Social Media and Communications Assistant

3 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Ottawa Festivals Full time

**POSITION**: DI2 - Social Media and Communications Assistant - Digi60 Film Festival

**DESIRED CONTRACT TERM**: 26 Weeks **START DATE**: ASAP **END DATE: After 26 weeks**

**WORK LOCATION**: Hybrid: Own home and office

**REPORTS TO**:The Technical Director

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Support Digi60 by attending Festival events and capturing assets and collateral for social media, website, etc
- Create, maintain and execute elements to support the festival’s marketing and communications plan across all platforms including social media, website (blog) and podcast
- Bring creative concepts and ideas to meetings and supporting the team by pro-actively implementing notes and changes
- Assist in preparing newsletters, press releases and other communications as needed
- Being flexible to changing priorities and communicating hurdles or challenges as they arise
- Working on special projects with the Technical Director related to marketing or social media outreach
- Support or work in conjunction with Festival Assistant as needed
- Other on-site event support during live events as needed
- Work with student placement, festival volunteers and other staff as needed

**CORE COMPENTENCIES**:

- Creative
- Demonstrates initiative
- Can multi-task
- Gives and receives constructive feedback
- Adaptable
- Excited to bring ideas to the table

**SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Proficient with Google Business Suite
- A people person who is positive, responsible, respectful, and enthusiastic
- Well-organized, works well under pressure and independently if needed, takes on projects simultaneously and autonomously.
- Excellent oral skills in English, French is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of implanting social media/content plans
- Design skills and experience with Canva or Adobe Premiere an asset
- Experience in event management or the arts sector would be considered an asset
- Passionate about Ottawa’s independent filmmaking community an asset

**ADDITIONAL QUALFICIATIONS REQUIRED**:
Eligible to participate in Ontario’s Job Creation Partnership (JCP) program by meeting the following criteria:
An unemployed job seeker or those employed less than 20 hours per week (part-time students and graduates may apply)

Live in Ontario

Legally authorized to work in Canada

Have one, or both, of the following criteria:
Established an Employment Insurance (EI) benefit claim (regular or maternity/parental benefits ONLY)

Paid employee payroll premiums, i.e., employed in Canada, in **five** of any five of the last ten years while earning an annual income of at least $2000 (gross).

**REMUNERATION**:
$620 (gross) per week for 32 hours ($19.375 average per hour) provided by the Province of Ontario.

**Salary**: $19.38 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person



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