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Specialist, Brand + Communications

Sep 3, 2024

Work at Creative BC

Join our team and champion economic development across B.C.’s creative sector

We work collaboratively as a bridge between government and industry to elevate British Columbia’s creative sector through leadership, collaboration, and investment. Creative BC is an independent non-profit with the mandate to provide a highly specialized suite of programs, initiatives, and services to sustain and grow B.C.’s creative industries and promote them around the world. As a member of our team, you’ll understand the business behind creativity and become part of the Province’s only economic development agency of record to help steward this sector.

Build on the organization’s history and reputation by bringing your own integral contributions to our sector-related activities and supports. These include granting programs, motion picture tax credit programs, B.C. film commission services, and overall sector development, promotion, and marketing.

Together we’ll deliver value to the provincial economy with supports and services for the industries we serve, fostering their local capacity and global strength. We’ll do this through partnership with, and support for, thousands of talented people within B.C.’s creative storytelling industries’ exciting and vast provincial ecosystem. Join us and support the B.C. artists, entrepreneurs, creators, companies, festivals, associations, unions, guilds, studios, supply and service businesses and more who together bring made-in-B.C. stories and creative content to life.

 

The Role 

Creative BC is hiring a Specialist, Brand + Communications. Reporting to the Manager, Brand + Communications, the successful candidate will become part of our Operations Department. The Operations team bridges Creative BC’s strategy with its daily operations. From communications and marketing to IT and information systems, human resources, and research, our team are community-builders, connectors, and knowledge keepers. We understand how people, ideas, inclusion, and technologies come together at Creative BC to gain insight, increase understanding, and improve influence and success for the sector we serve. 

Within the Operations team, the Specialist, Brand + Communications directly supports the Manager, undertaking delivery of all relevant internal and external activities for Creative BC and its sub-brands. Reporting to the Manager, Brand + Communications, the Specialist has a unique project management role, responsible for hands-on CMS improvement and maintenance, asset design, and content writing to support the annual strategy and editorial calendar. The Specialist delivers timely and comprehensive communications that embody the brand and carry it consistently across all print, digital, and event-related experiences. The specialist is a champion and trainer within Creative BC, helping teams and staff to proactively and effectively engage their intended audiences and grow support for the sector, Creative BC programs, initiatives, and services. Key Responsibilities include:

  • Maintain an editorial and social calendar while proactively creating original content.
  • Coordinate the scheduling, release, and optimization of sector-focused content across all channels.
  • Gather, create, edit, promote, and distribute information and success stories within and beyond the sector’s community.
  • Organize the Communications team’s projects, meetings, and materials, while tracking responsibilities and deliverables.
  • Draft media releases, monitor media trends, and recommend timely content and service improvements.
  • Manage time and prioritize effectively to meet day-to-day needs and deadlines amidst multiple competing requirements.
  • Provide regular reports in the Staff Hub, using consistent metrics to measure channel engagement.
  • Use Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Microsoft Office to apply established visual brand across various client experiences, platforms and promotional materials.

Please read the full job description here. 

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Qualifications

5-7 years of work experience within high volume roles of increasing responsibility in the marketing and communications field; a proven track record in traditional and digital communications; a strong public portfolio of visual brand design and applications; media relations experience; confidence in managing multiple web and digital properties; credentials may include communications, marketing, and graphic design diplomas or degrees.

Compensation

This is a Full-Time Permanent role. The starting salary for this position will be based on the successful candidate’s competencies, knowledge, and skills while considering internal pay structures and equity. The typical annual starting salary range is $68,000 – $72,000, underpinned by Creative BC’s compensation philosophy that rewards and motivates performance.

As part of Creative BC’s total compensation package, this position is eligible to participate in a generous benefits package that includes: participation in Creative BC’s extended health and dental plan; three weeks’ vacation annually; matched participation in B.C.’s Public Service Pension Plan, and more.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this hybrid work position, you must be able to work at Vancouver’s Creative BC Offices on any given day of the week—with requirements to be present on a standard weekly basis for collaboration with your team and also as required to service internal and external client and partner needs for in-person meetings.

In addition, to be eligible, you must be able to work in Canada on a continuous basis throughout your employment with Creative BC. Therefore, if this is a permanent role, you must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident to accept the permanent job offer. Eligibility to work in Canada is granted through citizenship, permanent resident status, or a work permit in the form of authorization to work in Canada under the federal Immigration Act. If you have a valid temporary work permit, you may be eligible for temporary or term work, but only until your work permit expires or is renewed.

Values

Creative BC is an equal-opportunity employer. With values of integrity, innovation, inclusion, and wisdom, Creative BC is committed to reconciliation and strives to reflect the communities we serve. To ensure diverse teams, we encourage and prioritize applications from members of groups that are historically, persistently, and systemically underrepresented including Indigenous, Black and people of Colour; people identifying as 2SLGBTQIA+ and/or non-binary; people living with visible and invisible disabilities; and members of other equity-seeking groups. Creative BC also encourages applicants to self-identify, if they wish to do so, during the application process.

How to Apply

Please submit both your cover letter and your resume to careers (at) creativebc.com. Applications will remain open until filled.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at careers (at) creativebc.com.

 

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