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Communications Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what communications managers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most communications managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Communications Manager with experience building integrated messaging strategies across internal and external channels. Strong background in media relations, content development and campaign delivery, with a focus on protecting brand reputation and keeping staff and stakeholders informed. Comfortable reporting to senior leadership and coordinating across marketing, HR and operations teams.
Key skills
- Strategic communication planning
- Content creation and editorial writing
- Media relations and crisis messaging
- Stakeholder management
- Project management
- Data analysis and reporting
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Hootsuite or Buffer
- HubSpot CMS
- Canva
- Microsoft Teams
Experience: example bullet points
- Developed and executed an integrated communication strategy spanning internal announcements, press releases and web content, keeping messaging consistent across all channels
- Managed media inquiries and coordinated interview opportunities, building working relationships with journalists that supported timely, accurate coverage
- Planned and delivered multi-channel campaigns across digital, print and social platforms, lifting audience engagement against prior campaign benchmarks
- Wrote and edited newsletters and web content for internal and external audiences, reducing turnaround time between drafting and distribution
- Led crisis communication response during a sensitive organisational event, coordinating leadership statements and media responses under tight deadlines
- Monitored campaign performance through analytics and stakeholder feedback, adjusting messaging frameworks to improve reach and clarity
Education
Typically a bachelor degree in communications, journalism, public relations or marketing, with many senior practitioners holding a postgraduate qualification in communications or business; membership with the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) is common but not mandatory.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- media relations
- crisis communications
- stakeholder engagement
- internal communications
- press release
- content management system (CMS)
- PRIA accreditation
- brand voice
- media liaison
- campaign reporting
- communication strategy
- messaging framework
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.