MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
(Part-time temporary contract with possibility to extend)
March to September 2025 

KlezKanada is seeking an experienced and driven marketing and communications professional to lead the promotion of participant registration for its 30th Anniversary Summer Retreat taking place in Lantier, Québec from August 18 - 24, 2025.

Based in Montreal, KlezKanada is a leading institution in the world of Yiddish culture and Jewish music. In addition to numerous concerts, workshops, and other events throughout the year in Montreal and online, KlezKanada’s flagship program is the annual Summer Retreat at a camp in the Laurentian mountains, an immersive residential festival for students, artists, families, and more, attended by a diverse array of people from all over the world.

Duration: from March 3 to Sept 26, 2025 (7 months); this mandate could begin earlier depending on the availability of the selected candidate.
Status: Part-time, temporary with a possibility of renewal after this mandate ends.
Work schedule: 3 days per week (average expectation of 24 hours per week).

General Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement a plan that includes strategic marketing and communications initiatives to increase registration by 15% in the 2025 Summer Retreat, including:Early bird registration
    • Promotions
    • Public relations/media
    • Community Outreach
  • Create and execute targeted initiatives with measurable outcomes
  • Mobilize staff, partners, and volunteers, including a volunteer community outreach committee
  • Promotion of KlezKanada activities and programs leading up to and following the retreat
    • Including Montreal Klezmer Jam series, Summer Retreat After Party (Aug 24), KlezKabaret (Aug 26), International Yiddish Dance Conference (Aug 28 - Sept 1)
  • Maintain, cultivate, and develop KlezKanada's strong, diverse, and geographically extensive community through monthly newsletters, social media, and other communications channels
  • Maintain KlezKanada’s brand identity and related protocols

Tasks:

  • Create promotional materials and digital assets, including copy, translation, and graphic design
  • Create promotional tool kits with relevant messaging and assets for various targeted initiatives (ie: partners’ communications, community outreach, etc..)
  • Create press releases, build a network of media and organizational contacts, and create and maintain a press kit
  • Manage and monitor KlezKanada’s social media channels
  • Manage and update KlezKanada's website on klezkanada.org
  • Translate or coordinate translation of necessary communications and materials into French
  • Establish and maintain marketing and promotional partnerships with other organizations and partners; outreach and planning for marketing support

Qualifications
The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and skillset:

  • 3 to 5 years of relevant experience
  • A love for arts and music and an interest in Jewish culture and the Yiddish language
  • Strong communications and promotional skills and experience
  • Ability to think and plan strategically, and take action
  • Able to work effectively autonomously and as part of a small team
  • A keen eye for detail
  • Astute abilities using social media effectively
  • Facility in planning, multi-tasking and meeting deadlines
  • Proven track record of productive working relationships with staff, lay leaders, partners, media and volunteers
  • Creativity, a sense of humour, and a spirit of resourcefulness and adventure
  • Experience working in Google Workspace applications, Slack, Airtable, Adobe Creative Cloud (especially InDesign), DaVinci Resolve
  • Some graphic design experience an asset
  • Ability to speak and write in French an asset

Remote Working
This position will be a remote working position, although the person in this role is welcome to work from our offices in downtown Montréal. Attendance at the Summer Retreat may be required.

Diversity and Equity
KlezKanada and its community highly value diversity and equity. As such we strongly encourage applications from qualified candidates from any religious, ethnic, linguistic, or cultural background, and of any gender identity or sexual orientation.

Salary and Benefits
This is a part-time, temporary position with an average expectation of 24 hours per week beginning on March 3 (or before if the selected candidate is available) through to September 26, 2025. A full-time commitment may be required during our Summer Retreat. Room and board will be provided for the Summer Retreat. Travel will be provided to the retreat from Montreal and back to Montreal after the retreat. The remuneration will be $15,000-17,000 CAD, depending on experience.

How to Apply
Please submit a covering letter outlining your motivation to do this work, relevant experience and accomplishments as well as your resumé to David Moss, Executive Director at david.moss@klezkanada.org

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Candidates will be considered as they are submitted until the position is filled.