Communications and Social Media Assistant- Digi60

1 day ago

Ottawa, Canada Ottawa Festival Network Full time

**SUMMARY**:This position is funded through Ontario’s Job Creation Partnerships (see more details below). This position reporst to the Festival’s 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.
- Change priorities and communicate 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; is 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 Qualifications Required**:

- An unemployed job seeker or those employed less than 20 hours per week
- A permanent resident living in Ontario who is legally authorized to work in Canada
- Have an active Employment Insurance (EI) claim **or**:

- Previously established an EI benefit period within the last five years **or**:

- Paid employee payroll premiums (EI premiums - Box 18 on your T4) in at least three of the previous ten years (where earnings have been at least $2K in each of those years **or**:

- Received the Employment Insurance Emergency Response benefit (CERB) within the previous five year

**NOTE 1**: Those registered in full-time academic studies are not eligible to be considered.

**Remuneration**:
$662 (gross) per week provided by the Province of Ontario ($20.6875 based on 32 hours per week).

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: $20.69 per hour

Expected hours: 32 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON K1N 6Z9

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