Marketing and Communications Associate

**Marketing and Communications Associate**

**Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE)**
**Halifax, Nova Scotia**

**Who is COVE?**
Since our launch in 2018, the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) has been on a mission to connect people, ideas, resources, and assets to propel solutions and sustainable growth for Canada’s marine sector. COVE has been central to the creation of a large cluster of companies and in generating a best-in-class start-up ecosystem. COVE provides strategic network-building opportunities, connections, and thought leadership amongst the global ocean tech community and runs programs to foster the development of the workforce, the acceleration of ocean tech product releases, and the success of new ventures by start-ups, scaleups and SMEs. These programs and COVE’s ability to nationally harness multi-disciplinary skills and capabilities within the marine ecosystem is an enabler in solving industry challenges, generating economic benefits, and providing value to investors.

COVE is expanding rapidly, and we are continuing to build our team to support our transformative impact on the marine sector. With over 60 companies on site and its global network of 2,000+ organizations that are engaged in ocean tech, it is on the precipice of becoming a global centre of excellence for industry-led innovation. We know our journey is only achievable by having a great team who shares ideas, tries new things, and learns as we go.

**The Opportunity**

**What you will be doing**:

- Supporting the strategic communication and materials used at COVE to help build new relationships and networks.
- Drafting and editing communications copy (press releases, publications, newsletters, blogs, social media posts).
- Assisting in maintaining web content and ensuring the execution of social media strategies are met.
- Coordinating social media novel presence, planning and delivery.
- Providing science communication.
- Communicating with funders and stakeholders to ensure they are kept up to date on program deliverables and reports.
- Liaising with clients (proactively determine specific needs, sharing information about programs, preparation for meetings/workshops).
- Building relationships with COVE tenants and broadly with the ocean technology community.
- Supporting the ongoing programs at COVE such as workshops, lectures, and events at COVE. Interfacing with a larger program management team and external stakeholders
- Supporting events hosted by the COVE team including workshops, the monthly Ocean Connectors, and other networking functions.
- Independently managing project tasks and timelines.
- Collaborating with the communications manager to coordinate COVE’s social media channels and press releases.
- Researching and keeping a record of COVE in the media.
- Preparing information to be shared through various communication channels including the monthly newsletter.
- Attending and supporting events as a representative of COVE.
- Tracking and assisting with all events that COVE is involved with, evaluating their success, and ensuring that they relate to COVE’s goals and objectives.

**What you will bring**:

- Bachelor's degree in Public Relations/Communication. or equivalent education and work experience
- A minimum of 3 years relevant experience
- Experience with Mailchimp, Adobe creative suite (In Design, Illustrator or Photoshop), Canva and other Desktop Publishing software.
- Strong digital skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint and strong technical skills with the ability to learn new processes and systems quickly.
- Experience in developing and maintaining strong working relationships, combined with excellent client-facing skills.
- Highly motivated, analytical, logical thinker with a very strong attention to detail and the ability to meet multiple and/or unexpected deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Initiative, good judgment, a strong work ethic, and demonstrated ability to recognize risk and proactively mitigate.
- Solid team player with advanced personal time management skills with a proven track record in planning, implementing, and managing multiple projects.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with poise and professionalism to interact with clients.
- Strong ability to communicate verbally and in writing with ability to create blogs, newsletters, and press releases.

**Nice to have**:

- Experience in the marine sector and/or a relevant technology-based industry.

**Working at COVE**
Our team is passionate about supporting ocean tech innovators and are tireless champions for every innovator that comes through our doors. We value integrity, creativity, and diversity, and we thrive as part of an integrated team that revels in delivering results. Diversity in the people we hire is essential for truly collaborative work, and for the impact we are accountable for in the community we serve. We fo