Current Openings

The Dollard Centre for the Arts is a 40 year-old municipal non-profit arts organization that provides residents of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and of the Greater West-Island access to quality arts instruction in all major disciplines (fine art, music, dance and theatre). It offers a Fine Arts Summer Camp experience to creative children and organizes the city’s annual Fine Arts and Crafts Holiday Market. It administers DDO’s Galerie de la Ville and facilitates services for the Artists’ Association of Dollard.

We are currently recruiting an experienced Communications and Administrative Assistant to help our small office team meet the needs of our ongoing activities and growing online initiatives. If you are excited by the prospect of being a part of a small dynamic team and contributing to the growth of a community arts organisation, this opportunity is for you.

Communications Responsibilities

- Write, edit and translate marketing and communications materials, including press releases, newsletters and social media content.

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• - Work with communications team members to conceptualize and implement communications
  strategies and campaigns.
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• - Perform media outreach to achieve brand placement in publications.
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• - Work with communications team members to conceptualize and implement communications strategies and campaigns.
• - Perform media outreach to achieve brand placement in publications.

Administrative Responsibilities

- Assist Head Administrator with customer service, including providing answers to client inquiries and processing student registrations.

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• - Help with setting up and monitoring Zoom meetings.

Qualifications 

- Bilingualism, including strong French compositional and translation skills.

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  - 2+ years prior experience in a communications or marketing role.
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  - 2+ years prior experience in customer service.
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  - Understand the best practices of main social media channels including Facebook, Instagram, etc.
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  - Strong communicator who works well independently and with a team.
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  - Superior time management skills and the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
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  - Understanding of communications, public relations and marketing best practices.
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  - Ability to think strategically and identify ways to improve communication efforts.
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  - Must be resourceful and take initiative even when given minimal direction.
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• - Experience in the arts and cultural milieu is an asset.
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  - Ability with navigating and using online registration platforms.
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  - Ease using the Zoom platform

How To Apply

All interested candidates are invited to send a cover letter and CV to Patrick Charron, Managing Director by email at pcharron@ddo.qc.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.