Senior Communications Strategist

Date Posted: 08/13/2025
Req ID: 44779
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Law
Department: Faculty of Law
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00045412

Description:

About us:
The Faculty of Law is one of the oldest professional faculties at the University of Toronto. Today, it is one of the world's great law schools. The Faculty's rich academic programs are complemented by its many legal clinics and public interest programs. The Faculty of Law is housed in the elegant, state-of-the-art Jackman Law Building, alongside two historic buildings, Flavelle House and Falconer Hall, on the St. George Campus in downtown Toronto.

Your opportunity:
A member of the Faculty of Law’s Office of Advancement can expect to be part of a collaborative, dynamic, high-performance team within a professional school that ranks amongst the best in the world, jointly as a community setting out to deliver lawyers and leaders for a changing world.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean, Advancement, the Senior Communications Strategist, will guide and support a vision to engage and inspire the broader Faculty of Law community in the work at the Faculty with a view to compelling their participation, ambassadorship and partnership.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and developing an integrated multi-channel communications and marketing strategy and operations
• Fostering relationships with internal and external contacts in the coordination of marketing and communications activities
• Writing and editing copy and content to advance communications objectives
• Verifying that all marketing/communication collateral adheres to brand identity and University style guides
• Creating and maintaining presence on social media platforms
• Ensuring website updates are conducted and website issues are resolved
• Acting as the first point of contact for media enquiries
• Providing detailed analysis, briefing notes and recommendations to academic and executive leadership on handling contentious media issues

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in communication, public relations, journalism, marketing or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum five (5) years of related professional communication and writing experience, preferably in a fundraising environment
• Experience planning and developing integrated multi-channel communications and marketing strategy and operations
• Experience organizing and implementing communications and issues management plans in a consultative manner
• Experience writing engaging print and digital content to demonstrate the impact of investment in higher education, including cases for support and gift proposals
• Experience developing high-impact marketing materials including social media, website strategy and operations
• Experience gathering relevant information for web and social media purposes, measurements, and client services
• Experience as the first point of contact for media enquiries, and providing detailed analysis, briefing notes and recommendations to leadership on handling contentious media issues
• Experience writing key messages and/or speeches for leadership
• Exceptional communication (verbal and written) skills
• Strong researching, interviewing, fact-checking, editing and proofreading skills
• Effective customer service, interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• High degree of proficiency working with Microsoft Office and editing text in Adobe InDesign files
• Proficiency with desktop and digital publishing

Assets (Nonessential):

• Brand management experience
• Knowledge of the legal and business community

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Communicator
• Diligent
• Efficient
• Entrepreneurial
• Meticulous
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Self-directed

Closing Date: 08/27/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 14 -- $91,677. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $117,242. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Communication/Media/Public Relations
Recruiter: Jasmin Olarte

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.