Senior Adviser, Social Media

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  18th Aug 2025

Senior Adviser – Social Media 

  • Creative storytellers wanted.

  • Be part of shaping how we tell the Rio Tinto story through bold, insights-driven social media content.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic social media professional to join our social media team.

Reporting to the Content and Social Media Manager, you will be responsible for producing social media and campaign content, monitoring issues and risk online, and providing expert advice to global product group and functional stakeholders. You will be the front door into the Content and Social Media team in APAC.

You will play a fundamental role in executing our strategy, designing and producing high-quality and engaging content across a range of social media accounts, including:

  • Planning, sourcing, writing, editing and proof-reading social media content, including videos, infographics.

  • Facilitating content roll-out on riotinto.com across our social media channels.

  • Collaborating with graphic designers, product groups and functions to produce content.

  • Building networks within the business to source leads, particularly in close conjunction with colleagues in APAC.

  • Identifying opportunities based on research insights and trends.

  • Analysing content performance across channels focusing on consistent engagement.

  • Leveraging best practice social media expertise and digital insights to optimise the efficacy of content.

  • Ensuring all content is in line with our brand guidelines, tone of voice and style guide

  • Community management

  • Strategising, building, optimising and reporting on paid campaigns.

What you’ll bring 

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in communication or other related field.

  • Experience working in social media, public relations, journalism and/or digital marketing.

  • A good understanding of social media platforms, their respective audiences (LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube etc) and how each platform can be used in different scenarios.

  • Exceptional writing skills and attention to detail.

  • Track record of producing and delivering content across a broad range of social media channels.

  • Ability to meet strict deadlines and to manage multiple streams of work simultaneously.

  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills.

  • A hands-on approach.

  • Demonstrated creativity to identify and implement trends and opportunities to improve content.

  • Paid campaign experience.

  • Experience using CANVA, products in the Adobe Creative Suite and Digital Asset Management platforms would be also be valuable, but not essential.

What we offer 

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

  • A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

  • A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

  • Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family

  • Attractive share ownership plan

  • Company provided insurance cover

  • Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

  • Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

  • Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

  • Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

  • Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

  • Possible domestic relocation assistance

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About Rio TintoRio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

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