Aristocrat focuses on delivering happiness to life through play, with a team driven by a mission and culture that supports innovation and excellence. We are a leader in gaming content and technology, impacting regulated land-based gaming, social casino, and regulated online real-money gaming. The Vice President, Global External Communications role at Aristocrat offers an excellent opportunity to guide global media engagement and brand reputation strategies and make a strong contribution to our organization.
This role plays a key part in our Communications & Corporate Brand team, elevating our external communications to greater heights. You'll guide a dynamic team to design and complete world-class communication strategies that engage our diverse business units and collaborators. If you're an ambitious communications professional passionate about leading groundbreaking initiatives and supporting flawless communication standards, this position is perfect for you!
What You'll Do- Lead the development and execution of effective external communications strategies that support Aristocrat’s business objectives and improve our corporate reputation.
- Provide critical communications advice and support to senior leaders, ensuring alignment with company goals.
- Coordinate the implementation of global external communications programs, including media and reputation management strategies.
- Coordinate with communications teams across the globe to ensure accurate and timely media responses.
- Manage and develop the External Communications team, ensuring efficient prioritization and vendor management.
- Drive external communications initiatives related to Sustainability and Responsible Gameplay in collaboration with key collaborators.
- Handle media enquiries, issues management, and provide crisis communications support.
- Anticipate emerging challenges and champion continuous improvement in communication practices.
- Measure the efficiency of global external communications using data and analytics to find opportunities for improvement.
- Support the preparation of market materials, Group publications, and disclosures, bringing them to bear within regions and business units as needed.
- Carry out additional tasks as assigned to assist the Communications & Corporate Brand team’s objectives.
- Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in Corporate Affairs and/or Communications leadership roles within complex businesses, ideally with international experience.
- Proven track record of successfully setting and accomplishing communication strategies.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to anticipate business requirements and develop proactive communication solutions.
- Strong issues management experience, including leading crisis communications and media/reputation management.
- Experience managing external collaborators and diverse internal audiences.
- Ability to lead and develop a high-performing team, manage budgets, and prioritize resources effectively.
- Strong business partnering skills with the ability to build relationships and trust across internal collaborators.
- High level of personal probity, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to provide strong corporate communications thought leadership and foster a positive team culture.
We offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support your wellbeing, and recognise your contribution to our success. Our approach is underpinned by a pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact. Your specific compensation package will be determined by factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
Depending on your role and location, you may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.
Specific details about compensation and benefits for this position will be discussed during the recruitment process.
Skills Required
- Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field
- 15+ years of experience in Corporate Affairs and/or Communications leadership roles
- International experience in complex businesses
- Proven track record setting and accomplishing communication strategies
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Strong issues management experience, including crisis communications and media/reputation management
- Experience managing external collaborators and diverse internal audiences
- Ability to lead and develop a high-performing team
- Experience managing budgets and prioritizing resources
- Strong business partnering, relationship-building, influencing, and collaboration skills
- Ability to provide corporate communications thought leadership and foster a positive team culture
Aristocrat Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aristocrat and has not been reviewed or approved by Aristocrat.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage offers multiple Aetna options with preventive care fully covered and $0 in‑network outpatient mental health visits, plus employer‑paid premiums on at least one dental and one vision plan. Feedback suggests first‑day eligibility and HSA funding increase perceived value.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave provides up to 12 weeks for primary caregivers and 10 days for secondary caregivers, with adoption/surrogacy reimbursement and access to Lyra sessions. Feedback suggests these supports materially enhance family and mental wellbeing.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The SuperShare program matches employee share purchases with free shares up to a defined annual limit, with clear enrollment windows and a two‑year vest. Feedback suggests this structure delivers uncommon ownership value compared with standard ESPPs.
Aristocrat Insights
What We Do
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an ASX20 listed company and one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions. We’re licensed in over 300 jurisdictions and operate in over 90 countries around the world. We’re also proud to have a team of over 6500 employees that deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems, but it doesn’t stop there. Despite our global presence and exponential growth, we remain an ideas company at heart that is committed to delivering outstanding results for our customers and players and an unparalleled experience for our employees, who have the opportunity to grow, be inspired and be the best they can be. Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us to live our mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play – every day. Come and join us – let’s play!
Why Work With Us
Individually we’re great, but together we’re brilliant. Our employees are the beating heart of our business and we attract the best people in the industry thanks to our unique and inspiring culture. Come and join the team and help bring joy to life through the power of play.
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