Communications Specialist

our company
 
5th business® is a Canadian-based marketing strategy and communications company that thinks, acts and inspires different. We collaborate, investigate, incubate and deliver change-driven brand performance strategies for the domestic and international interests of our category-leading clients in the B2B, B2C, and not-for-profit sectors. We are located in Mississauga near Pearson International Airport.

our attitude: inspire different

Different. It’s what inspires us. It’s what drives us to do great work for our clients. The thought of making a difference, of initiating change, of resisting the status quo, of standing out from the crowd. It challenges our thinking. It stimulates our imagination. It fuels our creativity. It gets results for our clients. Different. We live to make it happen.

your career at 5th business

Be part of an award-winning team that delivers great results to great clients – and have fun doing it! We’re a growing company with a creative, dynamic, and collaborative environment. And we’re looking for the best.

This exciting role is a great opportunity to grow with a company in which your enthusiasm, hard work and commitment to delivering the very best is rewarded with increasing levels of responsibility. If you’re highly motivated, love a challenge, won’t accept “it can’t be done,” and have a great sense of humour, we just might be the place for you.

reporting to the director, communications, your specific responsibilities will be to:

• Write, write, and write some more.
• Write to inspire. To inform. To engage. To excite. To resonate. To entice.
• Write our stuff. Write client stuff. Write creative stuff. In all media.
• Write corporate communications, ads, press releases, newsletters, brochures, direct mail, promotions, website content, tweets, speeches, proposals, presentations and anything else that requires words.

A few other things that you’ll own:

• Social media. You love it. You’re passionate about it. Here, you’ll get a chance to develop SM strategies for our clients and 5th business. You’ll stay on top of what’s hot and new, because as we know, today’s “wow” is tomorrow’s “yawn.” You know how to build online communities, generate buzz and drive engagement. You tweet. You Facebook. You blog. You vlog. And so on.
• Public relations. You’re good at it. You understand it. You’ll pitch story ideas for our clients. Monitor pick-ups. Author reports. Etcetera.
• Strategy. You have great ideas and you want to bring them to life. We’re all ears.
• Proofreading. Without quality, there is no greatness.

your style

• You have a creative mind that is dying to think, imagine, create and inspire different!

• You know how to write. You’re passionate about it. And you can write about anything. Your attitude is “bring it.”

• You come from a writing, marketing, advertising or public relations background. You’ve either been trained in it, work in it, or preferably, both.

• You’ve probably been doing what you do for about seven years, give or take.

• You know that our clients make what we do possible, and they are our top priority.

• You love to work on multiple projects at once, and you thrive in a fast-paced, highly charged environment.

• When you take on a project, you own it, start to finish. You get it done – on time and on budget.
• You don’t sweat the small stuff because you’re meticulous about detail.

• You can fly solo or in formation.
•  You are one fast learner.

email your resume and cover letter in MS Word or PDF format to: careers@5thbusiness.com

Thanks for your interest in 5th business. If you have the right stuff, we’ll be in touch. So, please don’t call us, we’ll call you. No agencies.

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