Media & Communications Manager

🏏 Join Cricket Victoria

Are you a skilled storyteller with a passion for sport, media and digital content?

Cricket Victoria is on the lookout for a Media & Communications Manager to lead the content, PR and media strategy for the Melbourne Stars and support our broader communications across the organisation.

This is your opportunity to bring the excitement of W/BBL cricket to life, work alongside elite athletes and coaches, and shape how one of the BBL’s biggest clubs shows up in the public eye.

💪The Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering a year-round integrated content and PR strategy for the Melbourne Stars across all channels

• Managing all media operations, match-day comms, and broadcast liaison during W/BBL season

• Acting as a trusted comms advisor to players, coaches and the high-performance team

• Creating, curating and publishing compelling social, video and editorial content

• Overseeing owned media platforms, including website, EDMs, and all social channels

• Collaborating with marketing and commercial teams to support ticket sales, memberships, and fan engagement

• Preparing social media analytics reports and fulfilling commercial content requirements

🎯 About You:

• 4–5+ years’ experience in a similar media/communications role, preferably in elite sport or agency

• Proven track record in media relations, PR strategy, digital content, and brand management

• Strong writing skills and ability to tell stories across a range of formats and platforms

• Confidence working with elite athletes, high-performance teams and media stakeholders

• Experience with CMS and VMS platforms (Pulse Live and Brightcove an advantage)

• Excellent time management and ability to thrive during fast-paced periods like W/BBL season

• Working With Children Check (Employee)

• Valid driver’s licence and tertiary qualification in comms/media

🏆Why Join Cricket Victoria?

Cricket Victoria is one of Australia’s leading sporting organisations and the proud home of Victorian cricket, including the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades. Based at the state-of-the-art CitiPower Centre, we provide a high-performance environment where innovation, collaboration, and wellbeing are at the heart of what we do.

🎁 The Benefits:

• State-of-the-art facilities at the CitiPower Centre, St Kilda

• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance

• Tickets to a range of sporting events (yes — this includes cricket!)

• Free onsite gym access

• Corporate health insurance offers

• Exclusive corporate partner discounts

• Additional week of leave each year

• Paid parental leave

• A casual, friendly and inclusive culture – our top priority

If you’re ready to lead, develop, and inspire the next generation of female cricketers, we want to hear from you.

Please note: Flexibility to work non-standard hours, including evenings and weekends holidays, is required. Interstate Travel is also a key component with the position.

Applications close date Wednesday 6th August at 9am.

At Cricket Victoria, we embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We are committed to providing a safe environment for children across Australian Cricket and we also offer a flexible work environment for all employees.

We measure ourselves on our ideals – “Leading the Game”; our shared ideals have the power to create positive change and deliver excellence for our customers, colleagues, and communities. Our people value integrity, connection, accountability, respect and excellence.

We require all applicants to undergo background checks and screening prior to or during any appointment. Australian Cricket’s Commitment Statement to Safeguarding Children and Young People can be found at www.cricketaustralia.com.au/safeguarding