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The Opportunity

Fredericton, NB
Marketing and Advertising
Experienced
Full-time

BioNB is looking for a talented Marketing and Communications Officer to join our dynamic team. This individual will be responsible for the idea generation, development and ongoing implementation of our marketing, communications and PR strategy and tactics.

ABOUT US

BioNB is the trusted bioscience authority in New Brunswick, Canada. We promote a supportive business environment for bioscience ventures through coaching, community building and advocacy. BioNB operates within a wide community online and offline and manages several resources including a virtual incubator program, funding navigator, industry directory, blog, and email newsletter.

ABOUT YOU

You have a passion for all things social media and a strong understanding of digital marketing tools including, but not limited to: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, MailChimp and Hootsuite, and how these platforms can be deployed to support our firm, our clients and the New Brunswick biosciences sector. You will be our brand champion and will be responsible for executing a strategy that portrays our mission and values, while producing the desired outcomes for our team and organization.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

The Job

As our firm?s marketing and content specialist you will be responsible for:

  • Stakeholder engagement, including the management of a variety of targeted lists of organizations/audiences in the NB Bioscience sector;
  • Content strategy and development including content production for various audiences in the sector;
  • Communications materials;
  • Digital strategy and execution;
  • Social media strategy and execution;
  • Event strategies and execution; and
  • Website strategy and management.

Marketing and value proposition development

You will be responsible for idea generation, writing, editing and producing content for marketing and communications across multiple channels:

  • Website content
  • Presentations
  • Blog posts
  • News releases
  • Event coordination for training, networking, marketing

Running with the organization/hosting/co-hosting of unique events for the bioscience sector in New Brunswick. These events will serve to showcase the local business cluster and provide educational, networking and funding opportunities to industry and researchers on a number of topics.

Relationship management with:

  • Contractors and agencies
  • Stakeholders
  • Sponsors
  • Media and other external partners

What you'll need

Qualifications

Skill Requirements

  • Post-secondary education/university degree in marketing, communications or a related field
  • 2+ years of professional marketing and communications experience
  • Ability to travel. A valid drivers license will be required along with the ability to rent vehicles nationally
  • Strong technical knowledge and ability to learn quickly
  • Demonstrate strong knowledge and experience with digital and social media marketing tools
  • Experience developing written content (such as press releases, brochures, blogs and email marketing)
  • Project management skills including the ability to manage and prioritize competing assignments
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with external and internal stakeholders
  • Highly flexible and adaptable
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills
  • Proven diplomacy skills
  • Ability to work within a team
  • Attention to detail and quality assurance
  • Proven ability to work independently without much supervision
  • Deadline-driven and personally motivated

Additional Skills/Assets

  • Written and spoken competencies in both French and English is a definite asset
  • Knowledge of the regional startup ecosystem and/or research community activities is a definite asset
  • Understanding of commercializing technology in the bioscience industry
  • Creativity
  • Graphic design and related tools (Adobe Creative Suite of products)
  • Familiarity with website management and design tools such as WordPress
  • Media relations
  • Enthusiastic personality and a willingness to take the lead on collaborative projects with external partners
  • Willingness to reach out to new contacts/clients and build relationships

We're looking for

Core Skills

Attention to detail Technical Knowledge Social Media Relationship-building Skills Project Management Marketing Communications Marketing Flexible Digital Marketing Writing

A little bit about us

BioNB

BioNB is the trusted bioscience authority in New Brunswick, Canada. The BioNB team works with start-ups, SMEs, growth stage companies and researchers to facilitate connections and inform on the support that's available to new projects and partnerships in the bioeconomy. Through coaching, business development services, community and sector development, BioNB supports economic development opportunities in the province's biosciences sector.

Are you interested?

Work With Us

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity, we want to hear from you.

Please upload your CV with your application and provide us with a writing sample in the Questions section.