Communications Coordinator

Submit by: November 8, 2024, end of day. Application review starts November 9 until position filled
Start date: November 19, 2024
Wage and Term: $26/hour, Part-time, 16-hours/week, 6-month contract

To Apply:

• Please submit an email to director@openspace.ca

• Subject line “Communications Coordinator - Opportunities Application.”

• Include a cover letter, resume (CV) and links to samples of work

Questions?: Email Executive Director at director@openspace.ca

Open Space encourages applications from members of equity-seeking communities including women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.  

Communications Coordinator:  

Open Space is looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual to join our dynamic Team and assist with our communications and marketing with an emphasis on social media engagement and graphic and media design. You will have the opportunity of leading marketing and promotional campaigns for Open Space’s programs and events, including the upcoming reopening of the gallery and associated events.

Job Description:

Open Space produces a multidisciplinary program working with artists, curators and practitioners from a variety of disciplinary and cultural backgrounds in a contemporary context. Through our communications, promotions and marketing strategies and creativity you will help work to invite, inform, and engage a variety of audiences and associated communities. This short-term contract will support the consultation, design and implementation of program communications and marketing plans along with coordination and execution supporting Open Space’s programming and organizational projects.

Qualifications: 

• Proficient experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc)

• Demonstrated experience posting on social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, X, tiktok, etc)

• Website editing and updating experience (similar to Squarespace)

• Newsletter applications (such as Mailerlite)

• Demonstrate knowledge and interest in the contemporary arts

Duties:

Marketing

• Develop and execute marketing strategies, for short and long term implementation

• Create and/or assist with advertisement and promotional campaigns

• Assist in outbound or inbound marketing activities (content development + optimization, advertising, events planning etc.)

• Market research

• Assist with ordering marketing and promotional materials, including printed materials

Social Media

• Coordinating social media and Open Space’s online presences (website updates, collecting testimonials, sharing stories and posts, taking videos and photos, , keeping track of email lists, etc)

• Develop merchandise designs and coordinate production

• Provide communication coordination and assistance for other Open Space programming projects and initiatives involving:

• Information management,

• Track online insights and traffic, 

• Programming support,

• Grant and report support

Graphic Design

• Develop and design program promotional materials as needed for social media, website and print mediums

• Be familiar and proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc)

Other duties

• Work effectively with artists, volunteers, collegial organizations and professionals, members, volunteers and staff.

• At Open Space we work together. Some of your duties may include performing additional tasks as suggested, designed and defined in collaboration with other members of the Open Space team in consultation with the Executive Director.

• Attend weekly staff, communications, and program related meetings and organization-wide meetings and gatherings as necessary.

• Perform additional tasks as deemed in line with the proposed program of work by the Executive Director.

About Open Space Arts Society:  

Open Space (est. 1972) is an artist-run centre with an extensive history of supporting experimental artistic practices in all contemporary arts disciplines, welcoming creative risk and innovative engagement with art, artists and communities. We endeavour to work in meaningful, collaborative and relational ways with artists and creative practitioners activating the many possible ways of knowing, creating, experiencing and working.