Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.

At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.

This position is an initial 9 month fixed-term contract based in NZ.

You’ll join the Xero Aotearoa New Zealand team and be part of a supportive and fun work environment that encourages you to take ownership for your career and be the best you can be. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key player in making a real difference to small businesses. To peek inside Xero and see what we do check out  #dobeautifulwork on Twitter or Instagram.

You will take ownership for developing and executing an integrated program of diverse and creative communications campaigns aligned to our business strategy to maximise media exposure and brand awareness in our home market and drive employee engagement. You will be experienced at working with leadership teams, have strong commercial acumen, be energetic, passionate, and focused on developing and delivering on organisational strategies and objectives.

We’re looking for someone with a sense of humor and the ability to think big. Aotearoa New Zealand is our home market and we need someone who can execute on creative ideas while taking into consideration the variety of audiences and stakeholders we need to communicate with.

What you'll do:

• Develop a program of diverse, creative campaigns to maximise media exposure and align them with company strategic goals.
• Establish yourself as a trusted communications advisor to Xero’s New Zealand Aotearoa managing director,  providing communications counsel and continuing to build their reputation as an expert and thought leader.
• Work with the Aotearoa New Zealand leadership team to raise the profiles of its members and advise on reputation management of the business
• Develop and maintain relationships with target business media and influencers.
• Mine for stories. Work across the organisation to identify creative and distinctive positioning opportunities to help boost Xero’s profile in the media and online.
• Identify and create individual customer and partner stories and storytelling opportunities to bring the Xero story to life.
• Partner with marketing to ensure the Xero voice is heard across multiple channels in New Zealand, Aotearoa.
• Lead highly productive relationships with PR agencies and suppliers.
• Help to build and support our strategic social framework and activities and collaborate with Xero’s internal social leads.
• Use online news and social web tracking service to analyse Xero’s market mentions, terminology and emerging topics.
• Contribute toward the broader Xero Communications strategy and team efforts, which incorporate PR, analyst relations, government relations, university relations, community and content.

What you'll bring:

• At least 10 years of experience in communications and public relations, preferably at a global or multinational organisation.
• B2B enterprise/SaaS software experience, and an understanding of the SMB market highly desirable.
• Experienced in working with executive and leadership teams to align communications programmes to business strategy and objectives.
• A portfolio of successful communications campaign results in support of product launches, workplace initiatives, building brand equity, and establishing executive thought leadership.
• Passion for evangelising the growing need for social marketing, customer experience, and customer communities.
• Proven experience in creating and delivering ‘content everywhere’.
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-moving environment, is willing to hustle and can work collaboratively and effectively with geographically dispersed teams.

Why Xero?

Xero is an inclusive environment, with people who will respect, challenge, support and mentor you to do the best work of your life. Where creativity, innovation and continuous learning are encouraged and celebrated. Whether you're after a workplace with a social vibe, or a workplace which understands your family, sport or a side gig is the priority or something in between - Xero can be all of that and more.

At Xero, we trust you to build your career to the best of your ability and we will support your desire for learning with training and career mentorship to help you flourish. As part of our awesome package, you’ll receive Xero shares and a Life Insurance package as well as a variety of other perks to make your time here that much more fun. Our facilities and PX teams work hard to give us great workspaces with all the tech company perks.

Xero is an NZ Immigration Accredited Employer and Rainbow Tick certified too.

Please include a cover letter in your application, telling us why you’re a great fit for this position.