Community Relations Coordinator
Winnipeg Football Club
- Winnipeg, MB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinate and execute in-school and in-community programs to meet organizational goals
- Plan and facilitate mascot and cheer and dance team appearance requests
- Draft and assist with media announcements surrounding community or game day activations
- Assist with media relations by attending interviews, tracking earned media, and brainstorming creative ways to promote community efforts
- Write, edit, proof, and update community pages on bluebombers.com
- Coordinate game day activations and awards and assist with halftime planning and coordination
- Coordinate community groups for all Valour FC home games
- Assist with community-themed Blue Bomber home games
- Research and apply for grant funding
- Maintain positive relationships with corporate and charitable partners
- Create world-class positive experiences for all attendees community events
- Assist the Director of Events and Catering with corporate or major events
- Able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment, effectively managing multiple programs and projects simultaneously while still paying close attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communications, leadership/management, interpersonal, organizational, and presentation skills.
- Strong understanding of digital/social media tools and platforms.
- Proactive, self-motivated team player that can execute independently. Willing and able to be hands-on in executing programs.
- Able to work flexible hours which require both evening and weekends throughout the year
- Minimum of 1-2 years experience developing, organizing, and executing programs, initiatives, and events (sports, entertainment or media experience preferred).
- Post-secondary education in related field of study preferred.