Spend your days writing about the silica sands of Whitehaven and the magic of sunset sails! Our team of copywriters help maintain the flow of productivity at the Travel Shop. Whether you're writing articles, updating pricing or building new products, the journalist team works to improve our online platforms and draw traffic to our websites! Your job is to produce excellent content, maintain accuracy and consistency across products, and help create a seamless user experience.

This position is flexible and engaging, with combinations of creative writing, admin, pricing, and organisation required. You have the opportunity to work across our variety of brands in the Whitsundays, Cairns and K’gari (Fraser Island) while using punchy and destination-evoking writing to draw in readers and compel them to travel East Coast Australia!

We are looking for someone who will be initially based in Airlie Beach so you can work in our local office, be trained by our local team and engage with the community. You will also have face-to-face meetings and discussions with our content team and learn how to produce efficient results in the office.

We are open to negotiating full-time, part-time, casual or freelance contracts.

Your Profile

We're preferencing candidates with:

Tertiary qualifications in journalism, digital media, communications, writing and/or editing
Experience in the industry (copywriter, travel blogger, journalist, content manager, editor)
SEO training
Experience with Lightroom, Photoshop or image editing software
Familiarity with basic coding, content uploading and graphic webpage styling
Travel blogs, social media presence, or platforms of your own
Ability to be based in Airlie Beach
Fluent English
A unique, concise and colourful writing style that makes people want to keep reading your words

About Sailing Whitsundays & The Travel Shop

Sailing Whitsundays is an established, local travel agency operating in Airlie Beach. With over 60 staff spread across five continents, we are a diverse and creative team constantly developing innovative, forward-thinking solutions to connect travellers to the wonders of the Whitsundays. From social media experts to our dynamic sales team, to creative photographers and graphic designers, to skippers, local experts, managers, writers, and more, our team is a mixed bag of unique and adaptable people from all over the world!

As a comprehensive competitor in the Whitsunday tourism market, we book thousands of sailing and catamaran boats, private charters, scenic flights, jetskis, dive adventures, regional tours, fishing experiences, segway rides, skydives and more. We work with established local tour operators to give guests the ultimate Australian experience. Sailing Whitsundays is also renowned for incredible packages, that combine accommodation and island tours, seamlessly.

We deliver visitors to dreamy destinations such as Whitehaven Beach, the Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, Hill Inlet Lookout, Whitsunday Island and Daydream Island. But most of all, we’re passionate about illuminating the Whitsundays and its plentiful wonders in unique, mindful and unforgettable ways.

As a member of the digital team, you will work across our four brands under The Travel Shop umbrella: Sailing Whitsundays, Cairns Tours, Fraser Tours, East Coast Tours, Whitsunday Catamarans, and more to come!