Coast Communications is hiring a Senior Consultant and PR Consultant to join our growing team.
Overview
Coast Communications and Public Affairs is a boutique corporate communications and public affairs firm started almost 6 years ago in 2017 that provides full service public relations to clients. The position work from our new offices in downtown Vancouver with periodic opportunity to work from home.
Senior Consultant
The Position
This position is a full-time permanent position for an experienced corporate communications professional with experience in a consulting environment.
Our Ideal Candidate
You have excellent writing and research skills and exceptional time management skills and are always on top of your to do list: that list may have 10 items, but you do 11 and report back on status throughout. You have a 100% focus on details. You are detailed oriented and find satisfaction in making things just right. You have hustle, are curious and want to learn. You like working as part of a team, but are confident and accountable when working independently. You take feedback maturely and with a growth mindset.
You come with a good sense of humour and are enthusiastic to join a close-knit team of staff and associates who love to collaborate with each other to deliver excellent results for our clients.
Responsibilities
Business Development
- Maintains very high level of awareness of broad business and government community
- Strategizes on potential projects for new businesses targets
- Meets with new business clients as part of a team
- Helps develops proposals including service offerings and budgets, with supervision
- Oversees research
Client Services
- Builds client relationships, particularly with primary working contacts
- Drafts first drafts of portions of strategies
- Quality controls all documents from staff going to clients
Project Management
- Supervises and mentors staff
- Monitors own budgets and develops billing summaries for clients
- Develops and updates critical paths
Events
- Assists in the development and updates of event plans
- Develops and updates roll outs and critical paths
- Manages creation of invitation lists
- Supervises onsite guest relations
- Supports event set up
- Supports event onsite (i.e. manages onsite speakers, manages vendors)
Editing, Writing, and Materials Production
- Supervises and/or finalizes copy edits documents
- Develops presentations in PowerPoint including summarizing strategic approach/outline, writing, editing, SmartArt, icons and layout
- Writes materials including brochures, web copy, hand-outs, engagement booklets and boards, newsletters, reports, etc.
- Provides art direction advice, manages graphic artists on projects, including review of materials and confirming content updates
- Supports development of social media and video products
Issues Management and Crisis Communications
- Writes up key messages for issues and crisis with direction
- Assists in development of issues/crisis plans
- Writes crisis communications plans
- Supervises media monitoring
Media Relations
- Advanced knowledge of Canadian media landscape
- Existing relationships with media
- Assists in development of media plans
- Supervises development and maintenance of media lists
- Pitches media
Social Media
- Leads development of social media plans for clients
- Supervises and/or develops social media content for clients including written and graphic (Canva)
- Develops small paid social programs
- Supervises social media analytics reports
Requirements
- 6-9 years' of experience in corporate communications
- Consulting experience a considerable asset
- Considered a seasoned political, communications and/or business practitioner with initial relationships in BC in communications, business and stakeholder community and commitment to further developing them
- Keen interest in business practices of a consulting agency and a willingness to learn
- Natural interest and engagement in “issues of the day” and media coverage of those issues
- Commitment to the corporate communications profession and learning best practices, principles and techniques
- Advanced office computer skills and troubleshooting, including all Microsoft products (note: if this is not the case the candidate may be required to upskill on their own time)
- Experience in social media, web, including managing and/or updating websites and developing digital metrics such as Google Analytics and social channels
- Flawless writing skills
- Advanced copy editing and document formatting experience and ability to edit in CP Style Guide
- Exceptionally well organized, able to work with deadlines and manage multiple projects at once
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, outgoing and confident but committed to a learning environment where there is frequent coaching and feedback
- 24/7 availability to assist in a crisis
- Undergraduate/or diploma/graduate degree in fields such as: liberal arts, English, political science, public relations, communications, business/commerce, journalism, social sciences.
PR Consultant
The Position
This position is a full-time permanent position for an up-and-coming professional with experience in corporate communications, ideally in a consulting environment.
Our Ideal Candidate
You are committed to a career in public relations/corporate communications/public affairs. You have excellent writing and research skills and exceptional time management skills and are always on top of your to do list: that list may have 10 items, but you do 11 and report back on status throughout. You have a 100% focus on details You are detailed oriented and find satisfaction in making things just right. You have hustle, are curious and want to learn. You like working as part of a team, but are confident and accountable when working independently. You take feedback maturely and with a growth mindset.
You come with a good sense of humour and are enthusiastic to join a close-knit team of staff and associates who love to collaborate with each other to deliver excellent results for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Research potential clients
- Manages own tasks, tracks against project critical paths
- Updates client critical paths
- Engages in vendor relations, including with printers, venues, food and beverage providers, etc.
- Produces and revises documents in PowerPoint including: editing, SmartArt, icons and layout
- Uses Mail Chimp to assist in the development of Coast Communications and/or client newsletters including:
- Inputs content including blog posting and invitations
- Uploads, manages and maintains lists
- Reviews metrics and provides advice on impacts of content distribution
- Assists in development of social media plans for clients
- Develops client social media editorial calendars
- Provides social media reports with analytics
- Research and develops social media posts
- Develops simple graphics using Canva or other tools for client social media content
- Research media outlets, helps build media lists
- Research and edits stakeholder and invitation lists in Excel
- Assists in crises by monitoring media, developing written material
Requirements
- 4 – 6 years of experience in corporate communications
- Consulting experience is an asset
- Advanced office computer skills and troubleshooting, including all Microsoft products
- Experience in social media, web, including managing and/or updating websites and developing digital metrics such as Google Analytics and social channels
- Advanced copy editing and document formatting experience and familiarity with CP Style Guide
- Well-organized, able to work with deadlines and manage multiple projects at once
- Natural interest and engagement in “issues of the day” and media coverage of those issues
- Commitment to the corporate communications profession and learning best practices, principles and techniques
- Very strong organizational skills including working on multiple projects at once
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, outgoing and confident but committed to a learning environment where there is frequent coaching and feedback
- 24/7 availability to assist in a crisis
- Undergraduate/or diploma/graduate degree in fields such as: liberal arts, English, political science, public relations, communications, business/commerce, journalism
