Communications officer Jobs in Calgary, AB

Job Description

Job Description

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Calgary Economic Development (CED) is an opportunity-maker, helping to spark and fuel Calgarys growth. Our mandate is to position Calgary for long term economic success, through the expansion, retention and attraction of companies, capital and talent. We offer a wealth of information to help everyone succeed and we tirelessly promote Calgary, in Canada and around the world. We are passionate about our role in shaping and sharing Calgarys story, a place of blue sky thinking and unexpected opportunities.

Job Summary

The Communications Specialistisresponsible fordevelopinghighqualitycommunications that advance Calgarys economic narrative. This role focuses on creating clear, consistent, and compelling messaging across corporate, executive, and media-facing channels.

The Communications Specialistmonitorspolitical, economic, and social trends toidentifytimelystorytelling opportunities, develops key messages to support media inquiries, and contributes to communications strategies that strengthen reputation and understanding among diverse audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Communications team to understand, evaluate, develop and deliver effective communication plans.
• Develop and deliver high-quality content for multiple audiences and channels, including longform articles, social copy, newsletters, press releases, key messages, speaking remarks, executive communications, and promotional materials.
• Ensure adherence to brand and editorial standards across all communications materials.
• Act as a trusted brand steward, promoting CED and Calgarys economic narrative through consistent messaging and collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
• Monitor political, economic and social trends to identify opportunities for timely storytelling opportunities across channels.
• Identify relevant data and develop clear, accurate key messages to support media requests.
• Plan and execute social media strategies (LinkedIn, X, Blue Sky), leveraging platform algorithms and emerging trends to maximize engagement, analyze performance and provide insights to inform future content
• Support media relations and requests
• Build strong relationships with creative and digital agencies, internal and external partners.

Lets Talk About You

You take a strategic and disciplined approach to communications, using critical thinking and strongproblem solvingskills to develop messaging that is clear,accurate, and aligned with organizationalobjectives.

You are passionate about our city and inspired by work that builds understanding and confidence in Calgarys economic future. You are collaborative,detail oriented, and deliverhigh qualitywork while managing competing priorities in afast pacedenvironment.

Education

Undergraduate degree in Communications, Public Relations or a related field.

Experience

Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible experience in communications, public relations and / or journalism fields.

Experience supporting executive communications, media relations, orissues basedcommunications in a corporate or public-sector.

Key Competencies

What's In It For You

CED offers more than a competitive base salary to our employees. We have a comprehensive benefit plan that includes 100% employer paid benefit premiums, RRSPs, a health care spending account, and a generous vacation and flex time policy. We are committed to our employees mental health and offer resilience training with Headversity, free counselling with an EAP program, in addition to paramedical coverage through our medical benefits plan.

CED encourages and supports life-long learning and professional development. Employees are encouraged to access up to $2500 per year of funded professional development training opportunities. If you are looking for purpose driven work and are interested in joining us on our mission to diversify Calgarys economy, we invite you to apply.

EDI Commitment Statement

Calgary Economic Development celebrates diversity and is committed to advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Through EDI, we create a path to success for all our employees, where they have equal opportunity for advancement, have the voice to contribute to our collective growth and development and work in an inclusive environment.

We strongly believe in accessibility in the work we do and welcome requests to make the hiring process as accessible as possible. Accommodations are available for candidates on request during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise at any point and we will do our best to work with you to meet your needs.

Calgary Economic Development adheres to the Alberta Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples and persons of all races, ethnic origins, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. Please be aware that Calgary Economic Development is committed to having a safe work environment.

To Apply

Interested candidates should submit their cover letter and resume in confidence to :

calgaryeconomic.bamboohr / careers by 4 : 00pm, February 20th, 2026.

We thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.