Location:
This is a hybrid role based in Toronto, requiring at least two days per week in the office.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a dynamic and creative
Communications Specialist to join our team, reporting directly to the Sr. Director of Media and Operations. This role is ideal for someone with a passion for digital communications across social media and PR, eager to contribute to our online corporate voice and presence. You will play a key role in engaging with our online communities, fostering meaningful interactions with our PR agencies and media, and building relationships across the organization. The position is split between social media management and general communications tasks, providing a well-rounded opportunity for growth and development.
You will work closely with the Communications Team, collaborating on initiatives and strategies to enhance our visibility and impact across our channels. Additionally, you will liaise with various departments, including Marketing, the Social Impact Team, and others, to ensure a cohesive and aligned approach to our communications efforts. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while developing your communications skills and advancing your career.
About The Role
In this opportunity as a
Communications Specialist, 50% of the role will have a Social Media Focus. You will:
- Create and implement a strategic social media plan to enhance brand visibility and engagement.
- Actively engage with online communities, fostering meaningful interactions and building relationships.
- Monitor daily social media activity, responding to inquiries and managing crises as needed.
- Prepare detailed reports on social media performance and insights to enable data driven decisions
- Provide executive-level social media support and guidance, including content creation for key executives.
- Stay updated on social media trends and integrate them into our strategy.
- Maintain and oversee a comprehensive content calendar to manage content delivery across platforms.
- Collaborate with various departments to gather content ideas and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Social media training and guidance to internal communities
50% of the role will be General Communications. You will:
- Assist in creating and maintaining editorial calendars to ensure timely and coordinated content distribution.
- Participate in agency calls and collaborate with external partners to align on communication strategies.
- Support the development and dissemination of internal and external communication materials, such as press releases, newsletters, and presentations.
- Assist in the preparation of reports and analysis of communication efforts to measure effectiveness and inform future strategies.
- Monitor media coverage and track trends to inform those pitching the media.
- Assist in drafting and proofreading content to maintain high standards of accuracy and consistency.
- Ensure brand consistency in messaging across all communication channels through adherence to established tone, voice, and terminology guidelines.
- Provide support in managing communication tools and platforms, helping to optimize their use and efficiency.
About You
You’re a fit for the role of
Communications Specialist, if your background includes:
- 2-3+ years of experience in a professional communications or social media role.
- A degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field.
- Strong writing and communication skills with a creative flair.
- Basic graphic design skills are a plus.
- A proactive attitude, ready to take on new challenges and learn.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a willingness to assist where needed.
- Ideal for someone looking to expand their communications expertise with a focus on social media.
- Opportunities for advancement to Senior Executive Social Support for the right candidate.
We are looking for a versatile professional who is eager to grow and make an impact. If you are passionate about communications and social media and ready to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!
What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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