Coordinator, Digital Media & Communications

AthletesCAN

The Coordinator, Digital Media & Communications is responsible for providing effective
support to AthletesCAN staff, Board, members, alumni and volunteers; and support with
AthletesCAN online presence. Specifically, the Coordinator, Digital Media & Communications will fulfill the following non-exhaustive list of duties and capacities:

Marketing & Digital Media

• Responsible for overall website maintenance using WordPress, identify opportunities to
  improve website, continuously build our online presence, and support organic growth using SEO
• Identify and create engaging digital content promoting AthletesCAN members, build and
  maintain audience engagement across all platforms
• Create and maintain monthly analytics reports on all digital assets, including website,
  newsletter, and social media
• Support with content curation for recurring newsletter
• Create graphics to support all digital media campaigns, including social, website, newsletter, press releases, e-signatures, etc.
• Communication
• Support Manager, Communications & Sport Partnerships with timely communication of
  information to AthletesCAN members, Partners, and stakeholders via Email Marketing platform such as Mailchimp
• Engage actively with Board of Directors and Staff Members

Ambassador

• Represent AthletesCAN in a professional manner at public functions such as conferences,
  receptions, Forums, meetings, and various engagements, as designated by the president or a designee.
• Act as an official representative of AthletesCAN; as such is discreet, sensitive, displays sound judgment and is tactful in amplifying the Canadian athlete voice.
• Be familiar with the organizational structure, general policies and procedures of AthletesCAN in order to direct inquiries to the applicable resource person.
• Collaborate with the Manager, Athlete Projects & Operations to understand and represent the opinions and concerns of Canadian high-performance athletes to partners and stakeholders.
• Support the Manager, Communications & Sport Partnerships with preparation of written materials for the Board of Directors
• Identify opportunities to engage Canadian sport system partners.
• Support AthletesCAN projects

• Bilingual (French/English)
• Familiarity with Canadian Sport System
• Experience with WordPress, SEO, Mailchimp or other Email Marketing tool
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Canva an asset
• Demonstrated success with creating and maintaining an engaging social media presence, ability to keep up with current trends
• Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead and take initiative when addressing challenges
• Ability to effectively organize multiple tasks and projects with attention to detail to meet deadlines
• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team in the pursuit of common goals and build positive relationships