Vice-President leading communications, marketing, advocacy, and reputation strategy for the Canadian Medical Association. Shaping its brand, public trust, campaigns, and physician engagement.
Responsibilities
Establish the strategic direction, priorities, and long-term vision for the CMA’s communications function
Develop and steward integrated communications and marketing strategies supporting enterprise priorities, advocacy, public policy, membership, reputation, and public trust
Lead the evolution and stewardship of the CMA enterprise brand, organizational narrative, and value proposition
Provide strategic leadership for creative, audience-focused campaigns across communications, marketing, storytelling, content, digital, social, media, and events
Advise on communications strategy, executive communications, public positioning, reputation, and emerging issues
Establish frameworks for issues management, crisis communications, and reputational risk
Guide executive messaging, thought leadership, speeches, presentations, and coordinated responses to complex or high-profile matters
Provide strategic oversight of media relations, digital and internal communications, social media, content strategy, and audience engagement
Cultivate relationships with physician leaders, healthcare organizations, partners, creative agencies, media organizations, and other influential audiences
Lead and develop a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative communications team
Establish priorities, performance expectations, and resource plans
Oversee major communications and marketing investments, external agencies, creative partners, and service providers
Foster excellence in storytelling, creative development, integrated planning, audience engagement, and continuous improvement
Requirements
At least a decade or more of senior leadership experience in communications, corporate or public affairs, media relations, reputation management, and/or public relations
Experience developing and stewarding integrated communications and marketing strategies
Experience with executive communications, public positioning, reputation management, crisis communications, issues management, and reputational risk
Experience leading media relations, digital and internal communications, social media, content strategy, and audience engagement
Experience overseeing communications and marketing investments, external agencies, creative partners, and service providers
Experience leading and developing high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative teams
Benefits
Full-time permanent employment
Hybrid work arrangement
Accommodation for employees with disabilities, accessibility needs, and other protected human rights characteristics, to the point of undue hardship
Inclusive workplace emphasizing reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion
Opportunity to work with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences
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