Communications Specialist: Writer and Digital Media (In Person)

Responsibilities

• Outstanding writing, editing, and copyediting skills-for publications, website, letters, and programs
• Ability to create, review, revise, and update content with a consistent voice and attention to brand
• Experience with social media creation, including brainstorming, writing content, taking photographs, and securing permissions
• Experience and independence with digital photography, including basic editing
• Capacity to support high-priority messaging on deadline
• Ability to collaborating with individuals and teams to produce written and digital content and integrate their feedback on shared creative projects
• Capacity to create, collect, and lay out content for all elements of the weekly newsletter
• Participate in community outreach events (such as May Fete Parade)
• Support the Director and Department on other initiatives and responsibilities as they arise

Requirements

• Must be curious, collaborative, detail-oriented, community-oriented, and proactive
• Have proven excellent copy-editing skills
• 3 or more years of experience as a writer, journalist, educator, or marketing copywriter with a portfolio/recent examples of mid-and-long-form content
• Solid understanding of what it means to write for digital channels: blending user experience and storytelling, and how they fit into the bigger picture
• Solid understanding of digital photography and basic photo editing
• Self-starter with the ability to meet deadlines, and drive projects forward - while being open and comfortable to iteration and feedback.
• Bachelors in Communication or other relevant field or like experience