At a Glance
- Tasks: Create engaging communications and marketing materials to boost the Faculty's profile.
- Company: Join the University of Toronto's dynamic Faculty of Arts & Science.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a vibrant work environment.
- Other info: Full-time term position until March 2028 with excellent growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make an impact by sharing stories that resonate with students and the community.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and experience in communications, journalism, or marketing required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 $ per year.
The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. Communications & Public Affairs develops communication plans and strategies to support the strategic goals of the Faculty of Arts & Science.
The Communication Officer will be responsible for the design and development of communications materials, marketing and outreach efforts of the department to increase the profile and reputation of the Faculty, nationally and internationally to attract prospective students, and to improve the overall experience for current and prospective students. Specifically, the incumbent develops and coordinates execution of targeted communications plans, and develops and distributes promotional material in both web and print formats including for awareness campaigns and information sessions, special events and general information and activities throughout all stages of the student life cycle.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing tasks related to the production and dissemination of communications/marketing materials
- Developing outreach strategies that promote programs to students and the broader community
- Editing content for brochures, newsletters, websites and/or handbooks
- Developing content for marketing and/or promotional materials
- Editing content for style and tone
- Consulting with clients regarding the development of marketing and/or communication materials
- Liaising with clients to draft, review and discuss communications briefs
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum four (4) years’ of recent and related experience in communications, journalism, or marketing.
- Demonstrated experience with communications project implementation and coordination through to execution and results.
- Experience with interviewing, researching and writing articles (feature and news), reports, letters, and promotional and public relations material (websites, brochures, posters, advertisements, newsletters, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience with WordPress and Drupal or other current content management software (CMS).
- Experience managing content for websites, and newsletters.
- Experience and a high degree of intuition with new media as a communications tool.
- Experience with developing and managing digital marketing.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of social and multimedia strategies, tools, channels, trends, and capabilities.
- Experience working with technical consultants and graphic designers to create effective and engaging materials.
- Experience with programming in HTML, CSS, and PHP.
- Strong skills with programming in HTML and content management systems.
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to deal with a variety of responsibilities, with interruptions.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Project implementation skills and knowledge about the principles of good design and how to assess audience needs.
- Proven journalistic skills, including investigating and pitching stories, executing interviews, and writing news and feature stories.
- Exceptional proofreading and editing skills with working knowledge of graphic design principles for web and print communication.
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Accountable
- Multi-tasker
- Organized
- Self-directed
- Team player
This is a full time term position, ending in March 2028.
Closing Date: 10/19/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 11 -- $79,640 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $101,845.
Job Category: Communication/Media/Public Relations
Lived Experience Statement: Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
Diversity Statement: The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community.
Accessibility Statement: The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members.
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