Marketing Specialist (Contract)

JFE Shoji Power Canada Inc.; Burlington; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in electrical steel manufacturing is seeking a Marketing Specialist to enhance their brand and communications. In this hybrid role, you will create engaging content and design marketing materials that elevate the company's image. Ideal candidates should have a background in marketing or graphic design with relevant experience, proficiency in design software, and a passion for creative storytelling.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience at a marketing agency or as an in-house designer.
• Intermediate project and time management skills.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop visual storytelling and support brand alignment through design.
• Create and update graphics for internal communications.
• Produce and edit professional high-quality photo and video content.

Skills

Creative thinking

Strategic thinking

Video editing

Photo editing

PowerPoint skills

Education

Post-secondary education in Marketing, Graphic Design, Media Production, or related field

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

Lightroom

Illustrator

Word Press

InDesign

Job description

About Us

JFE Shoji Power Canada (JSC) is an electrical steel products manufacturer located in Burlington, Ontario. As the largest producer of transformer cores in North America, JSC specializes in wound, amorphous, and step-lap cores for power generation and distribution equipment. Its electrical steel products and magnetic materials are also used in electric vehicle motors and charging station infrastructure, data centres, audio equipment, and other industrial applications.

Since 1972, JSC (formerly Cogent) has grown from a small niche manufacturer to an integral part of the North American electrical steel supply chain with multiple facilities and over 500 employees. JSC is dedicated to meeting the growing demand for electrical energy by providing strategic, innovative, and sustainable solutions to its clients.

What Sets Us Apart?

At JFE Shoji Power Canada, we are more than just a company—we are a community that embraces safety. We have a proactive safety attitude where every team member is empowered to care for each other and take responsibility for keeping everyone safe. By embodying the ICare principles, we ensure that safety is not just a priority but a core value of our culture. Each employee plays an essential role in shaping a workplace where safety is embedded in every action we take, and where incidents are prevented before they happen.

The Opportunity

JSC is seeking a Marketing Specialist who is passionate about creating engaging internal and external communications to join our team on a 12-month contract. If :

• You have experience working in marketing and graphic design
• You can create a PowerPoint deck that tells a compelling story and wows clients
• You have experience in video and photo editing
• You are a creative and strategic thinker

We want to hear from you!

About the Role :

JSC is seeking a creative, persuasive and detail-oriented marketing professional and graphic designer to elevate our brand, marketing and communications materials, and develop a wide range of product marketing and client-facing collateral.

The Marketing Specialist will focus on creating foundational standards for marketing, developing visual storytelling and supporting brand alignment through design. This role will play a big role in strengthening the company’s brand identity and improving sales and marketing efforts.

Key Responsibilities :

• Ensure consistency of all visual content on communication channels to align with JSC’s brand guidelines. Provide brand guidance to business units regarding visual aesthetics for sales decks, corporate website, campaigns, projects, and event & promotional materials.
• Conceptualize and develop digital and social facing content to fuel brand engagement.
• Execute design to facilitate positive employee and client experiences, cross functional project team and business unit collaboration.
• Design and create company swag, signage and external collateral.
• Create and update graphics for internal communications channels on SharePoint, digital screens, email and newsletters.
• Develop and support design of trade show booths for conferences and events. Coordinate trade show collateral and assist with event logistics.
• Create and update content for web and social media : editing, publishing, and laying out images to build brand awareness on external platforms.
• Produce and edit professional high-quality photo and video content for web, social media, special events, and marketing purposes.
• Maintain and organize digital media files and library for easy access and retrieval.

What You Bring to the Role :

• Post-secondary education in Marketing, Graphic Design, Media Production, or related field.
• 5 years of relevant experience at a marketing agency or as an in-house designer.
• Intermediate project and time management skills are required to work on multiple projects simultaneously, follow timelines, and ensure deliverables fit with timelines of others. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Refined abilities in design and video editing software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Lightroom, Illustrator), web content management systems (e.g Word Press, Magnolia or InDesign).
• Refined equipment operation skills are required to operate photographic cameras, video gear, support systems and various accessories.
• Excellent writing, editing, and PowerPoint skills.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid role (one day per week in office) based in Burlington, Ontario.
• When working from home, a reliable internet connection is required. Remote work is supported with several cloud-based applications and collaboration tools.
• May require occasional travel to other company sites or events.
• Occasional work outside standard hours for event coverage or deadlines.
• Creative, collaborative and professional work environment with opportunities for growth.

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