update: This position is now filled! We can wait to introduce them, soon.
Spur Communication is a fast-growing Vancouver agency with an impressive client roster and an even more impressive team. As specialists in engagement and strategic communication, we work primarily with the public and non-profit sectors on complex projects that transform our communities for the better. For example, we lead programs for large-scale public transportation and infrastructure projects, making our communities more livable. We facilitate best-in-class strategic planning processes. And design powerful multi-channel social marketing campaigns. We launch beautiful brands for important causes like harm reduction approaches to substance use and inclusive services for survivors of sexual violence. And we do it all through an intersectional feminist lens. At Spur, we dare to be vulnerable with our clients, knowing they will still see us as trusted strategic advisors as we learn and unlearn together.
Communication Coordinator
location: Vancouver area, hybrid remote/in-person
As a communication coordinator at Spur, you will do meaningful work and benefit from mentorship from directors and principals as you build your strategic communication and public engagement career. You will liaise with our clients and their interest holders to bring our communication strategies and engagement plans to life. You will support other specialists in content development, data gathering and analysis. You will help your team execute engagement events and contribute to crucial communication assets. Through it all, you will contribute to our team’s collective drive to continue learning and unlearning how to do this work in the most equitable ways, promoting diversity, inclusion, equity and reconciliation, inside and outside Spur.
This year, we will develop engagement frameworks for two municipalities, lead strategic planning processes for several non-profit organizations, equip social service organizations in BC to become more resilient to the climate crisis and implement a psychologically safe and inclusive engagement about what it’s like to experience homelessness or housing insecurity. You will contribute to these important projects.
core responsibilities
- Help develop materials for clients throughout a project’s life cycle, including research summaries, key messages, communication materials, slide decks, and other materials
- Execute tactical plans, including creating engagement promotional materials and producing multi-channel content for client projects
- Support public engagement activities, including developing materials for open houses and workshops, and launching and monitoring online engagements
- Support the development of in-person engagements, including scheduling, vendor liaison, logistics, materials preparation, program development support, note-taking and on-site support for facilitators and participants
- Support data analysis from engagements, including data digitization, cleaning, collating and coding, using frameworks and themes generated by your team members
- Draft and revise summary reports
- Adhere to different brand standards and style guides across clients and projects
- Write, copy-edit, produce, publish, moderate and evaluate multi-channel content for Spur
- Contribute to business development activities, including copywriting and editing proposals
enhanced responsibilities
Depending on your level of experience, you may be invited to lead the development of some materials for our clients, play a larger role in data analysis and reporting, or play a more active role in facilitating workshops and events with our clients. This role can expand to suit the skills of our diverse and growing team.
qualifications
- Three + years of relevant work experience in a professional business setting, preferably in a client-serving environment
- Experience working in the non-profit, public, or political sector would be considered an asset
- Diploma, certificate or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, including business, public relations, communication or similar
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Self motivated, detail oriented, with excellent time management and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and take initiative. Comfort and familiarity working in systems like Google apps (Drive, Gmail, Slides, etc.), Asana, Canva, WordPress and online whiteboard tools (Miro, AirTable, Canva whiteboards)
compensation
- $75,000 to $85,000 depending on experience
- An annual bonus of up to 5% of your salary, contingent upon team and individual performance
- Extended health and dental benefits
We strive to be a work that is welcoming to folks who identify as BIPOC, 2SLGBTQA+, and as having diverse abilities. If this describes you, we encourage you to apply. If this does not describe your lived and living experience, we hope you identify as an ally to these communities.
