Job Posting: Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Terms of Employment
Compensation: $30.12 per hour plus an additional 18% in lieu of health benefits, retirement savings plan, and vacation pay
Hours of work: 15 hours per week
Term of contract: 20 weeks (January 24 – June 10, 2022)
Mayworks operates under an agreement with CUPE 1281. The employee, for the term of this employment, shall become a member of the union.
Organization Description
The Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts initiates and supports the creation and production of art that engages diverse artists and workers at the intersection of art, social justice, and labour.
We showcase working people’s art, and promote artists as workers and workers as artists. We operate within an anti-oppression framework that prioritizes the representation and participation of artists and audiences from equity-seeking groups. We are actively engaged in a social dialogue that challenges the logics of capitalism, and seeks to reimagine and represent economic and environmental justice.
Mayworks commissions, curates, presents and celebrates artistically compelling projects through year-round programming and during an annual, multidisciplinary arts festival. Our programming reflects the reality of working people’s lives and furthers the struggle for better living and working conditions.
Job Description
Reporting to the Executive Director and working with the Program Coordinator and Communications Committee, the Communications and Outreach Coordinator will develop and implement a communications and promotion strategy aimed at increasing community engagement with the festival and other Mayworks programming.
Duties include:
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Media relations
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Write and distribute media releases, post-Festival events on blogs, scope writers to write articles about the programming and maintain media lists and follow-up with journalists
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List all festival events in a broad range of media outlets including dailies, weeklies, e-lists, websites, public-service announcements, etc.
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Develop and pitch story ideas to radio, print and TV journalists for columns, articles, and radio and TV appearances
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Coordinate media interviews
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Seek media sponsorships, including securing radio ads and promotional listings
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Website and social media:
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Update, manage and maintain the organization’s website regularly with events, information and news
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Develop social-media strategies (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
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Develop and maintain social media sites (writing/updating content with 3 to 4 weekly posts)
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Track social media engagement
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Community Outreach:
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Maintain a relationship with arts organizations, unions, community groups, social policy coalitions and various venues for festival promotion
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Maintain linkages to these organizations through social media (re-tweets, sharing events on Facebook, etc.)
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Prepare and distribute Mayworks newsletters via Mailchimp
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Prepare a post-festival communications report
Qualifications
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Exceptional communicator with strategic planning experience
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Exceptional writing and editing skills with high attention to detail. Experience writing captivating material for audiences and community groups
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Experience generating content for social media.
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Ability to work independently and with a team
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Experience working with graphic designers is an asset.
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Experience working with G-suite, Slack, Zoom and Adobe Creative Suite is an asset.
How to Apply:
Please submit a cover letter and resume as a single PDF with the subject “Communication and Outreach Coordinator” to Mayworks Hiring Committee c/o director@mayworks.ca by December 29th, 2021.
Mayworks cultivates meaningful relationships with communities that face systemic discrimination and injustice. Priority will be given to BIPOC candidates and other historically marginalized individuals who have valuable professional and/or lived experience in a similar position.
We thank all applicants in advance and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Interviews will be conducted via video conferencing. If you require additional accommodations, please let us know in advance.
Additional Info:
Location and Travel
The majority of the work can be done remotely although limited presence at the Mayworks office and in the City of Toronto during and leading up to the festival in May will be necessary. Mayworks rents accessible office space in the United Steelworkers Building (25 Cecil St.).