Make People Go Away: Lonely Planet Digital Now Hiring
Melbourne, August 17, 2006: Global publisher, Lonely Planet has joined a chorus of local and international businesses
seeking employees with skills in new media and IT applications.
With plans to revolutionise its online presence, Lonely Planet is actively recruiting for highly creative people with an
unbridled passion for travel who will drive transformation of the company’s web-based offering using cutting edge
technology.
‘We are looking for highly skilled, creative thinkers who can take Lonely Planet on a journey to the future today’, says
Sue Sutton, Global Business Capabilities Manager.
‘As consumers are increasingly more technologically savvy, more demanding about the deepness and richness of information
they access, and more collaborative with each other, the challenge for Lonely Planet is to develop new content delivery
platforms to make it easier for travellers to access information they trust and then to share that information with each
other whether online or using portable devices’, adds Sutton.
Lonely Planet’s new digital team will be charged with driving changes to every aspect of Lonely Planet’s online
offering. These new projects will impact on all areas of the business facilitating greater integration between Lonely
Planet’s print and digital products.
The team will include a Program Office Manager, a Program Director, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Technical
Architects, a Digital Development Manager and Java developers, to name a few of the key roles.
‘For those interested in joining us, these new projects will stretch a person’s creativity and challenge their
assumptions about content delivery. It’s an exciting time for Lonely Planet’, says Ian Posthumus, Global Human Resources
Manager.
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