Location
Toronto, ON, Canada, Canada
Posted on
Sep 30, 2022
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Position at H K Canada
Do you get excited by the opportunity to manage high-stakes projects with a complex set of stakeholders? Do you want to help companies and organizations tell their stories to industry and business audiences? Can you take a program and run with it, manage client feedback, collaborate with cross-country teams, and provide strategic counsel? Are you innately curious and enjoy staying on top of current events, media, and business trends? Then this opportunity is for you!
H K is looking for an impressive Senior Consultant to help lead corporate communication projects. As part of the H K Toronto team, you will be responsible for the leadership of projects, pulling together passionate, engaged colleagues from across the country to deliver excellent client service and high-quality work. You must have proven strategic communications experience and strong project management skills. You’d stand apart from other candidates if you also have expertise in earned/paid media and B2B communications.
Here’s what you’d be doing
Manage several projects for several clients, delivering high quality work on time and on budget
Serve as a strategic client counselor, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of their business
Serve as a mentor and coach for junior team members to help build and foster a positive and dynamic culture and delegate successfully to execute client initiatives
Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver integrated programs and campaigns
Anticipate client needs and issues, troubleshoot problems as an active listener and fearless counselor
Demonstrate and encourage creativity and innovation, both from a client service and team culture standpoint
Have a positive and team-oriented attitude, and a genuine interest in continuing to learn and build a passionate, motivated and engaged team
Manage account financials and contribute to driving growth and account profitability
Effectively articulate ideas to clients, colleagues and others using your strong communication and presentation skills
What else is in it for you?
Full health benefits package—including paid time off, schedule flexibility, wellness reimbursement, and more
Strong leadership with a focus on entrepreneurial thinking, mentoring, learning development to help you grow, expand your skills, and become your professional best
A passionate, smart, fun, and creative culture
A hybrid work environment including a beautiful new office at the Waterfront Innovation Centre, home of the WPP campus
What you’ll need to get here
A minimum of 6 years of experience with a focus on corporate communications and, ideally, B2B marketing communications. Agency experience is a must.
An excellent track record providing strategic counsel to clients and leading the development of integrated communications strategies
An ability to work independently and a proactive approach to driving work forward
A desire to be in the heart of the action, managing various streams of work with a high level of organization and agility
An affinity for mentoring staff and leading local and national teams towards a common objective
An entrepreneurial spirit with an ability to identify new business opportunities
An interest in financial services and/or energy would be great but a general interest in working across various subject matters would be ideal
Experience managing integrated campaigns across paid, owned, and shared media channels
Hill Knowlton Strategies is dedicated to employment equity, diversity, in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified applicants. If you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please reach out to us.
About us:
Hill Knowlton Strategies Canada (H K) is a public relations and public affairs' consultancy providing services to local, multinational, and global clients from its eight offices across the country.
The firm works with clients to solve complex communications challenges and delivers award winning campaigns and is focus on continued innovation for the industry. H K offers deep sector knowledge and breadth of public relations and public affairs' expertise including specialists in health wellness, technology, goverment public sector, energy industrials, consumer packaged goods, financial professional services, food drink, retail leisure and sports.
Globally, Hill Knowlton Strategies Inc., has offices in more than 40 countries as well as an extensive associate network; and it is a member of WPP (NASDAQ:WPPGY), one of the world's largest communications services groups.
Accommodation Statement:
H K Strategies welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities, as such reasonable accommodations are available upon request from a candidate with a disability, thus ensuring you can take part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. If as a qualified job applicant, you request an accommodation, we will consult with you and provide reasonable accommodations according to your accessibility needs. If you wish to make a request, please provide a cover letter, when applying to this position.
The successful candidate to this role may be asked to complete a background screen, which may include criminal, credit, employment, educational checks and/or COVID 19 vaccination checks. All offers of employment are conditional on the receipt of satisfactory results of any applicable check. In our continued commitment to prioritize colleague health, comply with customer/business partner requirements, and help preserve our business continuity.
H K Strategies requires employees, contractors, and business partners to be fully vaccinated with relevant dose(s) of a Health Canada approved vaccine for all new hires by their start date in order to attend the office or meet with employees or clients. “Fully vaccinated” means it has been 14 days after receiving the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (i.e., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series), and which may include, at the Company’s discretion, any further doses in accordance with Health Canada guidelines.
Exemptions will only be granted for medical reasons or on a protected ground under applicable human rights legislation.
Statement on Diversity & Inclusivity:
H K Strategies Canada provides services in one of the most diverse countries in the world. The diversity of our communities takes many forms. It includes differences related, amongst others to race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, gender expression and presentation, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability, and socioeconomic status. We see diversity as an asset to our organization and communities and strive to be reflective of the communities that we serve. We commit ourselves to promoting better understanding and appreciation of our human diversity; a commitment which is best realized through our individual and collective effort.
We are professionally and personally committed to celebrating the rich diversity, equity and inclusion of people who work in our company, to those who live in our communities, and to those who access our services and resources. We believe that it is critical that our services empower freedom of thought and opinion in an environment of mutual respect. All our activities and interactions are enriched by accepting each other as we are and by celebrating our uniqueness as well as our commonality. We are guided by the principle that celebrating diversity, equity and inclusion enriches and empowers the lives of all people.
Message to Agencies:
H K Strategies Canada does not accept unsolicited telephone calls, referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. H K Strategies Canada will not consider unsolicited telephone calls, referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies. The submission of referrals or resumes by anyone other than a candidate directly to H K Strategies Canada is not welcome. Unsolicited referrals and resumes sent to H K Strategies Canada will be deemed gratuitous, and H K Strategies Canada will not be obligated or bound in any way to pay a referral or any other fee if a person referred to us from a source other than a direct candidate is subsequently hired.
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