Reporting to the Vice President, Marketing & Engagement and guiding a team of marketing and communication specialists, the Director, Marketing & Communications leads all internal and external communications and ensures that all communication strategies and tactics align with United Way’s overall strategic plan.

Channeling the efforts of the team and their execution of campaigns, marketing initiatives, publications, and website development, the Director will:

• Oversee all outbound marketing including market, outcome and positioning research, planning related to product development, monitoring of stakeholder supports, and ongoing brand evaluation and analysis
• Lead planned, emergency, and ad hoc communications programs, and manage project teams to effectively execute communications programs as required
• Implement new ideas and continually contribute to the continuous improvement of communications programs and processes
• Advance the United Way brand through specific programs that leverage a variety of communication channels (i.e. written and electronic media)

You are a Marketing and Communications professional who has a strong, proactive, team-based leadership style and you possess the following attributes:

• Degree and/or diploma in communications, marketing, public relations or related discipline
• A minimum of seven years of relevant experience in a senior capacity, preferably in a nonprofit environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the production of communications strategies and plans as well as project management methodologies
• Ability to work effectively to deliver measurable results in demanding environments with diplomacy and adaptability while handling multiple tasks, prioritizing activities, and meeting deadlines
• Excellence in strategic planning and problem solving
• Exceptional organizational skills, with particular attention to detail and follow-through
• Strong understanding of outbound marketing with an emphasis on market, outcome and positioning research, product development planning, monitoring of stakeholder supports, and ongoing brand evaluation and analysis
• Knowledge of publishing, print, and multi-media design and production processes (working knowledge with the Adobe suite of products) is an asset

Submit an Application:

If you are interested in this opportunity, please forward your cover letter and résumé in confidence by April 24, 2015 to:

Cindy Stephenson, Director, Organizational Development
United Way of Winnipeg
580 Main Street | Winnipeg, Manitoba | R3B 1C7
Fax: (204) 453-6198 | Email: careers at UnitedWayWinnipeg.mb.ca