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Sr Communications Specialist
- Toronto, ON, Canada
$40–$45/hr on T4, or up to $55/hr incorporated · Contract
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- Pay
- $40–$45/hr on T4, or up to $55/hr incorporated
- Job type
- Contract
- Closing date
- Experience
- 5–7 years of communications experience, with a focus on internal, employee or technology communications
- Working hours
- 37.5 hours a week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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Title: Senior Communications Specialist, Technology (12-Month Contract)
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
One of Canada's Big 5 banks is looking for a Senior Communications Specialist to join its technology organization on a 12-month contract, with a chance to extend. You'll support a technology group behind the bank's commercial banking and credit platforms, and you'll be the person who makes that work clear, visible and meaningful to the wider business.
This role suits a strong writer who can sit with developers, architects and release managers and turn what they tell you into something an executive or business partner understands at a glance. You'll work with the communications lead to keep a steady flow of content moving across channels, from release notices to leadership messaging.
What you'll do
- Draft, edit and coordinate pre- and post-production release communications
- Write weekly achievements content for newsletters and other internal channels
- Contribute to leadership updates, articles, announcements and town hall messaging
- Build and polish PowerPoint presentations on group strategy, including simple visuals and infographics
- Gather input from technical and business stakeholders and translate it for non-technical audiences
- Track the communications schedule, approvals, dependencies and deadlines across multiple reviewers
What you bring
- 5–7 years of communications experience, with a focus on internal, employee or technology communications
- Writing that is clear and concise, with a straight-talk, storytelling style that shows the value of technology work
- Working knowledge of technology concepts such as application development, migrations and cloud, and the ability to explain them in plain language
- Strong skills in Outlook, Teams and especially PowerPoint
- A track record of managing several stakeholders, priorities and deadlines at once without anything slipping
- A post-secondary degree in communications, PR, journalism or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Financial services or large-enterprise technology experience is a strong asset
The details
- 12-month contract with a chance to extend
- Hybrid: 2 days a week onsite in downtown Toronto (Mondays plus one other day)
- Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week
- $40–$45/hr on T4, or up to $55/hr incorporated
- Immediate start
Why this one
You'll see a wide range of business groups and sit between technology and the business. It's a good fit if you want to deepen your tech comms experience inside a large, established organization.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Draft and coordinate release communications, weekly achievement updates, leadership messaging, articles, announcements, town hall content, and strategy presentations. Gather input from technical and business stakeholders, translate technology work for non-technical audiences, and manage communications schedules, approvals, dependencies, and deadlines.
Requirements
Requires 5–7 years of communications experience, preferably in internal, employee, or technology communications, along with clear writing and the ability to explain technology concepts in plain language. Candidates should be proficient in Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint, able to manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines, and have a post-secondary degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Skills
- Internal Communications
- Technology Communications
- Writing and Editing
- Storytelling
- Release Communications
- Leadership Communications
- PowerPoint
- Visual Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Plain-Language Communication
- Communications Planning
- Deadline Management
- Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
- Technology Concepts
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Categories
- Marketing
- Creative & Media
- Technology
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Internal Communications
- Technology Communications
- Employee Communications
- Release Communications
- Pre-Production Releases
- Post-Production Releases
- Newsletters
- Leadership Updates
- Town Hall Messaging
- PowerPoint
- Infographics
- Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
- Application Development
- Cloud
- Migrations
- Commercial Banking
- Credit Platforms
- Stakeholder Management
- Communications Scheduling
- Approvals
- Financial Services
- Technology
- Hybrid Work
- Toronto