Media Relations Specialist - Vancouver, Canada - Arc'teryx

Arc'teryx

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Freelance

Description

Your Opportunity at ARC'TERYX:

As the Media Relations Specialist - Contractor you will manage the brand's North America media agencies, implementing a global strategy and supporting with day-to-day seeding and product requests, interviews, messaging and asset creation.

You support spokesperson management, and work with the leaders on the brand communications team to help us meet our storytelling objectives.

You are super detail oriented, great at juggling multiple things at once, are adept at prioritizing and have a bit of a project manager attitude - you're as comfortable tracking in excel as you are copyediting.

This role can be hired remote. Business operations occur on PST time zone.
Please be advised this is an external contract role, with a duration of 6 months.

Meet Your Future Team:

The Brand Communications team works in lockstep together, as well as crossfunctionally, to bring the outside in, and the inside out. We focus on telling the right story to the right audience at the right time and are constantly adapting the team's way of working to support each other and meet our objectives. We are fiercely entrepreneurial, and always rolling up our sleeves to try new things. We jump in as needed without being asked and are always looking for the next big story
Our team functions in a hybrid work model. We're in close touch virtually and come together to collaborate and support each other and the business.

If you were the Media Relations Specialist Contractor now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

Managing our agency relationships and serving as their go-to for product and media inquiries
Supporting the communications strategic objectives which are to drive brand awareness and identity, innovation storytelling, and to protect brand integrity
Creating and meeting quarterly and postcampaign reporting and KPIs, working with agencies to cull and deliver relevant reports to internal stakeholders to socialize work and influence thinking
Managing media assets and toolkits
Managing daytoday responsibilities for the media inbox
Managing the media calendar, our internal enterprise calendar, and the Newsroom (external)
Project managing and facilitating compelling communication pieces and press materials relevant to product innovations and company news (in partnership with team)
Supporting media opportunities for Veilance and System_A

Are you our next Media Relations Specialist Contractor?:

You have a bachelor's degree in communications and/or 3 years professional communications experience.
You are proficient at excel
You preferably have a background in project management and copywriting experience
You have excellent communication skills.
You have demonstrated success project managing large, complex initiates.
You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions.
You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity.
You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration.
You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement.
You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right.
PR/media agency experience prioritized.

Equal Opportunity

Arc'teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected.

We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better.

We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

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