The role won’t be your typical communications one and as a result we aren’t looking for someone with ten years experience. We want a new or recent grad who hasn’t forgotten what it is like to be a struggling comms major. This will be trial by doing and assisted failure that will give you great stories to tell when you inevitably move on in two or three years time. 

We are looking for the risk taker who knows that we value a communications report on progress less than we do someone standing behind a BBQ talking to students. 
That said, the role is a full time 40 hour per week job and will sometimes require professional clothes and client management skills. We are a not for profit organisation but we work with sponsors who enhance the value proposition for our tauira. 

The WSU welcomes te reo Māori as a preferred asset to your application but not a requirement. And although we have three designers on staff, having an understanding of software and design principles at a basic level will always help.

Nexus will immediately discount any CV where you add a continuum scale and rate your personality or punctuality out of 10 because it is meaningless and trite.

Role responsibilities include:

• Leading a design and content creation team for the production of a 40 page weekly deadlined magazine.
• Content creation and supervision of video content.
• Event communication support including on camera  and spokesperson role.
• Advertising sales and Management.
• Digital and Web content creation.
• Content management and analytic development.
• Strategic Development of Comms Channels 

The Absolute Right Candidate Will

• Never wear Crocs to work 
• Appreciate that the value of a job like this is that it is a stepping stone to jobs that pay significantly better, not a destination.
• Recognise that no one you have ever respected vapes.
• Be committed to the singular guiding principle that a workplace can and should be flexible and accommodating but you also have to buy into it, be a team player.
• Acknowledge that the “best idea” doesn’t have a hierarchy, and Deputy Communications Managers can still hand out bags and deliver magazines.
• Understand Olivia Rodrigo is talented without getting completely carried away
• There is a chance you will host the occasional quiz night so being able to socialise with your colleagues at the end of a long week is also of value.
• Know instantly that AGREEMENT and not AGREEANCE is correct.

As the University has a vaccine mandate and we work at the University we will need to see your vaccination passport. Even if we didn’t work at the University we would want to see your vaccination passport because we won’t hire someone who doesn’t actively believe in Plato's rules of the republic and obligation to the state.

Job Requirements

Application

• Please provide a Cover Letter
• Please provide a CV