Associate of Marketing & Communications

Location: This position is remote within Canada.

Huge is seeking an Associate of Marketing & Communications to join our Marketing team and help us to elevate our brand positioning among existing and new audiences. Reporting directly into the Director of External Communications, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest minds in the industry and make a real impact on the future of our company.

What you’ll be doing.

• Develop and implement comprehensive external communications plans and campaigns, including media-facing messaging, content, and assets such as media pitches, press releases, speaker and award submissions, and case studies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with trade, tech, and business media to secure coverage that aligns with Huge’s business goals.
• Monitor the news cycle to connect Huge to current trends and broader industry developments, securing newsworthy stories and expert commentary.
• Proactively seek out and shape compelling narratives from within the organization.
• Collaborate with Huge’s Creative and Client teams to identify and manage industry awards submissions.
• Uncover and pitch industry speaking opportunities for senior leadership.
• Prep and coach senior leaders before speaking engagements and press interviews.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior subject matter experts, providing counsel on the most impactful ways to tell the Huge story via earned channels.
• Identify, assess, and report reputational risks in real-time.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing relevant channel owners to ensure initiatives and campaigns are aligned effectively.
• Compile monthly and campaign-specific reports, tracking quantitative and qualitative KPIs to measure the success of communication strategies.
• Support social media content across Linked in and Instagram
• Social media engagement and outreach on social media

What we would like to see.

• 2-3 years experience. 
• Around 5+ years of agency experience. 
• A self-starter with a proven track record in managing communications for a complex organization.
• Confidence in working cross-functionally with colleagues and senior leaders across the company.
• Strong ability to develop and maintain global business, tech, and trade media relationships, with a proven record of placement.
• Experience in securing top-tier speaking opportunities for senior leadership and the ability to craft award-winning submissions.
• Strong ability and executing comprehensive communications plans that showcase our client work and business initiatives.
• An obsession with achieving real, tangible, and measurable results.
• Diligent management of numerous projects with tight deadlines.
• A consumer of culture with a sincere passion for design and emerging technologies.
• An individual who embodies and reflects the Huge culture in thought and practice; flexible, collaborative, hands-on, and thrives in a “prove it to me” culture.

About Huge

Huge is a design and technology company. We create products and experiences that grow the world’s most ambitious brands. We do this by designing experiences for people, not users, and uncovering new sources of growth by leveraging our creative talent, our proprietary platform LIVE and unlocking the advantages brought to us by emerging technologies. We believe all experiences should be intelligent, shoppable and unique to every brand.

Part of the Interpublic Group of companies, Huge’s nearly 1,000 thinkers, tinkerers, makers and creators, have been problem-solving across North America, Europe, and Latin America for over 25 years. Interested? You’ll find more information at www.hugeinc.com.

Huge is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you’re parenting the next generation of innovators, we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.

Huge is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

Workers shall not be required to pay employers’ or agents’ recruitment fees or other related fees for their employment. If any such fees are found to have been paid by workers, such fees shall be repaid to the worker.

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