Overview
Gain your Diploma in Social MediaCombine on-the-job learning & training Kick start your career with one of Newcastle's largest employers. Are you looking for an opportunity to start your career in digital marketing where your skills development will be supported and evolve? This opportunity is a 2‑year fixed‑term contract within our Media, Engagement, Economy & Corporate Affairs (MEECA) service unit.
This traineeship will see you focus on CN's digital marketing, website content and social media communications, create and curate engaging and relevant social media content in collaboration with the Digital Lead and other Marketing staff, assist with community management to ensure CN's social media followers remain engaged and informed, and support the implementation of digital marketing campaign deliverables such as paid media and reports.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Create and curate engaging social media content in collaboration with the Digital Lead and Marketing staff.
* Assist with community management to keep CN's social media followers engaged and informed.
* Support the implementation of digital marketing campaign deliverables, including paid media and reports.
* Focus on CN's digital marketing, website content and social media communications.
Benefits
* 38‑hour working week with flexible/hybrid work arrangements.
* 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave, plus 2 additional paid public holidays.
* 17.5% annual leave loading (yearly payment).
* Paid parental leave for primary carers.
* Industry leading employment conditions.
* Corporate Fitness program starting at $12.90 per fortnight.
* Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefit programs including Novated Lease options and reward and recognition vouchers.
* Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities.
* The CN Way leadership program.
* Inclusion, Diversity & Equity employee networks and initiatives.
* Health & wellbeing programs including an onsite physiotherapist, yoga, and mental health ambassador groups.
Remuneration and Working Hours
From $37,856.48 + 17.5% annual leave loading (yearly payment) + 12% superannuation per annum for a 35‑hour week.
Application Process
What is next? If you are successful in progressing to the next stage of our recruitment process, you will be required to attend 1 × group assessment centre for a 3‑hour period between Monday 16 February – Thursday 19 February 2026.
Application closing date: Sunday 18 January 2026. Contact: For further information refer to our FAQ sheet or email For accessibility requirements, contact Applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia. CN does not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply. Don't just work for the city, co‑create it.
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