Marketing & Communications Associate

Part-time: 18 hours per week, with potential for seasonal full-time hours during May–August for candidates who meet Canada Summer Jobs eligibility requirements

Location: Hybrid, Toronto, with a minimum of one in-office day per week on Tuesdays

Hourly wage: $22/hour

Reports to: Marketing & Communications

Anticipated start date: Tuesday, January 19, 2027

Application deadline: Monday, November 23, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Time

Do you enjoy turning ideas and information into clear communications, and keeping track of the details that help a campaign run smoothly?

STEPS Public Art is seeking a Marketing & Communications Associate to support email campaigns, newsletters, social media, website updates, and storytelling about artists, communities, and public space.

This hands‐on role combines writing and content production with the coordination and administration behind effective communications. You might prepare an outreach list, assemble a newsletter, adapt a project story for social media, update a webpage, gather the images and approvals needed to share an artist's work or metrics related to a campaign's reach.

Working with the Marketing & Communications portfolio lead, you will help STEPS maintain consistent, accurate and accessible communications with artists, clients, partners, funders and community members. They will provide direction, briefs and approvals, with priorities established to fit the position's available hours.

This chance may suit an early‐career communications professional or someone bringing transferable experience from arts administration, community engagement, digital content or related work. Training will be provided on STEPS' platforms,



templates and standard operating procedures.

About STEPS

STEPS Public Art is a Canadian charity and social enterprise working across public art, placemaking, community engagement, artist development and cultural planning.

Our mission is to engage and empower artists and communities to transform public spaces into vibrant places. We envision a world where artists and communities co-create meaningful, welcoming, and safe public spaces.

Key responsibilities

Newsletters, social media and website content

- Assemble and distribute newsletters for artists, clients, partners and other audiences using approved content plans.
- Draft, adapt, schedule and post social media content that reflects STEPS' voice and the needs of different audiences.
- Prepare simple branded graphics and adapt approved visual assets using existing templates.
- Coordinate artist and partner tagging, credits and opportunities to share or amplify content.
- Complete routine website updates, including content formatting, image uploads, alternative text and link checks.
- Support approved paid campaigns through asset preparation, campaign administration and results collection, as assigned.

Storytelling and project communications

- Gather project information, documentation, quotes, testimonials and approvals from staff, artists and partners.
- Draft and adapt long‐form blog articles,



project profiles, case studies, research findings and impact stories for email, social media and website use.
- Support project announcements, artist opportunities, event promotion and client or funder recognition requirements.
- Check names, project facts, captions, image permissions and artist, photographer, partner and funder credits before publication.
- Maintain organized content and image files with clear information about sources, permissions and approval status.

Measurement documentation and coordination

- Compile agreed campaign and channel metrics, check for missing or inconsistent information, and prepare concise reporting inputs.
- Maintain contact‐list accuracy and campaign documentation in collaboration with colleagues responsible for organizational data.
- Update communications templates, checklists, and standard operating procedures as assigned.
- Coordinate deadlines, information requests and approvals with project teams and external collaborators.
- Participate in relevant team meetings and selected project kickoff or wrap‐up discussions.
- Identify competing deadlines, missing information and approval needs early.
- Undertake related communications and administrative tasks consistent with the role and available hours.

Email campaigns and relationship stewardship

- Research prospective clients, partners, and relevant organizations using approved sources and lead identification tools.
- Prepare and organize outreach lists using spreadsheets, email verification tools and documented procedures.
- Update contact records, audience segments, campaign records and follow‐up information in

📌 Marketing & Communications Associate (Toronto)
🏢 STEPS Public Art
📍 Toronto