Digital Studio Manager

• Full-time, Non-Ongoing, EL1 position
• $121,755 - $132,713 per annum plus 15.4% superannuation
• Australia’s leading museum located waterside in beautiful Darling Harbour

The Australian National Maritime Museum is seeking an experienced and innovative Digital Studio Manager to join the Digital team in this full-time, non-ongoing role for a period of 12 months.

About the Australian National Maritime Museum
As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum shares our national maritime story across Australia and the world, online, onsite and through research, presentations and travelling exhibitions, and provides must-visit museum experiences that delight and inspire.

We connect our visitors with the oceans and waterways that are the heartbeat of who we are. From deep time to modern Australian and beyond, we explore our past, our present and future as an island nation shaped by sea, offering a sustainable and cohesive vision for the future.

The Museum welcomes over 2.5 million local, interstate and international visitors annually, and is supported by a thriving and passionate staff, membership, volunteer and education base. Find out more at sea.museum.

About the Role
The Manager Digital Studio plays a key role in the Museum’s Digital Studio. Responsibilities of the role includes planning, managing, and delivering digital products and experiences in response to the Museum’s mission and priorities both online and onsite. The role is accountable for defining digital products/experiences and the end-to-end project management across the research, design, development, and delivery phases ensuring high quality visitor and user experiences for all digital experiences. The Digital Studio Manager will work within a co-design framework with multiple teams internally and with external collaborators on content production for video and photography shoots, website content, and in-gallery digital experiences. All digital product for the Museum will be developed through the Digital studio from ideation to delivery.

Please note: This recruitment process is intended to fill both current and future vacancies. While the position on offer is non-ongoing, a merit pool of suitable applicants may be established to fill similar ongoing and non-ongoing positions within the next 18 months.

Key Accountabilities
Under broad direction, this position is responsible for delivering the following functions:

• Manage the production of all digital product through the Digital Studio.
• Manage the development for ongoing analysis of digital strategies, content plans, policies, guidelines, and best practice standards aligned with the Museum’s brand to continually improve digital engagement.
• Lead project management of video/media content including: timeline management, assessment and contribution to briefs to ensure strategic and brand realisation, budget management, project documentation and archiving, and the use of project management software for tracking all elements of digital production.
• Provide strategic advice and develop digital products and solutions with an understanding of appropriate formats for cross-platform delivery in response to the Museum’s mission and priorities.
• Work with the Head of Digital Engagement and Insight and Lead Developer to scope product requirements and project manage design and delivery to meet deadlines within allocated budgets.
• Develop and execute project proposals, specifications, and budgets, as required, managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Manage team deliverables including design, testing and iterative development to ensure quality audience outcomes – including for the Museum’s web content, and interpretive/interactive experiences.
• Develop and implement innovative strategies to enhance the Museum’s digital engagement both online and onsite. This includes effectively reporting on key digital metrics, to providing insights into performance and audience engagement. Additionally manage partnerships and collaborations for digital initiatives, overseeing contracts, agreements, and quality control.
• Work in the Museum’s co-design methods across the organisation and with external collaborators to deliver high quality digital experiences.
• Provide training, support and mentorship for staff and interns for the development of digital skills across the Museum through the Digital Drop-In program that aligns with the Museum’s strategic aim of being a digital first museum.

Selection Criteria
The successful candidate will demonstrate their capacity against the following:

• Demonstrated conceptual and innovative problem-solving skills for developing and implementing digital products and platforms.
• Excellent organisational, traffic and project management skills with demonstrated experience in monitoring the workflow of digital products and platforms; including managing project budgets and resources.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder collaboration, project management and service delivery.
• Experience using Digital Product Management and Digital Asset Management software, insights/analytics and account scheduling platforms or similar.
• Comprehensive understanding of new and emerging technologies and product trends.

Qualifications and/or relevant experience required

Mandatory:

• Appropriate tertiary qualification or relevant, equivalent professional experience in digital product development and delivery.

Desirable:

• 5+ years’ experience working as part of a Digital team.
• 5+ years’ experience managing complex digital product projects from ideation to delivery.
• Knowledge and/or experience working in a Cultural Heritage organisation.
• Experience managing complex video and photography shoots from ideation to delivery.
• Experience with back-end and front-end programming languages, such as Java, HTML, CSS, Drupal, Wordpress and React.
• Experience running Co-design workshops.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and deliver effective outcomes working both independently and in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent written communication skills for producing Digital Engagement briefs from scratch as well as communication with internal and external stakeholders and partners.
• Excellent visual communication skills including the ability to select appropriate digital content for use across multiple channels, for presentations and experiences.
• Experience using Digital Product Management and Digital Asset Management software, insights and account scheduling platforms or similar.

When applying via our online e-recruitment system, please provide a written application addressing each Selection Criteria. Your current resume is also to be included in your application.
In addition to an application and your resume, the assessment process for this position may also include an interview and referee reports.

Applications Close: 11:30pm AEDT, Monday 6 April 2026. No applications will be accepted by mail or email.

Selection for this position will be made on the basis of relative merit which will be assessed against each item of the selection criteria. Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered for shortlisting by the Selection Panel. As part of the selection process the Selection Panel may invite candidates to undertake online testing, skills-based assessment and provide samples of written work at interview.

This position is open to all eligible members of the community, and we welcome and encourage applications from people with disability, the LGBTIQ+ communities, from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. To be an eligible member of the community, you must be an Australian citizen. Applications may be accepted from Australian permanent residents who are in the process of acquiring Australian citizenship. All employees will be required to satisfactorily complete an Australian Federal Police National Police Check and obtain and maintain a Working with Children Check registration.

What We Offer You
Working at the Museum offers a stunning office location plus access to a range of benefits including:

• A competitive salary, plus 15.4% superannuation
• Generous leave and flexible working arrangements
• Great training and development opportunities
• Rewards and recognition initiatives
• Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP – a free counselling service for you and your family).
• Wellbeing initiatives including free flu shots and reimbursement for optical
• Staff Regatta – Sailing on the Harbour.

RecuitAbility
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information see: RecruitAbility | Australian Public Service Commission (https://apsc.gov.au)

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