Communications Specialist, Public Affairs

Work Location - Downtown Toronto (Hybrid)

Employee Type - Regular Employee FT Salaried

**About This Opportunity**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Support storytelling through compelling content.
- Lead development of content based on national calendar and adherence to deadlines.
- Develop messaging that is consistent with company strategy, corporate narratives, and business priorities for use in all content.
- Establish consistent and sustainable internal content communications routines.
- Manage production of internal videos, photography, podcasts, written articles, creative assets (ie posters) and internal and executive communications presentations.
- Create opportunities to leverage video in communications, including; storyboarding, logistics, film, edit, post-production (i.e. visual and audio effects, voiceover, custom animation, etc.) exporting and converting for various channels.

**Qualifications**:

- University degree, with an interest in journalism, communications, and a/v production
- Minimum 3 years’ public affairs/communications experience.
- Publication development/audio-visual production and graphic design experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience writing and editing clearly and concisely in plain language.
- Self-starter. Highly motivated individual with demonstrated initiative and attention to detail and proven project management skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to set priorities and coordinate multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Ability to consistently deliver quality projects on time and within budget.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Ability to deliver and continuously improve the capability to: develop and edit videos, develop and edit audio content, write and product articles, take photos, and develop basic graphic design assets.
- Computer Skills Required: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, video editing software, and Internet research.

**About Us**:
**Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada Bottling**

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada's premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and five production facilities nationwide.

We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love. We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.

Our brands include: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Life, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq's®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy®, and A&W®.

**Important**:
All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification, and driver’s abstract review. In addition, all new employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide Coke Canada with proof of vaccination. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regard to any of the foregoing once you are contacted for further consideration.