IMMEDIATE: 1 Year Contract Position with optional renewal / Public Relations, Blue Door Agency

Blue Door Agency is seeking a creative and enthusiastic Public Relations professional to join our team!

Why Work Here?

Blue Door is an award-winning public relations, digital marketing, and graphic design agency based in Toronto. We are the Agency of Record for Plaza Premium Group, Ripley's Aquarium, Canadian Opera Company, Food and Beverage Ontario, Longo's, and Silver Hotel Group.

What We're Looking For:

• 5-7 years of experience in a PR agency environment
• Proven experience in PR within the F+B, Hospitality, Travel and/or Canadian FinTech industry
• Very organized and self-motivator
• Strong media relationships and a knack for securing top-tier coverage
• Strong knowledge of influencer marketing and campaign management
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Exceptional relationships and understanding of influencer relations and logistics
• Ability to develop and execute strategic PR campaigns across media, event and influencer
• A proactive, self-starter with the ability to manage a campaign from start to finish.

We are a team of results-oriented strategic thinkers who have earned a reputation as one of the fastest-growing agencies in Toronto.

What We're Offering:

• A 1-year contract position with option to renew
• Meaningful work where you can have a direct impact on some exceptional brands
• A culture of entrepreneurship, creativity, growth, and collaboration
• Work with top talent at an award-winning agency on a serious growth trajectory

Compensation:

Blue Door offers competitive pay and benefits in an award-winning workplace. The compensation for this contract position is $70,000 - $75,000. *commensurate with experience

HYBRID WORKPLACE:

Blue Door works from our beautiful office at 183 Bathurst Street in Toronto every Tuesday and Thursday. We believe the best work is done as a team, working collaboratively, brainstorming, and building relationships. This is one of the reasons we have one of the lowest turnover rates in the city.

??Responsibilities

• Support leadership teams in managing fast-paced, deadline-driven workloads for a portfolio of clients
• Assist with executing public relations strategies to meet clients' goals and objectives
• Contribute to the execution of client programs as part of a team, ensuring success
• Monitor, track and report media coverage for multiple clients
• Write communication materials (e.g. pitches, news releases, media advisories, etc.)
• Implement day-to-day tactical activations, including media relations campaigns, planning physical or virtual special events and launches, engaging influencers/content creators for paid content
• Accountable for daily project management and client deliverables, and managing critical paths and account activity updates
• Research and develop media lists for each campaign, with ongoing updates to master lists
• Lead influencer marketing campaigns, including research, developing influencer lists, correspondence, and overall management of deliverables.
• Actively build and foster relationships with relevant media, event organizers and influencers
• Monitor and measure the success of campaign initiatives and create client reports
• Stay on top of PR, social and digital media market trends, to keep our clients in the know and identify potential opportunities

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. If you are selected, we will coordinate an initial interview. Position is Immediate.

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