26-09 Marketing & Communications Specialist (Temporary)
About The Position
Are you looking for a communications role where your work supports an organization with an important public mandate? APEGA is hiring a Marketing & Communications Specialist to join our team. In this role, you’ll plan and deliver marketing, communications, and sponsorship initiatives that support APEGA’s work regulating Alberta's professional engineers and geoscientists. The work is varied and fast-paced, with opportunities to coordinate projects, collaborate with partners across the organization, and support with APEGA’s transition to the Professional Governance Act. If the above sounds like you, we'd like to hear from you. This hybrid, contract-term role is based in Edmonton, with potential for extension based on organizational needs.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education in marketing, public relations or communications.
- 3 - 5 years of experience in marketing and communication planning experience, including digital media advertising, basic web content, and database management.
- Experience in project management is required.
- Experience with digital content and social media is expected
- Exemplifying Integrity
- Fostering Communication
- Results Orientation
- Service Excellence
- Teamwork
- Creativity and Innovation
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Media and Public Relations
- Partnering
- Writing Skills
- Marketing best practices (broad understanding of marketing (digital and traditional).
- Thorough understanding of different communication tools and products (e.g., digital, print), such as media relations, social media, print and graphic design, digital advertising, branding and reputation management and marketing.
- Thorough understanding of professional self-regulation concepts and approaches.
- Requires copywriting skills with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Requires working and theoretical understanding of project management practices.
- Ability to work independently, under pressure, set priorities, and meet tight timelines.
- Requires a strong ability to build professional and productive relationships with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders, including working with diverse groups to engage and develop consensus.
- Requires the demonstrated ability to communicate ideas with ease and clarity, and approach tasks with tact and diplomacy.
Nice To Haves
- photography and videography is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Develop marketing and communication programs, plans, and campaigns to support organizational goals and objectives
- Collaborating with business units (internal clients) to create briefs and plans that outline clear project goals, tactics, and success measures that are executable and measurable.
- Collaborating with design, production, and distribution teams to ensure collateral and promotional materials support marketing programs.
- Collaborating with the communications team to identify and employ appropriate tactics that address each plan’s goals and objectives.
- Gathering result data and produce reports for clients and the management team to show progress and identify improvements.
- Planning and execution of promotional and educational digital assets.
- Working with internal resources and outside consultants as needed—such as photographers, videographers, production designers—to ensure successful creation and delivery of materials
- Develop support/promotional materials that effectively inform and engage stakeholders of communications initiatives
- Support the Marketing & Communications Manager in the implementation of inbound and outbound sponsorship
- Create and implement strategies, as advised by Communications leaders to educate news media about APEGA initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
