Job Description

Marketing & Communications Coordinator
LOCATION: Toronto, ON (temporarily remote)
POSITION TYPE: Part-time Regular (30 hours/week)
POSTING CLOSING DATE: August 26, 2022

Lumenus Community Services is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free and we encourage applications from all individuals including, but not limited to, all cultures, religions, racialized communities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.

Lumenus believes that immunization against COVID-19 is an individual and societal responsibility and that we must do everything possible to protect our clients, families, employees, students, volunteers and contractors against the spread of COVID-19. As a condition of employment, proof of full vaccination or exemption under the Ontario Human Rights Code must be submitted to Human Resources seven (7) calendar days prior to start date.

The Marketing & Communications Coordinator works collaboratively with the Fund Development team to create a range of marketing and communication materials including an engaging and structured social media plan, writing blog posts and other stories for the website, newsletters, blog and other marketing materials.

Lumenus Community Services is a dynamic and growing agency. We offer a competitive salary, attractive benefits package and RRSP, ongoing training and career development opportunities!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

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  Contribute to all marketing and communications within the organization supporting the reputation and brand (e.g. events, strategy, media, donor communications)
• Promote brand identity internally and externally throughout all initiatives/events
• Support the development and implementation of a communications strategy
• Works closely with Director, Fund Development & Marketing and Strategic Director, Fund Development and Marketing to assist in the creation of communication pieces for various items (brochure, website, social media, annual report)
• Update and maintain content on Lumenus website
• Collaborate with programs and various teams to update info and content as required
• Create ongoing content for social media accounts including images and written posts
• Source and coordinate client stories for publication including official authorization for usage
• Training of staff to use social media tools eg website back-end, Canva, templates
• Coordinate and create content for social media in collaboration with staff to engage stakeholders
• Assist with developing the social media plan, develops a social media calendar, assists with social media policies
• Monitor internal program social media sites and support staff by developing templates
• Support creative as directed by Director Fund Development and Strategic Director Fund Development. Ongoing monitoring internal and external markets for messages and activities for the purpose of determining positioning with external competitors and messages impacting organization’s reputation
• Support and implement delivery of the development of creative pieces for intended internal and external markets (annual report, program flyers, social media, templates, videos, eblasts) Occasionally responsible for photographs at events or stakeholder. Responsible for photo archives. May write content or scripts.
• Work collaboratively with internal communications department
• Work with creative and procuring vendors to supply products as marketing needs direct
• Produce graphics to suit the medium

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

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  Degree in Marketing or Communications or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job duties
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a fund development and/or marketing environment is preferred
• Technical knowledge and experience working with websites and social media
• Experience working with Constant Contact or Mail Chimp
• Experience with analytics for Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms
• Experience with graphics software and usage

TO APPLY: Interested applicants are invited to visit our website at https://lumenus.ca/careers/ and submit their cover letter and resume through our Career Centre on or before August 26, 2022.

We ask applicants to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting the Human Resources Department. Human Resources will work together with the hiring committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.