Communications Specialist
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Job Description
Communications Specialist enhancing IFEX's communications capacity across channels. Responsible for content creation, project coordination, and managing engagement metrics in a remote role.
Responsibilities:
- Write and edit various materials, including website copy, social media posts, captions, articles, newsletters, emails to members and allies, and press releases
- Find and commission suitable visual content to accompany articles
- Manage the IFEX content calendar for different communication channels, including social media, website, and newsletters, and assist with its implementation
- Coordinate communication projects, ensuring deadlines are met
- Collaborate with designers, videographers and writers to produce assets for campaigns, social media, and publications
- Design assets in accordance with brand guidelines, using pre-made templates
- Monitor and analyze engagement metrics and provide suggestions for improving communications impact.
Requirements:
- 3 + years’ experience in communications or content creation
- Experience working with or within creative agencies is an asset
- 1+ years’ experience collaborating with designers (e.g., writing briefs, providing feedback) and using tools such as Figma and Adobe Suite to update and adapt existing templates
- University degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Fluency in English is required
- Advanced knowledge of project management, including strong organizational skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Working knowledge of the practices and techniques of branding, web and print design principles, and UX
- Basic knowledge of web content management systems (e.g. WordPress), social media management tools (e.g. Buffer), email content management systems (e.g. Mailer Lite) and analytics tools
- Basic knowledge of current events and the ability to contextualize communications accordingly is an asset.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive and generous benefits package


















