Description:
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.
Job Description
- 6 month Fixed term position based at our Mascot Campus
- Oversee integrated media planning and execution across all channels, partnering with external agencies and the internal trading desk.
- Ensure clear briefs and collaborate with internal teams to deliver optimised, audience-focused campaigns aligned with Group marketing strategy.
Today, we’re busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an unpredictable industry. We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.
The Media Manager is a subject matter expert in media, responsible for the media planning and implementation of paid media buys through our external media agency and internal trading desk. This role covers integrated media plans across all media channels, including Television, Outdoor, Radio, Print, Cinema and Digital.
The Media Manager ensures that all briefs are tight for agencies and internal teams to be able to deliver to and acts as a subject matter expert to evaluate these responses to develop the most effective go to market campaigns for Qantas. This role straddles strategy to execution, working together with the internal Marketing teams, media agencies and Analytics team to deliver best practice media campaigns, with a continuous focus on optimising both audience and channel performance. alignment with the Group marketing strategy and centralised resources.
You’ll have –
- 5+ years marketing experience in media/ advertising, including digital
- Tertiary degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field
- Experience in cross channel media implementation to meet business targets
- Digital campaign execution experience
- Results orientated, with a strong understanding of setting metrics, performance reporting and analysis techniques
- Negotiation and influencing skills to effectively manage stakeholders and external partners
- Strong attention to detail and a passion for delivering superior customer experiences through paid media.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and work collaboratively with cross functional teams.
- Innovative mindset and experience implementing new technologies or media channels.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, problem solving and time management skills.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks & meet deadlines.
- Takes ownership of, and personal accountability for decisions and actions.
Why Qantas?
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.
- You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.
Applications close: 8 February 2026
Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship.