Description
The Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking (Hunter Hub) in the Office of the President invites applications for a EV Marketing and Communications Coordinator. This Full-time Fixed Term position is for approximately 7 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.
Created with a generous gift from the Hunter Family Foundation in 2017, the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking is UCalgary's central community innovation hub that transforms lives and economies through fostering entrepreneurial thinking in students, faculty and the community. Our mission is to create and support game-changing innovators and accelerate their ideas from conception to impact. Located in the Vice-President Research portfolio, the Hunter Hub contributes directly to the University of Calgary's strategic vision to be the most entrepreneurial university in Canada.
Reporting to the Manager, Marketing and Communications, Experience Ventures and working collaboratively with the Hunter Hub marcom team, central units as well as all innovation organizations and faculties of the university, government funders, and external partners, the Marketing and Communications Coordinator will work to build and enhance the profile and reputation of the Hunter Hub and the University of Calgary in entrepreneurial thinking and innovation, delivering on the objectives set out in the marketing communications strategy and supporting initiatives that grow entrepreneurial thinking awareness and skills among students and the community.
Success in this role is defined by building and engaging our community locally, nationally and beyond across all channels, reaching the greatest number of individuals and faculties across the University and beyond and building the University's brand in entrepreneurial thinking and innovation via communications, content, and community engagement initiatives, events and programs. By 2030, the University's goal is for all students to be aware of entrepreneurial thinking and 50% of the student population to have been involved in innovation experiences at some stage during their programs.
This position will be in a fast-moving, innovative environment with a high volume of visible, complex work. There will be competing demands based on multiple deadlines and the incumbent must communicate regularly with many stakeholders with a high degree of professionalism and judgement.
This is a 8-month term position tied to the grant funding of Experience Ventures, with possibility of extension.
Work hours are 8:30am-4:30pm; the position will involve flexible work hours (i.e. early mornings, weeknights, weekends) to accommodate events.
Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):
Marketing and Communications
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Create, support and execute marketing and communication plans to build awareness of Hunter Hub, and our student talent development initiatives such as Experience Ventures: support related programs and events targeted to engage students (both undergraduate and graduate) and partners from the community such as startups
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Assist with the established marketing and communication channels including newsletters, and website and social media platforms for Experience Ventures.
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Use templates to create professional graphics, document and image for web and print materials using Adobe programs (light graphic work only);Ensure that the University and Experience Ventures branding standards are consistently used.
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Monitor, develop, publish and update content on the Hunter Hub and Experience Ventures websites, and maintain all aspects of the websites on an on-going basis.
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Be a Hunter Hub ambassador in the Collision Space and at events; professionally liaise with students, faculty, partners and others, as necessary; Organize and maintain all displays and presentation materials in the Hunter Hub Collision space and at external events, where required.
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Maintain group mailing lists and manage updates.
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Develop and maintain positive working relationships with University contacts (especially communicators across campus) and external stakeholders; communicate within and outside the University in a professional and proficient manner.
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Provide general communications support as needed to the Hunter Hub team.
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Review and execution of partner/sponsorship fulfillments and ad placements.
Content Creation
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Support the University's brand in entrepreneurial thinking through creating and/or writing cutting edge marketing materials and templates (print and digital) and other content (i.e. articles, videos, case studies, etc.) that amplify UCalgary's and our partners innovators, thought leadership in entrepreneurial thinking and student talent development, and related initiatives; Create relevant, accurate, interesting, timely content.
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Work with faculty, subject matter experts and stakeholders and/or external vendors to develop cutting edge, relevant and engaging entrepreneurial thinking resources and materials for marcom channels and instructional materials for the classroom.
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Support the Hunter Hub team to develop interesting, inspiring innovation programming for events such as hackathons, challenges, Hunter Hub event series, and experiential learning events with different faculties, organizations, and experts.
Event support
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Support the execution of Hunter Hub and Experience Ventures events and programs as required, including logistics and resource allocation; agendas, event briefs or programs; invitation and registration of guests, speakers and/or participants.
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Develop and execute the promotional collateral and communications as required for all events and programs. (e.g. agendas, event briefs, participant lists, speaking notes, slide decks, etc.)
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Coordinate photography, graphic design, audio/video production, and social media activities at events as required.
Analysis and Reporting
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Work with the Marketing and Communications Manager to develop marketing, communication and outreach metrics and budgets and oversee expenditures as required.
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Prepare and present regular status reports, dashboards, correspondence and other documentation; provide timely and accurate information and updates to senior leadership; Monitor the efficacy of communications efforts through analysis and adapt as needed to increase efficacy
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Produce regular analytics on events, web traffic, social media, and other metrics as required.
Qualifications / Requirements:
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A post-secondary degree in business, marketing, communications or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
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1-3 years strategic communications and community engagement and/or stakeholder relations experience. Demonstrated expertise in leading integrated marketing communications strategy and planning
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Demonstrated ability to plan and execute small to medium marketing and communications projects from end-to-end; exposure to integrated marketing campaigns is an asset.
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Experience in producing a variety of communication and marketing vehicles aimed at various audiences such as: external/internal communications (knowledge of CP style), marketing collateral, web, email, e-newsletters and social media content.
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Basic photography and videography skills would be considered assets.
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Experience with event planning, promotion and execution.
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Strong working knowledge of MS Office; Web content management (using Drupal 7), graphic design (Adobe Creative Suite) and basic HTML skills would be considered assets
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Familiarity with digital analytic tracking and reporting.
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Demonstrated writing skills; Collaborative, courteous relationship builder with exceptionally strong interpersonal and communication skills.
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Superior organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills required in order to deal effectively with complex tasks and multiple priorities and stakeholders. Demonstrated project planning skills and experience successfully running impactful, high quality, multi-stakeholder events and initiatives an asset.
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Proactive and energetic self-starter dedicated to superior client service and able to successfully manage multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision and direction, who strives to exceed the needs of all stakeholders and partners.
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Lifelong learner: Willingness and ability to learn new marketing and communications skills, tools and platforms to maintain our competitive edge; Knowledge of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial thinking and/or innovation landscape an asset.
Application Deadline: July 30, 2026
We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.
This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Specialist / Advisor Job Family, Phase 1 .
For a listing of all management and staff opportunities at the University of Calgary, view our Management and Staff Careers website .
About the University of Calgary
UCalgary is Canada's entrepreneurial university, located in Canada's most enterprising city. It is a top research university and one of the highest-ranked universities of its age. Founded in 1966, its 36,000 students experience an innovative learning environment, made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. It is Canada's leader in the creation of start-ups . Start something today at the University of Calgary. For more information, visit ucalgary.ca .
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