Communications & Marketing Associate

3 weeks ago


Kitchener, Canada City of Kitchener Full time

**Communications & Marketing Associate**

**Competition Number**

2023-251

**Job Code**

1063

**Posting Date**

June 1, 2023

**Closing Date**

June 15, 2023 (at 6:00pm)

**Job Status**

Permanent Full-Time

The
- **City of Kitchener** is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 270,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.The
- **City of Kitchener** is WHERE you want to work Learn more about the top reasons to join us:
**Why work at the City of Kitchener**

Position Overview:
- We believe communication is crucial to building connections and creating a sense of community. Using creativity and innovative thinking, we strive to not only share information, but also engage in meaningful conversations with our citizens. We are looking for a highly driven individual who thrives under pressure to join the Corporate Communications and Marketing team.- As a communications and marketing associate you will develop and maintain relationships with internal colleagues (your clients), that will allow you to share information about valuable programs and services with the public.**Responsibilities**:
Our communications and marketing associates are:
**Committed to customer service**
- You understand people and what they need.
- You build trust by doing what you say you will.
- You listen carefully and ask thoughtful questions.
- You ask yourself how you can add value in each interaction.

**Collaborators**
- You understand that relationships take work.
- You look for opportunities to make connections to align and achieve client goals.
- You focus on the end user without losing sight of the needs of everyone on the team.

**Creative**
- You're not afraid to put ideas on the table.
- You know the right tools to use to capture your audience's attention.
- You can adapt your writing to maximize the effectiveness of each channel

**Natural Communicators**
- You know your audience.
- You translate ideas in ways that are easily understood.
- You share stories.- Lead the collaborative, team development of proactive, well researched tactical communications and marketing plans for city divisions and projects.
- The development and implementation of tactical communications and marketing plans will include conducting market research, attending meetings with customers, providing general communications and marketing advice, input and insights, leading group discussions and working with customers to understand and respond to their priorities and challenges.
- Proactively meeting and communicating with customers on a variety of topics to develop an in-depth understanding of their services, issues and priorities, challenges and opportunities and using that information to develop communications and marketing advice and support.
- Co-ordinate and oversee the timely implementation and production of all communications and marketing collateral (traditional and online) for assigned customers.
- Co-ordinate, book and reconcile media buys (radio, TV and print) as required within tactical communications and marketing plans.
- Evaluate the progress, implementation and success of communications and marketing plans and materials on an ongoing basis and provide updates and advice on potential responses to customers and management when required.
- Monitor and provide advice about communications and marketing budgets for specific projects.
- Monitor traditional and online communications/social media channels for public comment about initiatives and projects and share this information with appropriate customers and management staff.
- Stay on top of emerging trends, ideas approaches and tools in the communications and marketing industry.
- Work collaboratively with all members of the communications and marketing team to achieve defined and measurable objectives which includes: actively engaging other members of the team in finding creative solutions to challenges facing you and your customers; sharing the workload evenly and proactively sharing information and lessons with other team members when it would benefit them and their customers.
- Perform the duties of a website content publisher including reviewing, editing and approving or rejecting website content changes requested by content writers; enforcing the city's website policy and web writing guidelines; writing, posting, monitoring and updating content related to projects/initiatives that are part of communications and marketing plans.
- Other related duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:
- Must have a minimum 3 year degree/diploma in a related field, such as journalism, public relations, marketing or communications.
- Must have a minimum 2 years of related experience.
- Must have the ability to supp



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