Wright has worked at the
Finance Sector Union, the
Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Unions and held the position of Director of Policy and Communications at the
Australian Council of Trade Unions. As Director of Policy and Communications, he led the successful
Your Rights At Work campaign against
John Howard's
WorkChoices laws. He has also worked as Communications Director at the
National Australia Bank after leaving his position as press secretary for
Kevin Rudd in 2008. As National Secretary of the
Australian Labor Party, Wright ran the campaign for the
Australian Labor Party in the
2013 and
2016 federal elections. In September 2016, he resigned as National Secretary to take up a senior corporate relations role at
BHP. == Personal life ==