Marketing Advisor

Why join us? | He aha ngā hua o tō piri mai?

• Create work people notice: Shape campaigns that connect our community with the places, experiences and services that make Palmy tick.
• Stretch your marketing craft: Work across diverse audiences, channels and projects, with plenty of scope to test ideas and grow your capability.
• Benefits: We do more than just pay you a salary too. We have awesome benefits to support you including 5 weeks annual leave.

About the role | Ngā kōrero mō te tūranga

Want to finish each day knowing your work is making a visible difference in the community? If you’re looking for a marketing role with variety, visibility and genuine impact, this could be your next move.

As our Marketing Advisor, you’ll bring Council storiesto life through smart, audience-led campaigns. From shaping the strategy to selecting channels and measuring results, you’ll be involved across the full campaign journey.

Working alongside our marketing and communications specialists, you’ll collaborate with teams across Council and trusted external suppliers. You’ll balance creativity with commercial thinking, using data and insight to make every campaign work harder.

This is a full-time role, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

Your focus in this role will include:

• Turning business objectives into compelling, integrated marketing campaigns.
• Developing campaign strategies across owned, earned and paid channels.
• Creating engaging content and collateral that is unmistakably Palmy!
• Finding fresh ways to reach audiences and cut through a busy media landscape.
• Using audience insights and campaign data to test, learn and optimise.
• Working with creative, media and print suppliers to deliver quality work on time and within budget.
• Providing confident, practical marketing advice to teams across Council.
• Protecting and strengthening the reputation of Palmy and its city brand.

About you | Ngā kōrero mōu

You’re a marketer who puts the community at the heart of every campaign. You bring creativity, audience insight and evidence to the same table, knowing the strongest ideas are those that connect with people and deliver meaningful results.

You’re curious, commercially minded and comfortable moving between strategy and execution. You can untangle a complex brief, find the story that matters and turn it into a clear campaign that inspires action.

What you will bring:

• A bachelor’s degree with a marketing or communications focus.
• Strong campaign experience across traditional and digital media.
• A proven ability to establish, measure and deliver against marketing KPIs.
• A sharp understanding of audiences, targeting and impactful messaging.
• Excellent writing and spelling skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• The ability to translate data and insights into effective marketing decisions.
• Strong strategic thinking, planning and problem-solving skills.
• Confidence building relationships and influencing colleagues, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Commercial awareness, including experience forecasting and tracking results.
• The ability to spot opportunities while managing brand and reputational risk.
• Experience with, or an understanding of, te ao Māori.
• A collaborative attitude, positive energy and the drive to keep projects moving.

About us | Ngā kōrero mō mātou

Palmerston North (or as we like to call it, Palmy) is a growing, innovative and exciting city. With small city benefits and big city ambition, Palmy has secured its place on the map as a creative and exciting city, with leading innovation and developments! We’re proud to be a city that includes, supports, connects and uses the talents of the whole community in our pursuit to provide a connected and safe community. We’re also a future-focused city who cares about enhancing our natural and built environment. Our future looks bright, it looks vibrant and progressive.

What we offer | Te āhua o ā mātou mahi

• Competitive salary between $94,024 and $110,617, plus a 3.5% Kiwisaver employer contribution (where eligible)
• 5 weeks annual leave and a community service day
• Long service leave after qualifying periods
• Paid parental leave benefits
• Supportive work environment that values work-life balance
• Annual flu vaccinations and subsidised health and eye checks
• Onsite café, staff gym and wellness space
• Study leave, professional memberships, and fees support
• The opportunity to make a real difference in the future of a vibrant, growing city

Applications close: 11.00 pm, Thursday 10 September 2026.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from all those suitably qualified for this position.

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