Communications Specialist St. Michaels University School

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One of our core values haels University School is respect. With this in mind, we acknowledge that our school rests in the heart of Straits Salish territory, a living culture with its own rites, ceremonies, and unfolding history. We honour the Esquimalt, Songhees, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples – whose homelands we share and whom we recognize as our neighbours.

St. Michaels University School (SMUS) is seeking a Communications Specialist to join our dynamic Marketing & Communications department.

Reporting to the Director, Marketing & Communications, you are a versatile writer, editor and communications professional who creates clear, engaging and audience-focused content across a range of channels. With strong editorial judgment, you help determine how best to tell a story or communicate a message—from timely news and short-form content to feature stories, website content, newsletters and other school communications.

Working collaboratively across the School and closely with members of the Marketing and Communications team, you identify and develop stories; write and edit content for different audiences and channels; support the School’s weekly newsletter and other strategic communications; and manage day-to-day website content to ensure it is accurate, current, relevant and effective for its intended audiences. The role also provides writing and editorial support across the team’s work, including marketing, digital and print communications.

Strong organization, attention to detail and sound judgment are essential, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities and respond to the fast-moving communications needs of a busy school community.

• Hours of work are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday, with occasional evening or weekend work to attend School activities and events.
• Primarily in-person at the 3400 Richmond Road campus, with some flexibility for remote work.
• Regular travel between SMUS’s two campuses is required.

Responsibilities include:

• Identify, develop, write and edit timely and engaging content that reflects the breadth of school life and supports SMUS’s strategic priorities, using strong editorial judgment to determine the appropriate format, length and channel.
• Write for a range of audiences and channels, including news and feature stories, short-form content, web, social media, marketing materials and other School communications.
• Plan, curate, write and build the School’s weekly newsletter, balancing content from across the School to create an engaging and strategic reflection of the SMUS community.
• Build relationships across the School, conduct interviews and proactively identify compelling stories and content opportunities.
• Provide writing and editorial support for major publications, special projects and other Marketing and Communications initiatives, while supporting consistent editorial style, brand voice and messaging.

• Manage day-to-day website content, including writing, editing, publishing and updating stories, general page content, staff information, documents and other timely information.
• Apply best practices for writing and organizing web content to ensure it is accurate, current, accessible and effective for intended audiences.
• Proactively identify content that requires improvement and work with departments, Marketing and Communications colleagues and external developers on website content needs and larger initiatives.

• Support media relations and external communications, including writing media releases, preparing key messages, responding to media requests and identifying…