Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more:  www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Marketing & Social Media Communications Designer

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Entry

Location: 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Department: Marketing & Sales

Reports to: Senior Director, Strategic Marketing & Sales

Hours per week: 37.5

Number Required: 1

Starting Salary: $70,864.28. Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate.  Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

Reporting to senior marketing leadership, the ideal candidate will join our creative team and take ownership of visual story telling across social media and digital campaigns. The incumbent will have a passion for design, motion/video, and social media execution.  The position involves coordinating various marketing activities, contributing to campaigns, and plays a key role in supporting the marketing team.

• Design high-quality visual assets for digital campaigns including but not limited to social media content, brochures, signage, presentations, tradeshow resources, print and digital advertisements.
• Manage and organize Kinectrics’ social media calendar.
• Monitor social media trends and adapt visual content to stay relevant and timely.
• Create digital-first content including social media graphics, infographics, motion snippets to support projects.
• Maintain brand consistency across all creative assets and ensure adherence to brand guidelines.
• Schedule and upload content for digital screens.
• Coordinate with team members and external vendors as needed to execute deliverables.
• Monitor and report on engagement metrics to ensure year-over-year growth and improvement.
• Collaborate with teams to review creative based on performance data.
• Support senior marketing leadership on special projects and requests.
• Handles processing invoices, opening purchase orders and marketing procurement.
• Support with key internal and external events as needed.

• Delegate work to marketing co-op as required to support with marketing deliverables.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Need to Succeed

• Post-secondary degree in Design, Marketing, or a combination of related education and experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in communications/marketing in a digital capacity.
• Comfortable writing short-form social copies (captions, headlines, CTAs).
• Proficiency in LinkedIn, Adobe Creative Suites, Canva, and Premier Pro, After Effects and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong understanding of layout, typography, and digital media composition.
• A portfolio that demonstrates design, motion/video and social content.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including strong proofreading/copy-editing ability.
• Exceptional listening skills and oral communication skills.
• Self-motivated, highly organized, and resourceful.
• Exposure to utilizing AI in a marketing capacity.
• Ability to work within tight deadlines.

*In your application, please include a copy of your portfolio demonstrating design, motion/video and social content.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.