Communication Specialist

If you are looking to join one of Canada’s fastest growing companies, goeasy Ltd. is the place for you! Recognized as Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, GTA's Top 100 Employers, one of Canada’s Top 50 Fintech’s and North America’s Most Engaged Workplaces, we want the best and brightest to join our team.

We are a publicly traded company on the TSX with over 4000% shareholder return since 2001, goeasy operates two main business units. Accredited by the Better Business Bureau, easyfinancial is our consumer lending business that offers secured and unsecured installment loans of up to $45,000 and easyhome is Canada’s largest merchandise lease-to-own company. It is our mission to provide everyday Canadians the chance for a better tomorrow, today by giving them access to the credit they need and by offering them a second chance when they have been turned down by banks and traditional lenders. With a retail network of nearly 400 locations across Canada and over 2000 employees, we are able to build lasting relationships with our customers as we help them rebuild their credit and graduate towards prime rates and a brighter financial future.

The Communication Specialist role will help drive employee communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives such as volunteering, fundraising and other events for the goeasy, easyfinancial and easyhome brands. Reporting to goeasy’s Sr. Communications Manager, this role will be responsible for creating employee communications through a variety of media, including newsletters, intranet articles, social media, video scripts and more. This is the perfect role for a rising communications star, as you will have an opportunity to work closely with a number of goeasy’s senior leaders and gain exposure to external communications, marketing, HR and more.

Responsibilities:

• Write, edit, and distribute internal communications to goeasy’s head office and store-based employees using various methods, including text, graphics, and video.
• Help plan, execute, and manage goeasy’s CSR initiatives (food drives, toy drives, fundraising events etc.).
• Work with key partners across a variety of departments (Operations, HR, IT, Marketing and more) to design, edit and send communications to our over 2,200+ employees.
• Work with goeasy’s communications leader to build and bring to life goeasy’s new intranet/employee portal.
• Organize and maintain employee documents on goeasy’s intranet/ employee portal.
• Coordinate and build presentations for goeasy’s employee Town Halls and All-Hands meetings.
• Work with goeasy’s social media leader to help manage content creation and content calendars for goeasy’s corporate social media accounts (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook) including company milestones, employee recognition, holidays and observances.
• Work with goeasy’s brands: easyhome, easyfinancial and LendCare to align on content and messaging across the goeasy brand.
• Work with social media and external communications teammates on external campaigns and messaging, as needed.
• Assist with the planning and execution of company events (picnics, milestone events and more).

Qualifications:

• Diploma or certificate or equivalent work experience in a relevant field such as Journalism, Public Relations or Communications.
• 1-4 years of experience working in Corporate Communications, social media, PR, or a related field.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy. Comfortable with multi-tasking and able to balance competing priorities and deadlines. Highly organized.
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to transform communications into visual, engaging and eye-catching creatives using basic document design knowledge and understanding.
• A creative problem-solver who is comfortable with a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication (verbal & written), customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task and willingness to learn how to take your communications skillset to the next level inclusive of employee communications, PowerPoint decks, social media and more.
• Intermediate experience working with Microsoft products, specifically: Word, Excel & Outlook.
• Knowledge of Adobe Premier Pro is an asset.
• Bilingual (English/French) is preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with business use of social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

goeasy is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, goeasy is committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada.   Please let us know if you require an accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:

All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.

Why should you work for goeasy?

To learn more about our great company please click the links below:

http://goeasy.com/careers/

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