National Museum of Australia
Senior Digital Producer
The Museum has an exciting opportunity for a professional to join the agency as an APS Level 6.
Role purpose
The Senior digital producer will take primary responsibility for the ongoing coordination and production of Exhibition related digital products and the digital classroom. The occupant of the role will work with independence, subject to limited direction to establish priorities, practices, and methodologies to deliver quality outcomes.
The occupant of the role will also plan, manage, and execute the delivery of projects, including managing all third-party relationships and contracts with relevant digital suppliers.
The Senior digital producer scopes digital product requirements and monitors their delivery to meet deadlines within budget. This includes conducting user research and business analysis, scoping and managing all stages of development including specifications, procurement, interface and experience design, and iterations through alpha, beta, and implementation phases.
During the project lifecycle, the Senior digital producer will perform thorough quality-assurance testing on delivered products to ensure they meet the requirements, including assessing these against user needs, best practice, and industry standards.
The Senior digital producer will manage project budgets, resourcing and delivery schedules relating to individual projects and outputs and maintain an excellent level of project administration and reporting in line with the Museum’s record management policy and project management methodology.
The occupant of the role will contribute to the development and management of new partnership and collaboration opportunities for digital initiatives and may supervise and provide guidance to junior project staff as required. They will also contribute to the development of team objectives for short-term tasks and strategic planning for longer-term initiatives.
Key accountabilities
- Thorough Project Scoping: Identifying all project requirements, objectives, and deliverables ensures clarity and minimizes scope creep.
- Project Delivery: Effectively manage the scope, cost, time and risks of major projects. This role will play a key role in the delivery of the exhibition microsites and related products including discovery, design, development, testing and release.
- Identifying Risks: Proactively recognising potential project risks and challenges.
- Stakeholder management: Working closely with business stakeholders, understanding, discovering, defining, validating, prioritising and continuously managing business and customer requirements.
- Outcome focus: Working with an outcome focus, demonstrating an ability to effectively challenge the business while retaining a customer focus.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to Work Health and Safety (WH&S) by actively supporting a positive safety culture, following the Museum’s WHS policies and procedures, and complying with reasonable instructions to ensure alignment with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
To apply
Applicants must include a 2 page pitch addressing their suitability for the role against the essential and desirable Skills, experience and qualifications. Applicants must also provide a resume and contact details for 2 referees.
Visit https://www.nma.gov.au/about/employment and apply online.
Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday 28th June 2026
Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process. If you require, or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments, please contact the Contact Officer for this position.