12th May, 2025
About Us
GWF is one of the largest food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand, employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. Our product range is diverse and includes iconic brands across baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products, and animal feed. Business units include Tip Top, DON, MAURI, Jasol, and more.
Since 1947, DON has been crafting Australia’s favourite hams, bacon, salami, franks, and continental smallgoods. Today, we’re proud to be part of the George Weston Foods group and to operate one of Australia’s largest fresh and smallgoods manufacturing businesses.
About the Role
Based in McLaren Vale, this hands-on role supports the Fresh business unit with a wide range of marketing coordination, admin and digital tasks.
You’ll work across promotional planning, merchandising, in-store demos, expo coordination, social media content, influencer programs, packaging updates, reporting, and more. It’s a role that mixes organisation, creativity, and multitasking, ideal for someone who wants to be at the centre of it all.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate product sampling, marketing merchandise and expo/event logistics.
- Maintain promotional and advertising trackers, monitor trends, and report to leadership.
- Create content briefs, manage social media scheduling and influencer partnerships.
- Liaise with internal technical team, design and web agencies to maintain packaging artwork and website accuracy.
- Support with SAP entries, purchase orders, invoices, and budget tracking.
- Align marketing activities with sales, supply chain, and NPD teams.
- Prepare visual assets and help coordinate product photography.
- Manage office organisation and day-to-day marketing admin.
- Provide daily support to Head of Innovations, line manager.
Why Join Us Our Purpose is to craft food that brings out ‘the good’.
Working at DON, you’ll enjoy:
- A varied and engaging role where no two days are the same.
- The opportunity to work with cross-functional teams and creative partners.
- A collaborative and energetic marketing environment.
- Access to broader GWF development programs and benefits, including:
- Flexible working arrangements
- Staff discounts
- Health and well-being initiatives
- Study assistance and career development tools
About You You’re a
hands-on, creative, and organised marketing all-rounder, ideally with:
- Experience in a marketing coordination or assistant role.
- Strong skills in admin, event planning, and digital content support.
- Familiarity with social media platforms, scheduling tools, and Excel.
- A positive, team-oriented mindset and a can-do attitude.
- A relevant degree (In business, marketing, or something similar) is a bonus but not essential.
Applications To apply for this opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking on the ‘Apply' button.
At DON and George Weston Foods, we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment. So we can get to know you in the best possible way, we're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Please let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via email to donpeopleandperformance@gwf.com.au.
Applicants for this position may be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests including a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol tests, and a security/background check, which may also include a criminal record check. Proof of eligibility to work is required for all successful applicants.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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