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Blue Ant Media is an international production studio and rights business and channel operator. The company's studio creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant Media also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under several media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, Total Crime, Declassified and Love Pets. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington and Sydney. blueantmedia.com ⼁ Instagram ⼁ LinkedIn

Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.

Communications Assistant

Are you looking to launch your career in Communications? We're seeking a highly motivated, entry-level Communications Assistant to join our global Communications team. In this foundational role, you’ll provide essential support across a variety of projects that shape Blue Ant Media’s communications strategy.

Our ideal candidate is a detail-oriented self-starter who’s eager to learn, thrives in a collaborative environment, and brings strong written and verbal communication skills to the table. If you’re organized, enthusiastic and ready to grow your career in a creative and strategic setting, we’d love to hear from you.

This role will report into the Senior Communications Manager, Canada and is a hybrid position requiring in-office attendance at our head office in Toronto for a minimum of three (3) days per week.

Core Responsibilities & Duties

• Oversee Viewer Relations correspondence via email, telephone, social media platforms and Canadian regulatory bodies; executing and distributing monthly reports to internal stakeholders
• Daily media monitoring of press clippings across the organization; executing and distributing reports to internal stakeholders, in partnership with publicity leads
• Support publicity teams with the creation of media kits and press materials, while assisting on press junkets, set visits and talent travel with coordination support
• Updating media contacts to internal databases, curating media lists for various company-wide announcements
• In partnership with the department’s publicity leads, provide general support on award submissions and budget tracking for the various business units
• Work closely with key stakeholders in both the Communications and HR departments to execute tactics in support of internal communications including town halls and special meetings/events or presentations
• Provide communication support on the curation of content on our company’s intranet service, in collaboration with Human Resources
• Coordinate with publicity teams on the delivery of social media assets and news for our corporate social media accounts; oversee a content calendar to support postings
• Process invoices and purchase orders for the Communications department. Manage the department credit card by tracking purchases, payments and invoices
• Provide general administrative support to Blue Ant’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Communications, Public Relations or similar discipline is preferred
• Impeccable writing ability, exceptional verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• A team player, who is collaborative, positive and a supportive colleague
• An ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately and with good judgment
• The ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail
• Self-starter with the ability to prioritize, and work proactively in a fast-paced, high volume, creative and deadline-oriented environment with the ability to react with appropriate levels of urgency to situations and events that require quick response or turnaround
• Experience working with media monitoring tools and social media management is considered an asset for this role

At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.

If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at HR@blueantmedia.com .