Director, Corporate Communications

The role

This is a hands‑on senior advisory opportunity for someone who wants to be both strategic and practical, commercially minded and collaborative, and comfortable advising clients when the stakes are high.

As Director, Corporate Communications, you will provide senior strategic counsel to executives, boards of directors, and investor relations teams. You will lead complex client mandates across corporate and financial communications, investor relations, capital markets initiatives, reputation management, crisis files, transaction communications, disclosure support, and special situations.

You will also play an important role in growing our practice. That means identifying and leading new business opportunities, expanding existing client relationships, mentoring colleagues, and connecting clients with the right expertise from across National’s practices and offices.

As a senior member of the Toronto team, you will help clients communicate clearly in moments that matter to their business, their investors, their employees, their regulators, and other important stakeholders.

You will be expected to bring sound judgment, strong business instincts, and a clear understanding of how markets, media, investors, disclosure, and reputation intersect.

You will lead complex client mandates from planning through execution, making sure the work is thoughtful, high quality, delivered on time, and managed on budget.

You will build strong, enduring client relationships, identify opportunities to expand existing mandates, and lead new business opportunities that contribute to the growth of the Firm. You will also manage project planning, financial management, and resource allocation so that client objectives are met and the work runs smoothly.

You will collaborate with colleagues across National’s practices and offices to deliver integrated communications solutions that meet evolving client needs. You will mentor, coach, and develop team members, helping foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performing culture.

You will stay close to capital markets trends, regulatory developments, and emerging communications practices so that your counsel is current, practical, and grounded in the realities of the market. You will also help strengthen National’s presence in the Canadian capital markets and financial communications community.

You are a trusted advisor with a strong grounding in financial communications. You understand how to translate complex financial, market, and business issues into clear advice, credible messaging, and practical communications plans.

You are comfortable in senior rooms, including engaging with executives, boards, investor relations teams, legal advisors, bankers, analysts, and other stakeholders who are often part of high‑profile, sensitive, or crisis‑related mandates. You do not need to be a specialist in every situation, but you should bring the judgment and experience to know what matters, what questions to ask, and how to bring the right people together.

You likely bring:

• 10+ years of experience in financial and corporate communications, capital markets, investor relations, strategic communications, or a consulting or corporate advisory environment.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic counsel to senior executives and leading complex communications or capital markets mandates, including crisis files.
• Exceptional writing, presentation, and strategic communications skills, with the ability to develop compelling messaging across multiple channels.
• Proven experience leading client relationships, managing budgets, and delivering complex projects in a fast‑paced consulting environment.
• A strong understanding of capital markets, financial communications, and the evolving media and digital landscape.
• A bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Finance, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related discipline. Experience advising publicly traded companies, investor relations teams or capital market participants is considered an asset. Familiarity with the Canadian capital markets landscape is also an asset.
• Comfort using AI‑enabled tools, for example, ChatGPT.
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