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The Guelph Jazz Festival is seeking a creative and detail-oriented Digital Marketing Specialist to help shape and share the Festival’s story across digital platforms. Working under the supervision of the Festival Manager and General Director, this role supports the Festival’s year-round communications and plays a central part in how audiences experience and connect with our programming online.

This position is responsible for creating, coordinating, and publishing content across the Guelph Jazz Festival’s digital channels, including social media platforms, the Festival website, and video platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo. The Digital Marketing Specialist will help maintain a vibrant and consistent online presence that reflects the Festival’s commitment to adventurous, creative, and community-rooted music-making.

Working closely with the Festival Manager, General Director, and Graphic Designer, the role supports the development and delivery of digital campaigns connected to festival programming, including artist announcements, event promotion, and special projects. This includes helping to translate visual and editorial materials into engaging digital content that supports audience engagement and awareness.

The position also plays a key role in communicating the Festival’s fundraising initiatives, including the annual 50/50 draw, ensuring messaging is explicit, accessible, and aligned with the Festival’s tone and values.

Beyond day-to-day content management, the Digital Marketing Specialist will also contribute to exploring new digital platforms and approaches that can expand how the Festival connects with audiences locally, nationally, and internationally. This is a role for someone who is excited by both the practical and creative sides of digital storytelling in a cultural context.

Skills and Experience

- Digital storytelling: Ability to translate festival programming, artist work,



and organizational messaging into compelling digital content across social media, web, and video platforms.
- Social media presence-building: Experience managing and creating content for platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, with an understanding of tone, pacing, and audience engagement in an arts or cultural context.
- Content creation: Comfort creating a range of digital assets, including written posts, basic graphics, and short-form video content that reflects the Festival’s identity and programming.
- Collaboration across creative teams: Ability to work closely with designers, producers, and festival leadership to shape cohesive campaigns that reflect both visual and editorial intent.
- Video and archive platforms: Familiarity with YouTube and Vimeo for uploading, organizing, and presenting video content in a way that supports discovery and audience engagement.
- Design tools: Working knowledge of tools such as Canva and basic editing software to adapt and prepare content for digital distribution.
- Communication: Strong writing skills with an ability to adapt tone for different audiences while maintaining clarity, warmth, and consistency across platforms.
- Curiosity and initiative: An interest in exploring current platforms, tools, and approaches to digital engagement within an arts and festival context.
- Attention to detail: Care in maintaining consistency across content, including tone, formatting, scheduling, and visual presentation.
- Interest in arts, music, and live performance: A demonstrated interest in contemporary music,



live performance, arts festivals, or cultural programming is strongly valued. Familiarity with or curiosity about live music environments, performance-based work, or arts organizations will be considered an asset.

Work Conditions

The Digital Marketing Specialist will work in a hybrid arrangement, combining remote work with in-person work at the Guelph Jazz Festival shared office space at Silence (46 Essex St) in Guelph, using a personal computer. In-person work is required three (3) days per week.

Additional Information:

The Guelph Jazz Festival is an equal opportunity employer, and encourages applications from women; those who are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour; people with disabilities; and people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Staff will be expected to adhere to the Festival’s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination policy.

We are committed to accessible hiring practices and will provide interview questions in advance upon request, along with other accommodations as needed to support equitable participation in the hiring process.

Eligibility:
This position is funded through the Canada Summer Jobs program. To apply, you must:

- Be 30 years of age or younger at the start of employment
- Be legally entitled to work in Canada
- Not be an international student

Do you meet these criteria—fully or in part? We encourage you to apply.

How to Apply:

Please email cover letter and resume (in a single Word or PDF) addressed to Chelsea Masse ([email protected]) with Digital Marketing Specialist in the subject line. We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applications must be received by 22 May 2026 at 5PM.

Pay: $17.60 per hour

Work Location: In person

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