Marketing & Media Coordinator
Do you have a gift for crafting engaging stories with words and images?
Does being part of an active culture scene energize and inspire you?
Would you like to work with a cornerstone arts organization in the heart of Edmonton?
The Francis Winspear Centre for Music & Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is seeking an individual to fill the role of Marketing and Media Coordinator. In this position, you support the Community Relations Department to raise public awareness of the organization’s activities in the community.
You are responsible for:
- Overseeing and keeping up-to-date the marketing and media calendar (e.g. sponsorship activities, advertising buys, projects, events, etc.)
- Engaging the community in conversation via scheduled and impromptu social media activities and growing audiences through multiple channels
- Media relations including development and dissemination of news releases, responding to inbound media requests, and public relations support
- Drafting communication and marketing tools (e.g. brochures, newsletters, radio scripts, etc.)
- Maintaining the online and physical archive of marketing collateral, communications, public mentions and media coverage
You will act as liaison with other departments, including assisting the Artistic Operations team to liaise with media and arrange interviews with artists and provide communications support to the Educational Outreach team to build awareness of the organization’s outreach and engagement initiatives. You will also be called upon for general project, research, and administrative support. This is a flexible working environment and evening and weekend work is required.
Your qualifications include a post-secondary degree, with marketing, public relations, or communications experience. You are an excellent writer and have the ability to engage your readership with your stories. You are energized by being at events greeting sponsors, community partners, artists and media contacts. Proficiency in graphic design, photography, or digital communications is recommended. Your creativity is balanced by your diligence with details and real sense of satisfaction by creating organized systems. A love of music and your appreciation of the value arts and culture bring to the community as a whole are essential to success in this role. As an ambassador for the arts in Edmonton, you possess the ability to maintain positive relationships with all organizational stakeholders including patrons, community groups, media, volunteers, and internally with all levels of personnel in the organization.
What you get is a full-time position with the Francis Winspear Centre for Music & Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with opportunities to flex your creativity and develop professionally. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Please submit résumé and cover letter as a single-attachment PDF to Meghan Unterschultz at munterschultz@winspearcentre.com. Subject line: Marketing & Media Coordinator. Please mention how you heard about this posting. No phone calls. Position will remain open until suitable candidate is found. Closing date for applications in this intake is Thursday, August 14, 2014.
