Marketing Communications Associate - 12 month contract

This is an entry-level role within the Marketing and Communications team in Canada Life’s Group Customer division.

Your primary responsibility will be to support communications specialists in major group retirement and group benefits product and service projects.

Working with guidance from a communications specialist, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in strategic communications plans with everyday Canadians as your target audience.

You’ll help execute on tactics, which includes excellent writing and editing using plain language principles, creative thinking and collaboration with graphic designers to make messages come to life.

If you’re a top-notch writer and a creative, hardworking team player who’s looking to start their career in a fast-paced and collaborative environment – this might be the job for you.

What you’ll do every day:

• Research, write and edit marketing and communications content and collateral (i.e., eNewsletters, email campaigns, brochures, presentations, articles, etc.)
• Coordinate approval of content with various partners throughout Canada Life, including Group Customer leadership
• Track collateral through the graphic design, translation and French proofreading process
• Support the creation of collateral – writing, editing, proofreading – to ensure it’s error-free
• Ensure all content and collateral is executed following the company brand guidelines and messaging
• Manage various deadlines, while providing writing and editing assistance to other members of the communications team
• Capture collateral for document security, centralized storage and audit control

• A degree in communications, public relations, English, journalism or media and information and/or a post-secondary diploma in corporate communications
• Strong business writing and marketing writing skills – you’ll need to submit samples or do writing exercises as part of the selection process
• Demonstrated interpersonal, organization and time-management skills

• Organized and able to multi-task
• Adaptable to changing priorities and able to hit moving deadlines
• Comfortable in a fast-paced team environment
• Known for your interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Positive when faced with challenges
• Eager to learn, energetic and enthusiastic
• Detail-oriented when it matters
• Like to try new ideas
• Driven to complete tasks
• A proactive problem solver