Marketing Coordinator; Graphic Design

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Marketing Coordinator (Graphic Design)

About CKUA
CKUA is recognized as Canada’s first public broadcaster, and it continues to inspire and guide a world-wide community of loyal arts and culture enthusiasts along a journey of musical discovery every day. CKUA offers more than 45 expertly curated multi-genre musical programs, plus other enriching arts and cultural content on-air and online. CKUA serves 380 communities across Alberta with FM Radio and reaches listeners around the world with live-streaming and digital content through , the CKUA App, and social platforms.

We are an inclusive, creative, hardworking group on a musical mission to enrich lives and support the arts.

Marketing Coordinator (Graphic Design)

Location:
Edmonton, AB | Hybrid | Full-Time| Union Position

About the Role

The Marketing Coordinator (Graphic Design) plays a central creative role within CKUA’s Marketing and Community Relations team. This position is responsible for bringing CKUA’s brand to life through high-quality graphic design and visual storytelling across digital, print, and on-air channels. The work is hands-on, design-led, and deeply connected to CKUA’s mission as a donor-supported, community-focused arts and culture organization.

The Marketing Coordinator (Graphic Design) strengthens CKUA’s in-house design capacity, and creates, adapts, and manages visual assets internally and ensures consistency, quality, and responsiveness across campaigns, programming, fundraising, and community initiatives.

Reporting to the Communications and Marketing Manager, this role collaborates closely with colleagues across Marketing, Content, Fund Development, and Events. It is well suited to someone who enjoys translating ideas into compelling visuals, working across multiple formats, and contributing creative expertise within a fast-moving and collaborative environment.

How you’ll make an impact

You will help shape how CKUA shows up visually across all touchpoints by creating strong, on-brand design assets that support programming, fundraising, events, and audience engagement. This includes graphic design for digital campaigns, social media, web, email, print materials, merchandise, swag, as well as on-air promotion.

A significant focus of this role is delivering high-quality design work internally. You will lead the creation and adaptation of visual assets, ensuring CKUA has the in-house capability to execute design needs efficiently, consistently, and creatively. Your work supports timely campaign delivery and strengthens CKUA’s visual identity so as to build in-house bench strength in this area.

You will collaborate with Marketing and Content colleagues to develop creative concepts and translate them into finished assets, ensuring visuals align with campaign goals, audience needs, and CKUA’s brand standards. This includes supporting fundraising and revenue-generating initiatives, such as the CKUA store, by creating materials that help engage, inform, and inspire audiences and donors.

You will also contribute to digital and social media execution by designing shareable graphics, short-form visual content, and campaign assets that support engagement across CKUA’s channels. Working alongside the broader team, you may support real-time content capture needs during events, campaigns, or special initiatives.

Your work helps ensure CKUA’s visual storytelling is consistent, thoughtful, and reflective of the organization’s values, strengthening connection with audiences and supporting long-term sustainability.

What You Bring

You bring strong graphic design skills and enjoy applying them across a range of formats, platforms, and timelines. You are comfortable taking ideas from concept through completion and take pride in producing polished, professional design work that meets both creative and practical needs, with collaborative and long-term technical compatibility in mind.

Equally important, you bring a grounded, community-centric approach to your work. You build trust easily, work well with a wide range of personalities, and contribute positively to team dynamics. Colleagues experience you as approachable, respectful, and…