Are you considered a website and digital communications expert in your field? Do you have strong leadership and strategic thinking skills? If so, consider joining our team of professionals with the Communications Services Branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.

What can I expect to do in this role?

You will:

• provide strategic content planning and team leadership to the unit in developing and maintaining digital communication products
• act as team/project lead to ensure consistency, quality and timeliness of our digital content
• produce, govern, manage and implement ministry standards, policies and guidelines
• lead, manage and coordinate the creation of content for our digital channels

Location: 99 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, Ontario

How do I qualify?

Leadership Skills:

You have:

• proven leadership skills to influence internal and external clients
• strong team leadership skills to successfully drive projects from concept to creation, provide digital communication expertise, insight and strategic direction to the digital team

Technical Expertise:

You have:

• knowledge of communications theory, methods, techniques and practices with specialization in digital communications and web site design, mobile/tablet standards, content development and graphics techniques, social media trends and tools
• knowledge of website design and architecture, mobile/tablet responsive design, technology and trends, user interface/experience theories, web applications, information architecture, content publishing and graphics
• knowledge of publishing standards and industry standards (W3C), web conventions, trends and etiquette to ensure compliance with established practice
• excellent knowledge of current digital production software and processes including Adobe creative suite (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, etc.), MS Office Suite, project management tools/applications, video/audio encoding formats, PDF authoring, Drupal CMS, HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Strategic Thinking and Analytical Skills:

You have:

• strategic thinking and analytical skills to determine communication concept/strategy of website content with a consistent and integrated cross channel approach
• evaluative skills and attention to detail to verify content and ensure it meets mandatory standards (e.g. accessibility)
• the ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures and regulatory/legislative requirements

Problem-Solving and Decision Making Skills:

You have:

• sound problem-solving skills to quickly identify and resolve design related issues pertaining to products in a quick and timely manner
• decision making skills to make assessment and judgment calls

Project Management and Organizational Skills:

You have:

• solid project management and organizational skills to plan, organize, motivate and manage resources to achieve project goals
• organizational skills to adapt to changing priorities and issues affecting work/assignments

Communication and Interpersonal Skills:

You have:

• strong verbal communication skills to interact with the team and vendors including making presentations
• strong writing skills to write/edit content for our digital properties
• customer service and interpersonal skills to communicate, consult and build relationships with staff and external vendors

Application Requirement:

• please include in your resume and  URLs or PDFs of three recent online digital samples of projects you have produced

Salary range: $1,382.53 – $1,723.51 per week