 direct reports, you will foster a motivated, highly trained and customer-focused work environment

This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned media and marketing professional who thrives in a matrix environment, excels at managing agency partnerships and wants to shape how one of Australia's leading universities drives paid demand generation at scale.

About You

• You are an experienced marketing and media professional who understands how to turn brand strategy and multi-channel campaign implementation into high-performing student recruitment outcomes.
• Deeply experienced in social, digital, and ATL media buying, with a proven track record of confidently steering external creative and media agencies.
• Driven by how advertising maps to the broader student journey, connecting paid media execution directly to business objectives and compliance requirements.
• Comfortable managing large budgets, tracking performance metrics, and using regular business reporting to manage risks and optimize ROI.
• Understands the critical importance of brand governance, seamlessly balancing creative flair with operational and financial rigour.
• Excels at managing, mentoring, and motivating a high-performance team to deliver quality outcomes under tight deadlines.
• Adept at building strong, consultative relationships within complex matrix structures, faculties, and senior executive teams.
• A proactive problem-solver who champions operational efficiency and strategic service delivery.

Selection Criteria

• Extensive experience in social, digital and above-the-line (ATL) media buying, multi-channel campaign implementation, reporting, and analytics.
• Demonstrated experience in managing external suppliers, including media and creative agencies, as well as working alongside designers to manage creative work within strict brand guidelines.
• Highly developed planning and organization skills, with proven experience establishing priorities, allocating resources and motivating team members to achieve objectives within tight deadlines.
• Staff management experience with a proven ability to lead, develop, and mentor a high-performance team committed to excellent customer service.
• Demonstrated management experience navigating a large, complex, or matrix organisational structure.
• Excellent operational management skills, with the ability to manage project budgets (up to $3M), review business practices, and implement continuous quality assurance and risk-monitoring processes.
• Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills, including a demonstrated ability to deliver positive, data-driven solutions to complex marketing problems.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.

In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Learn more about Monash.

Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here. 

Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must include your latest CV and a Cover Letter outlining your suitability to role.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Kanika Bhatia, Director Channel Experience and Program Change, Kanika.Bhatia@monash.edu

Position Description: Advertising Manager

Applications Close: Sunday 29 June 2026, 11:55pm AEST