Communications Specialist Contract Opportunity

**Communications Specialist**:
**(12 month Contract)**:
**About High Liner Foods**
High Liner Foods was founded in 1899 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada as a small salt fish company. Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations. As a category leader in Seafood, High Liner Foods has a strong footprint across Canada and the U.S. with close to $1 billion in sales.

High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust. Every day we’re Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life through a focus on our customers, innovation, and of course, responsible operations. Our talented team is committed to the High Liner Foods goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.
We offer professional, technical and operational career opportunities across Canada and the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.

**It’s our time to make waves. Join us.**

**High Liner Foods is a career destination. We look for high-performing talent who value**:

- Safety - it’s our #1 priority
- Opportunities to contribute to your community through volunteerism
- A culture of inclusion, support and recognition
- Senior leaders that are highly accessible and available to employees
- A strong focus on education and career development through training

**What to expect on the job**:
Reporting to the Communications Manager, the Communications Specialist will support the planning, development, and delivery of effective, engaging, and high-quality internal communications to stakeholders across the organization, including North American and international salaried and hourly employee audiences.
- Develop internal communications content that brings HLF’s company purpose to life, strengthens its high-performing, ‘people-first’ culture, and supports the execution of annual growth strategy goals
- Support alignment of internal communications across both salaried and hourly employee audiences through relevant, consistent, and coordinated messaging
- Support key processes to manage the company intranet including editorial calendar planning, content authoring, editing, publishing, and archiving as appropriate
- Produce highly visual and impactful content for plant and office digital signage communications boards
- Collaborate with partners across the business, including but not limited to HR, IT, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing, to advise, create, and execute on communication plans to support functional and cross-functional initiatives aligned with HLF’s business strategy
- Support opportunities to strengthen and enhance HLF’s corporate brand and employee experience by contributing content for HLF’s LinkedIn company page
- Produce creative content in alignment with HLF brand guidelines and DE&I commitments
- Research and recommend improvements to reimagine HLF’s internal communications materials, tools, and processes based on new and emerging trends
- Support HLF’s quarterly Making Waves employee idea submission program
- Support event and content planning for quarterly Town Hall meetings and other ad hoc company meetings
- Participate as a project team member in key communications initiatives

**Must-haves**:

- Post-secondary degree or certificate in related field such as Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Human Resources, Change Management, Marketing
- 3-5 years of communications-related experience within a corporate environment; experience supporting salaried and hourly employee audiences is considered an asset
- Experience working in or with publicly traded companies is preferred
- Training or work experience in organizational transformation and change communication
- Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Highly proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook), and SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as collaboration tools
- Highly collaborative and creative team player with proven relationship-building and influencing skills
- Excellent project management skills and ability to deliver quality results in a fast-paced environment
- Highly adaptable, able to switch tasks yet still maintain a drive towards completion
- Innovative mindset that enjoys change and driving improvements
- Strong familiarity with online design tools like Canva, Adobe, etc.
- Video editing experience is considered an asset
- Bilingualism in English, French, and/or Spanish is considered an asset

High Liner Foods is Remote Friendly We offer a Flexible Hybrid Work Model where corporate office employees have the flexibility to choose a minimum of two office days per week, with the option to work wherever they prefer (office or remote) for the remainder of the week.

**Health, Safety & Wellness**
At High Liner Foods, we believe strongly in the safety and wellness of our employees. Our organization has