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MECCA

Prestige beauty retailer with curated brands

PR & Social Media Lead

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Richmond, Australia
In PersonSome travel, event attendance and out-of-hours or weekend social activity are part of the role.
Social MediaSocial Media Strategy & Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Bring 5–6 years’ experience across public relations and social media, ideally within beauty, fashion, wellness, luxury or lifestyle.
  • Have strong expertise across Instagram, TikTok and emerging social platforms, with an understanding of what makes brands culturally relevant and content perform.
  • Have proven experience building relationships with media, creators, influencers and talent, alongside strong writing, pitching and communication skills.
  • Be able to generate ideas, manage multiple projects and make confident decisions in a fast-moving environment.
  • Have a passion for brand building, beauty and culture, and curiosity to explore new platforms, markets and technologies, including emerging applications of artificial intelligence in marketing.
  • Be available for some travel, event attendance and out-of-hours or weekend social activity.
Responsibilities
  • Lead kit:’s public relations activity across Australia and New Zealand, building strong media relationships and creating culturally relevant moments that earn attention beyond product.
  • Own kit:’s social presence across Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest, leading content calendars, feed builds, native content creation and optimization to drive performance and brand growth.
  • Build and manage creator, influencer and talent relationships across Australia and New Zealand, while partnering with specialist agencies to support international creator activity.
  • Identify partnerships, talent and creative opportunities that can amplify kit:, driving hype, conversation and brand awareness beyond the walls of MECCA.
  • Lead performance reporting across public relations, social and creator activity, turning insights into clear recommendations and continually testing new formats, hooks and ways to grow the brand.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience across public relations and social media within beauty, fashion, wellness, luxury or lifestyle is ideally suited to the role.

About the company

Mecca Brands operates as a prestige beauty retailer in Australia and New Zealand, offering Mecca Cosmetica and Mecca Maxima stores, online, and private-label ranges. It curates over 200 brands, including exclusive Australasian distributions like NARS, Stila, Hourglass, and Charlotte Tilbury, and focuses on an experiential, education-forward shopping experience with brand-agnostic expert advice. It differentiates with two formats—Mecca Cosmetica for luxury and Mecca Maxima for trend-focused products—and its own private-label lines to control the product mix, plus Meccaversity staff training and a large Beauty Loop loyalty program. Its goal is to empower people to look and feel their best through a curated, inclusive beauty experience that builds lasting relationships with customers and the Australasian market.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Melbourne, Australia

Founded

1997

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What believers are saying

  • FY25 revenue reached A$1.43 billion and profit hit A$125.9 million.
  • MECCA added over 40 brands in 2025, including Rhode, Phlur, and Victoria Beckham Beauty.
  • Chadstone's 2,400sqm flagship and Albury opening extend MECCA's physical moat in 2026.

What critics are saying

  • ASIC fined MECCA entities $594,000 on 31 March 2026 for late financial reporting.
  • Sephora's June 2026 filing notice signals direct rivalry for prestige launches and exclusives.
  • If exclusivity slips, MECCA becomes a high-touch retailer facing Amazon-style commoditization.

What makes MECCA unique

  • MECCA owns Australian exclusivity for Charlotte Tilbury, Byredo, and Drunk Elephant.
  • Bourke Street's 4,000sqm flagship opened in 2025 with skin studios and services.
  • Beauty Loop and Meccaversity create sticky loyalty through rewards and trained advisors.

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Benefits

  • Employee Discounts
  • Conference Attendance Budget
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Training Programs
  • Wellness Program
  • Performance Bonus

Company News

FF News
Jun 21st, 2024
Mecca And Adyen Join Forces To Power A Seamless Payments Experience With Enhanced Security

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, has announced its partnership with MECCA, Australia’s largest prestige beauty retailer. To cater to its fast-growing customer base in-store and online, MECCA has chosen Adyen to streamline payments, amplify customer experience, and enhance fraud protection capabilities.For 27 years, MECCA has revolutionised beauty and retail in Australia and New Zealand, drawing over four million annual customers through 110+ stores, an advanced e-commerce platform, and a top-tier rewards program. Renowned for personalised service, MECCA sought a payments partner to enhance its customer experience, online and in-store.“Customers truly are at the heart of our business, and so we want to make sure every single step of their interactions with us are spot on. By the time a customer has chosen their products and made their way to checkout – either online or in-store – the last thing we want them to experience is a technology glitch, or an unnecessary complication that takes up their time. Adyen has helped us to create a simple and reliable payment solution for our customers that can scale with us as we continue to grow and our customers’ needs change,” said Michael Hobsbawn, Chief Technology Officer at MECCA.MECCA has chosen Adyen as its payments partner by adopting its Unified Commerce and Pay-by-Link technology stack across its operations. With Unified Commerce, MECCA gains the ability to instantaneously capture payment transactions and real-time shopper insights in a single overview