Job Description

Bright Future Studio / Communications Coordinator Posted: December 2022 Bright Future Studio (brightfuture.studio) seeks a half-time contract Communications
Coordinator to support a variety of ongoing and upcoming client projects with traditional- and social-media engagement, online event planning, promotion, and execution, writing and editing, and related tasks.

• You will likely be early in your career, and you will have a background in communications, media, marketing, or public policy.

• You are relentlessly curious, engaged with current events, have a good sense of humor and emotional intelligence, and have a strong interest in sustainability and/or urbanism.

• You will know and have experience with the most effective strategies and tools of professional communications, and understand the lead drivers and impacts of the climate crisis\xe2\x80\x94as well as the solutions.

• Though no design work is involved, you will have an appreciation of and eye for effective design.

Location: British Columbia About Us Bright Future Studio Ltd. is a boutique creative services firm that helps Canadian companies,
NGOs, associations, and governments increase awareness and support for climate-positive policies, technologies, services, and strategies. We create award-winning evidence-based brands, productions, campaigns, and resources that help reduce emissions, strengthen communities, and transform markets. What We Offer

• Hands-on mentoring and coaching in the art and cra of active, clear, and attention-grabbing prose, including messaging, taglines, naming, media backgrounders, blogs, and more.

• Immersion in British Columbia\xca\xbcs climate-solutions community, including our network of policy makers, NGO and private-sector leaders, and independent communications and branding professionals.

• Coaching in evidence-based strategies and tactics that increase awareness of and support for climate-positive policies, technologies, and strategies.

• A flexible schedule and constructive, supportive, and timely feedback. Clear boundaries and healthy respect for the separation of your work and personal life. We will never send you an email in the middle of the night, or anytime, really, urging you to be more \xe2\x80\x9chard core.\xe2\x80\x9d

• Compensation based on experience, between $28 and $32/hour to start, with a review of both hours and compensation aer six months.

Our Expectations

• As a part-time independent contractor, you will bring your own equipment to the gig.

As Bright Future Studio lacks physical offices, this is a remote-working position.

• You will have strong social media management experience on an array of platforms, including Twitter and LinkedIn. Some experience with mailing list platforms would be helpful.

• You will have a high standard of professionalism, a mix of enthusiasm and humility, and a willingness to learn and not take yourself too seriously.

• You are a critical thinker with self-awareness and the confidence to offer suggestions, with rationale, on how we might improve a given process or project.

• You will take confidentiality seriously, with appropriate care of proprietary and sensitive documents and materials, strong passwords, and security discipline.

• You don\xca\xbct need a masters degree, but do hold a post-secondary education or certificate in a related discipline, and some directly relevant work experience.

• You don\xca\xbct need to be \xe2\x80\x9cdetail oriented,\xe2\x80\x9d but you do need to recognize which details really matter.

How to Apply

• To keep this manageable, we are asking interested applicants to follow a specific process and submit the documents outlined below by January 10th, 2022.

• Please send three .PDF documents.

• Document 1: A single-page cover letter, maximum 300 words.
• Document 2: A single-page resume.
• Document 3: A list with links to at least three, but not more than five, samples of your work. These could be an event you organized or worked on, a blog post you authored, a website you worked on, etc. With each sample, briefly explain your specific role and the intended audience.

• Please send each of the above as .PDF documents with your last name in the file name, for example \xe2\x80\x9cNAME_resume.pdf,\xe2\x80\x9d \xe2\x80\x9cNAME_cover.pdf,\xe2\x80\x9d \xe2\x80\x9cNAME_samples.pdf.\xe2\x80\x9d Include your name, email, and phone in your cover email. Please use your last name in the subject line of the email (for example, \xe2\x80\x9cNAME Application.\xe2\x80\x9d)

• We will prioritize Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Job Types: Part-time, Freelance
Part-time hours: 10-20 per week Salary: $28.00-$32.00 per hour Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• DCS / DEC (required)

Experience:

• communications: 2 years (required)

Application deadline: 2023-01-10
Expected start date: 2023-01-16