Media Room

PR Consultant / Communications Specialist

Catriona Pollard - Thursday, May 09, 2013
If you love working on PR, we have the position for you! 

  • Fantastic PR position - so much potential
  • Great team environment
  • Creative and strategic
We are widely recognised as a leading PR specialist in the Australia. Our culture strives to constantly train, develop and promote the skills and abilities of our people.

A PR Consulting role exists within our structured and process rich organisation, allowing you to concentrate on the creative and strategic side of your role. On a daily basis you will be pitching specific angles to media based on the current news agenda as well as thought leadership themes.

You will manage a client portfolio and must have an intuitive approach to account management and service delivery. You will also be responsible for regularly writing articles, blog posts and other content and will need exceptional written communications in order to successfully fulfil this position. You will be providing social media strategy and implementation.

A Communications, Journalism OR PR background would be well suited to this position. Essentially though, you must have a genuine interest in media, social media, news and an ability to understand and articulate emerging trends. 

We seek an individual committed to long-term growth and development, you will work within a close-knit team with a director willing to invest time and energy into your personal development. Collaboration and accountability will be a cornerstone of your success, work-life balance and flexibility is available to those with a mature and professional character.

This role is perfect for you if you are pro-active, driven by results and possess excellent media relations skills and contacts, strong writing ability and attention to detail.

You will be joining a team that loves to multi-task while meeting tight deadlines and consistently delivers exceptional client service. We are known for being results driven, and our clients love us for it. See what they say about us!

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Read all about our agency at or check out our award winning blog.

Read more about our culture! Check out our Facebook page to meet the team and see our offices and the fun things we do!

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Media release: Next Digital continues to grow with three new appointments

Catriona Pollard - Monday, April 15, 2013

Next Digital, a full service digital agency, has appointed three new staff members to their business development and Sitecore team.

The largest independent digital agency in Australia has appointed Colin te Kempel to the position of Sitecore Product Architect, Nicholas Bye to the position of e-Commerce Business Development and Dan Frost to the position of Business Development Manager- Sport & Leisure. 

Having worked with Sitecore for five years, Colin te Kempel will bring his wealth of experience to Next Digital to manage the overall technical excellence of their work with Sitecore. 

“I’m excited to work for Next Digital as they have a strong technical expertise and focus on strategy led development in the digital space. I hope to compliment these qualities with my strong focus on automation and innovation” said te Kempel. 

Also joining the team is Nicholas Bye who will be responsible for providing significant ROI and e-commerce solutions to help clients prosper in challenging market conditions. 

“Next Digital is passionate about delivering on their customer’s expectations through their technical and strategic capabilities, which is a quality I admire and will implement in my work with retailers” said Bye. 

To further strengthen Next Digital’s business development team, Dan Frost will head the Sport and Leisure Department in Sydney and will be responsible for attracting new customers from the Asia Pacific region. 

“With Next Digital’s unique position as Asia Pacific’s largest independent full service agency I’m looking forward to attracting new customers from this diverse and growing market,” said Frost. 

Next Digital’s CEO, Andrew Burke said, “Expanding our team is a significant investment which will allow us to deliver even more relevant and effective digital strategies to our clients”. 

Next Digital is a leader in creating successful digital strategies for clients throughout the Asia Pacific region. They combine exceptional marketing thinking, regional understanding and technical firepower to develop and deliver broad digital programs.

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CP Communications
Phone: 02 9460 9200

About Next Digital
Next Digital is a leader in creating successful digital strategies for clients throughout the Asia Pacific region. They combine exceptional marketing thinking, regional understanding and technical firepower to develop and deliver broad digital programs.

Their love for all things digital has been going strong for more than 16 years. That journey has helped them hone their delivery and engagement approach, and has shaped how they innovate and keep in front of a fast changing digital space. 

Next Digital is a true full service digital agency with over 170 talented digital specialists working throughout offices in Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. www.nextdigital.com 
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Media Release: Next Digital grows management team with two senior specialists

Catriona Pollard - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The largest independent digital agency in Australia, Next Digital, is expanding their client management team with the appointment of two senior specialists.

Robert D’Arcy has been appointed to the position of Account Director and Nelson Galloway comes on board as a Client Services Director.

As a digital specialist with over 13 years experience, D’Arcy was drawn to Next Digital because of the opportunity to work with some of Australia’s most iconic brands. Read More

How to promote your business online: The Official Australian Construction magazine

Catriona Pollard - Tuesday, February 19, 2013

We achieved great media coverage for our client Catch in The Official Australian Construction Magazine January- February 2013.  Read More

Please vote for our blog!

Catriona Pollard - Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Remaining Intelligent under pressure: CEO Magazine

Catriona Pollard - Friday, December 21, 2012

We achieved great media coverage for our client The Leadership Circle Asia Pacific in CEO Magazine December 2012.  Read More

Hey, big spender: Australian Traveller

Catriona Pollard - Friday, December 21, 2012

We achieved great media coverage for our client Hilton Worldwide Australasia in Australian Traveller December 2012/January 2013.  Read More

Driving better engagement with your online advertising: Nett

Catriona Pollard - Monday, December 17, 2012

We achieved great media coverage for our client Pulse Marketing on Nett. Read the full article here.  Read More