Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications

Job Title: Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications 

Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid Office Set Up (1-2 days per week in office)

Salary Range: $80,000

Employment Type:  Full Time, Permanent (existing vacancy)

Reports to: Director of Marketing

Expected Start Date: July 2, 2026

[No AI screening here - a human with coffee will read your application.]

Do you believe that technology and innovation can solve society’s greatest issues? Do you want to be part of an organization working with some of the biggest companies and innovators in Canada to make meaningful change? If this is you, then read on.

About Elevate

Elevate unites world-class innovators to catalyze transformation in the Canadian tech ecosystem. Through year-round programs and events, Elevate places a spotlight on Canadian innovation,  facilitates global connections with startups and investors, and inspires Canadians to embrace innovation and collaboration. Elevate looks to bring together founders, investors and ecosystem leaders to help shape the future of the Canadian innovation economy.

We’re Looking For

A highly collaborative and organized marketing leader who can serve as a key partner to the Director of Marketing in driving integrated marketing, communications, and audience engagement initiatives across our events, programs, and brand platforms.

The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with strong project management and execution skills, and thrives in fast-paced environments managing cross-functional workflows, creative production, and multi-channel campaigns. You are solutions-oriented, detail-driven, and confident balancing strategy with hands-on execution.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of marketing strategy, campaign execution, creative project management, and audience growth -  helping translate organizational priorities into impactful marketing initiatives that strengthen community engagement, brand visibility, and event success. If this sounds like you and you are looking for a team to show off your skills, then keep reading!

Main Responsibilities

Strategic Marketing & Campaign Execution

• Partner with the Director of Marketing on campaign planning, audience growth strategies, and integrated marketing initiatives across events, programs, and brand platforms.
• Support the execution of multi-channel campaigns across digital, social, email, media, partnerships, and paid channels.
• Manage campaign timelines, work-back schedules, and project coordination to ensure successful execution and alignment across teams.
• Monitor campaign performance, audience engagement, and marketing KPIs, identifying opportunities for optimization and growth.
• Support initiatives that strengthen brand visibility, attendee experience, ticket sales, and sponsor engagement.

Marketing Operations & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate cross-functional marketing workflows and collaborate with internal teams, external partners, agencies, and vendors to support campaign delivery.
• Help prioritize resources and maintain effective marketing processes, project tracking, and operational workflows.
• Gather stakeholder requirements and ensure alignment across marketing deliverables and organizational priorities.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, collaboration, and overall campaign execution.

Creative Project Management & Brand Oversight

• Serve as the primary internal project manager for creative and brand deliverables across the organization.
• Manage workflow and production timelines with the Graphic Designer direct report to deliver campaign assets, event branding, sponsor materials, presentations, and marketing collateral.
• Develop creative briefs and coordinate stakeholder feedback, approvals, and production schedules.
• Ensure brand consistency, quality control, and alignment across all marketing and communications touchpoints.

Team Leadership, Content & Digital Marketing

• Manage and mentor a direct report responsible for content creation, email marketing, social media management, and community engagement.
• Foster collaboration across marketing contributors, including content, growth, design, and external support teams.
• Coordinate website updates and support digital marketing initiatives including SEO, social media, email marketing, content marketing, and digital advertising.
• Support the development and review of marketing and communications materials while leveraging analytics, CRM platforms, and AI tools to improve performance and efficiency.

Experience

• 5–7+ years of experience in marketing, communications, project management, or integrated marketing roles, preferably within events, nonprofits, media, festivals, or community-driven organizations.
• Experience supporting integrated marketing campaigns and coordinating cross-functional execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of campaign management, audience engagement, digital marketing channels, and marketing operations.
• Proven experience managing creative workflows and collaborating with designers, content creators, agencies, or freelancers.
• Experience managing direct reports and supporting collaborative team environments.
• Highly organized with strong project management and prioritization skills.
• Familiarity with CRM, marketing automation, analytics, and project management platforms (HubSpot, Asana, etc.).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with evolving priorities.
• Experience in event marketing is considered a strong asset.
• Familiarity with AI tools and emerging marketing technologies is an asset.

If you meet some, but not all of these requirements, we still encourage you to apply!

What We Offer

• Paid Time Off: 
• • 10-15 days of vacation 
  • 5 days for sick and mental health days
  • 3 spiritual and cultural days
  • Bonus summer long weekend days 
  • A paid day off on the week of your birthday
  • Team-wide winter closure in-between Christmas and New Years 
• Health benefits (after 3 months probation) that have a zero-dollar deductible and include vision, prescriptions, dental, and paramedical.
• Professional Development Budget of $250 annually to utilize for subscriptions, workshops, books, events, conferences, and any other tools that will help support team members in their career growth.
• A parent/pet-friendly and flexible workplace with flexible hours at the Toronto Design Exchange.
• Opportunity to meet and collaborate with some of the biggest names in tech, while collaborating with a team through socials, numerous events, and workshops.

Candidates applying for this position must be available to work locally in Toronto. Elevate is unable to support visa applications or immigration support requests.

Interview Process

While this is not all-encompassing for every role at Elevate, we try to follow a process similar to this and all candidates will be notified at every stage who they’ll be meeting with. 

An example process: 

• Step 1: A phone call with one of our team members. In this call, we will cover the basics of the role and our organization, and discuss a high-level overview of your past experiences, goals, and interest in this role.
• Step 2: A virtual interview with the hiring manager and a team member or supervisor. In this call, we will be digging deeper into your experience relevant to the role and also provide an opportunity for you to ask more questions and learn about our team. 
• Step 3:  An in-person meet-up in our downtown Toronto Office with the role’s Hiring Manager and/or Supervisor or CEO. This is an opportunity to introduce you to the space, talk more about how you’d like to add to our current organizational culture, embody our values, and provide another opportunity for connection. Some roles may require an additional activity component, and opportunities for candidates to share more around their creative process. We will always let candidates know ahead of time if this is something you can expect for the role you're applying for. We will also check references at this stage.
• Step 4: Offer.

** We also aim to complete our recruitment process in around 4 weeks, but it is role and job-level dependent. 

Accommodations and Accessibility

Elevate strives to provide accommodations during the recruitment process should candidates request support. Should you require any accommodation, please indicate this on your application and we will try our best to work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format, please contact us at accommodations@elevate.ca.

Elevate is committed to a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace in which everyone is welcomed, valued, and supported. Please advise of any accommodation measures that would enable you to be interviewed in a fair and equitable manner. If you are a member of an equity deserving community we encourage you to self-identify in your application. Information received in relation to identity or accommodation will be kept confidential. 

At Elevate, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday working culture. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.

Elevate was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on and a way of honouring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense or historical context: colonialism is current and ongoing, and we need to centre reconciliation in our actions and our work. We encourage our team, partners, and clients to learn about the lands in which they live and to work towards reconciliation.