Health and dental coverage
Highly competitive package for individuals and their family members, as well as access to the confidential Employee and Family Assistance Program.
Time off to recharge
Starting vacation entitlement of three weeks in addition to a week-long holiday office closure and personal days.
Transit accessibility
Indoor bike parking and showers along with direct access to Queens Park subway station.
Cutting-edge building
Architecturally-inspiring, amenity-rich building housing some of the world’s most progressive minds.
World-class events
Access to hundreds of annual conferences, lectures and networking showcases.
MaRS Social Committee
Year-round team-building outings as part of our social, health and wellness program.
About MaRS
MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is the one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs.
MaRS supports promising high-growth companies to scale their businesses globally, while tackling key societal challenges in areas such as Health, Cleantech, Finance, Transportation, AI, and others. In addition to helping start-ups launch, grow and scale, the MaRS community is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration, commercialization of discoveries, and driving ideas to impact.
About Opportunity for All Youth (O4AY)
Opportunity for All Youth (O4AY) is Canada’s only employer-led youth hiring coalition that helps young people who face barriers find meaningful jobs and build skills, experience and confidence. Our goal is to change the youth employment system in Canada so that it works better for everyone, from young job seekers and the community services organizations who support them, to the businesses who hire and invest in them.
Opportunity for All Youth is based at MaRS Discovery District, North America’s largest urban innovation hub. MaRS’ purpose is to help innovators change the world for the benefit of all. We’re part of the MaRS system change portfolio focusing on driving better youth futures. The MaRS community fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration to drive breakthrough discoveries and new solutions to be adopted in Canada and beyond, growing our economy and delivering societal impact at scale.
About the Position
The Associate, Digital Marketing is the content go-to on the marketing team, involved in the creation, management and distribution of content on our website and newsletters. This is a 12-month contract position.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute content strategy through competitive research, editorial planning, benchmarking, and audience identification
- Build assets for O4AY digital channels, including social, email, web, paid ads and video by incorporating best practices and following brand guidelines
- Work closely with internal and external partners to develop content, events, reports, landing pages and uncover opportunities for integrated marketing campaigns
- Build, manage, and execute content and social media calendars based on editorial plan
- Analyze campaign results and provide actionable recommendations for improved performance
- Build tool kits and assets for employers, funders, community service providers
- Other duties as assigned
How You Innovate
Improve existing content and social media properties and help improve the new O4AY digital experience by researching current trends, improving community experience and identifying opportunities to innovate.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, college diploma, or relevant work experience
- 1-2 years in a digital marketing, content management, or social media specialist role
- Proven working experience in content marketing, social media marketing or as a Digital Media Specialist
- Write and edit content (Blog posts, images, etc.) based on existing content marketing strategy
- Attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics and visual hierarchy
- Generate, edit, publish and share daily content (original text, images, video) that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action
- Strong organizational skills, specifically the ability to manage and execute multiple marketing campaigns
- Experience with marketing content development. Creating collateral including but not limited to designing creative assets, and blog posts for internal and external audiences
- Proficient in WordPress, Canva, Google Cloud suite (Drive, sheets, slides, jam boards, etc.), Yoast SEO, google analytics, google adwords, google tag manager.
Applications are due at 11:59PM EST on September 30, 2021.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada and reside in Ontario.
We are a purpose-driven organization on a mission to make the world a better place through inclusive innovation. This commitment to inclusion, equity and diversity are core to who we are and what we believe and, as such, encourage applications from members of diverse identity groups, including those who have been historically excluded and marginalized. You are welcome at MaRS.
We want you to be as successful throughout our recruitment process as possible. Please get in touch with us if there’s anything we can do to make your experience more accessible and inclusive, including accommodations for differing (dis)abilities.
Applications are due by 11:59 PM on the closing date stated above.
Applications received after this time will not be considered.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary, Contract
Work Location: Multiple Locations
