**What's the role?** **Are you a strategic planner ready to shape the future of Australia’s largest publishing** **network?** News Australia is looking for an **Industry Planning Manager** to join our high-velocity Growth Team. Reporting to the Client Planning Lead, you will be the architect behind strategic narratives that unlock investment from both emerging and established industry giants. This is a unique opportunity to deepen your craft in an environment that bridges the gap between raw audience insights and commercially powerful storytelling. **The Role:** As an Industry Planning Manager, you aren't just filling grids—you are building long-term partnerships. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Editorial, Product, and Strategy teams to bring integrated ideas to life across digital, print, and audio platforms. **Key Responsibilities:** + Translate high-level strategies into actionable, innovative plans and "commerciallysound" proposals that solve real client business challenges. + Identify investment opportunities within priority industries and deliver high-impactintegrated solutions that hit revenue targets. + Act as the functional link between internal stakeholders (Research, Insights,Product) and Sales to ensure every pitch is insight-led and cohesive. + Stay ahead of the curve on market dynamics and competitor activity to refine ourongoing solution approaches. + Gain direct exposure by participating in client discovery phases and high-profilepresentations alongside our Sales leads. **Who are you?** You are a proactive, "action-oriented" professional with a gift for seeing future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies. + You have 3+ years of experience in media, marketing, or integrated planning, with aproven track record in the end-to-end planning process. + You have experience developing solutions across digital, print, audio, and content formats. + You possess strong financial acumen and understand the business drivers thatmake a campaign effective and profitable. + You can build rapport quickly with diverse groups and convey complex ideas clearly and professionally. + You thrive on collaboration and know how to balance the needs of multiple internaland external stakeholders to get the best result. **News Benefits** News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include: + **Exclusively ours** - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family + **Health & wellbeing** - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices) + **Time off** - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave. + **Helping you grow** - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition + **Financial wellbeing** - Support on making the most of your money + **Perks & discounts** - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services + **Giving back** - Make a difference to our communities. + **Workplace Inclusion and facilities** – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms **Who are we?** We are proud to be Australia’s most impactful media group, we’re even prouder of what we stand for. Together, we inform, advocate and inspire all Australians, for a better Australia. With over 150 brands across news, sport and lifestyle, News Corp Australia is trusted by over 18 million Australians a month to provide the information and inspiration they seek. Renowned for world-class journalism and marketing services nationally and internationally, we offer a fast-paced environment that encourages individuals to take control of their future and challenge themselves in ever-changing fields. In February 2025, News Corp Australia's National Client Partnerships Team was named Sales Team of the Year at the 2024 AdNews Agency of the Year Awards. This prestigious award is testament to the dedication, passion, and innovation that drive our talented team of Client Partnership professionals. **What’s next?** Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers **Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion** _We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know._ **_If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit_** www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers **_under the DEI section._** **Category:** Client Partnerships We are proud to be Australia’s most impactful media group, we’re even prouder of what we stand for: Together, we inform, advocate and inspire all Australians, for a better Australia. With over 150 brands across news, sport and lifestyle, backed by a team of more than 5,000 dedicated people across the country, News Corp Australia is trusted by over 17 million Australians a month to provide the information and inspiration they seek across multiple digital, video, audio and print platforms. Renowned for world-class journalism and marketing services nationally and internationally, we are passionate, creative and dynamic. We offer a fast-paced environment that encourages individuals to take control of their future and challenge themselves in ever-changing fields.