Hybrid Communications Manager

at CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre

• Job title: Communications Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: WordPress
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Ottawa, Canada

About the role

• Communications Manager at CIRA focusing on content strategy and voice consistency. Collaborating across teams to enhance corporate communication efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, creation and direction of CIRA’s communications across all of our channels
• Partner closely with teams across the organization to build and review integrated content that supports CIRA’s goals.
• Create compelling materials and smart strategies.
• Own the cross-channel editorial Trello calendar—prioritizing, scheduling and coordinating content across website, email distributions and social, with clear workflows and approvals.
• Edit all of CIRA’s high-impact copy to keep it on-brand, accessible and CP-style clean.
• Serve as the steward for content quality and accuracy, fact-checking, line editing and ensuring technical clarity where needed.
• Work with the communications team to ensure the steady flow of corporate content published through CIRA’s owned and earned media.
• Collaborate with the Design and UX team to ensure content is optimized for all platforms including website, printed event materials, promotional assets and so on.
• Manage content pipelines and relationships with internal stakeholders and vendors alike to deliver content in a timely and efficient manner.
• Work closely with the Event Manager on internal and external events on theme creation to promotions, logistics and post-event content to ensure every event reflects CIRA’s brand and values.

Requirements

• Completion of a university degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Marketing or a related discipline.
• A minimum of seven years in a communications role with experience in copy editing, writing and social media.
• Strong writing and copy-editing skills.
• Experience building and executing editorial strategies.
• Strong technical skills, including knowledge of web content management systems (knowledge of WordPress is an asset) and mass-mail tools.
• Knowledge of HTML is an asset.
• Ability to create, edit and publish multimedia content (text, audio, video) with familiarity with the platforms required to do so.
• Proficiency in English is essential; bilingualism is highly recommended.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities