Thinking of moving to Australia?
Thinking about a move to Sydney?
You’re in the right place! As a specialist marketing recruitment agency with 15 years experience in the Sydney market, iknowho is uniquely placed to help you make the move to our sunny shores.
If you possess marketing or creative agency account service experience and are contemplating a move to Sydney, we’d love to hear from you!
Whether you’ll be arriving on a Working Holiday Visa or seeking sponsorship, let's begin a conversation to help facilitate your move.
What's the market like right now?
Sydney has a thriving advertising scene, and we are proud to work with agencies of all sizes and disciplines, as well as corporate marketing teams from the banking/finance, retail, healthcare, media, and tech sectors.
If you possess skills, experience, and solid references, you're poised for an exciting and promising future filled with opportunities under the sun.
We cover both freelance and permanent roles in Sydney creative agencies and corporate marketing teams, across all levels from Account Executives to Group Account Directors, and Marketing Executives through to Heads of Marketing.
Agencies are especially keen to see talented candidates from the UK. Whilst our in-house marketing teams are seeking campaign managers with digital, direct and retail activations experience.
How can we help with your job search?
Our team of industry expert consultants come from agency & marketing backgrounds themselves, so they speak your language and understand the skills / experience you bring to the table. Many also have experience spanning both Sydney & London, so they understand what’s involved in making a move half way round the world.
Learn more about our team
here.
We are happy to discuss visa requirements, as well as arrange interviews in Australia prior to your arrival so you can hit the ground running!
Our team is dedicated to making your international career transition as smooth as possible and we would love to be your first point of contact for all marketing, advertising and digital jobs in Sydney.
Get in the know before coming to Australia
Finding the right visa for you
Start by exploring your visa options on the Australian Immigration website.
If you’re between 18 and 30 years old (or 35 years old if you’re from Ireland, France, Canada and soon to be expanded to include UK citizens), the easiest and most common visa is the Working Holiday Maker Visa (Subclass 417). If you have a New Zealand passport, you won’t need to apply for a visa.
Where to look for rental properties or shared accommodation
We’re happy to provide a letter of reference confirming your employment for your landlord if you’re looking to rent a property.
Here are some great sites to start your search for somewhere to live:
Check out local Facebook groups once you know what area you’re interested in moving to; often they’ll be advertising rental properties.
Enrol for public healthcare
Citizens of the UK, Ireland and New Zealand (plus a few more countries – you can check if your country has this here) have a Reciprocal Healthcare Agreement with Australia so are covered by Medicare, which is the Australian equivalent of the NHS. Find out more on how to enrol with Medicare here.
Open an Australian bank account
Although you can open a bank account before you arrive, you will still have to go into the bank when you get here to confirm your ID and pick up your bank cards. Here is a great article with all you need to know about banking in Australia.
Apply for a Tax File Number (TFN)
Once you have arrived in Australia you can apply for a Tax File Number (TFN) - this is the same as the UK National Insurance Number and you will need it for any job you work in.
Ready to move down under?
Get in touch today to see how we can help with your job search in Australia.
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Please note: Due to COVID-19, there are currently restrictions on who can enter Australia. Changes have been made for some visa types, please visit www.homeaffairs.gov.au for the most up to date information on who can enter Australia and other visa requirements from the Department of Home Affairs.
