Are you passionate about building ideas into movements? About turning insight into clarity, and clarity into momentum? Cicada Innovations, Australia’s leading deep tech incubator, is looking for a Content Manager to help shape the narrative of Australia’s innovation economy.

About Cicada Innovations

For over two decades, Cicada has been at the forefront of Australia’s deep tech ecosystem. We are a mission-driven organisation supporting startups solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges - from health and climate solutions to advanced manufacturing and space technologies. With state-of-the-art facilities, national programs, and a thriving founder community, Cicada is where great ideas grow into impactful ventures.

As we grow in scale and national visibility, we’re ready to build a consistent, high-quality content engine that strengthens engagement, sharpens our positioning, and grows the right audiences.

The Role

You will be responsible for building and operating Cicada’s content engine. That means creating, commissioning and curating useful, credible and engaging content that:

• Delivers ongoing value to Cicada members
• Strengthens brand clarity and authority
• Grows our owned audiences
• Provides reusable assets that support the wider business

Currently, much of our content is created ad hoc by senior leaders. This role brings structure, cadence and leverage - ensuring our community feels informed and connected, and that founders, partners and ecosystem stakeholders clearly understand who we are, what we offer and why it matters.

You will own:

Editorial Leadership

• Develop and manage a rolling editorial plan aligned to Cicada’s strategic priorities
• Establish clear intake and prioritisation processes
• Balance member value, brand positioning and business outcomes

Content Creation & Commissioning

• Write and commission high-quality long-form and evergreen content
• Develop founder stories, insights, explainers and ecosystem perspectives
• Maintain clarity, consistency and authority of Cicada’s voice

Publishing & Repurposing

• Structure content for effective distribution across website, newsletters and LinkedIn
• Repurpose content into reusable assets
• Build and maintain an organised content library

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with product, service and site leads to surface stories and insights
• Collaborate with Digital Marketing, Community, Commercial and the Executive team
• Provide messaging assets that strengthen broader business activity

Performance &Optimisation

• Review engagement signals and audience behaviour
• Refine themes, cadence and formats over time
• Improve systems for efficiency and leverage

About You

You’re both strategic and hands-on. You care about clarity. You understand that good content compounds - and that a strong editorial system is as important as a strong idea. You will have:

• Proven experience in content strategy, editorial planning or communications
• Exceptional written communication skills
• Experience commissioning or managing freelance contributors
• A strong sense of brand voice and narrative consistency
• The ability to balance depth, speed and reach
• Comfort working across multiple stakeholders in a dynamic environment
• An interest in startups, technology or deep tech ecosystems'

You’re comfortable making day-to-day editorial decisions within a brand framework, managing trade-offs, and knowing when to escalate high-visibility pieces

Why Join Cicada?

At Cicada, you’ll help articulate the stories of founders building solutions to global challenges. You’ll play a key role in strengthening Australia’s deep tech ecosystem and shaping how innovation is understood, supported and scaled.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.