Director Corporate Communications Full-time Job

Suncor is actively seeking an experienced and driven Director, Corporate Communications within our External Affairs team. In this pivotal role, you’ll leverage your expertise to maintain, protect, and enhance our corporate reputation, public profile and brand while leading the Media, Brand, Events, Web Services and Translation teams. If you’re ready to be a key media spokesperson to enable our strategy and promote our vision, we want to hear from you!

 

 

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations (or equivalent)
• At least 10 years of direct relevant experience, including progressive leadership roles
• Performance driven and committed to inspiring others to achieve collective business results
• Experience designing and implementing successful corporate events (public and private initiatives)
• Proven experience in digital marketing, social media strategy, and analytics tools
• Understanding of the external business environment and brand positioning best practices

 

Responsibilities:

• Provide hands on management of the creation and delivery of impactful content for internal and external consumers
• Represent Suncor as the key media relations spokesperson who promotes our best interests, protects our reputation, and informs the public
• Offer strategic direction and expert advice on public affairs and communication issues, including information, crisis, and issues management in relation to key stakeholders
• Lead the effective creation, planning and deployment of special event programming
• Oversee corporate brand management and corporate wide creative services
• Manage the communications relationships with key industry associations and joint ventures
• Oversee the delivery of quality translation and proofreading services

 

Location and other Key Details:

• This is an office-based role. You will work out of our Calgary head office, located in the Suncor Energy Centre at 150 – 6th Ave S.W.
• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday, with the potential for extended work hours based on business needs
• Our business professional roles follow internal compensation guidelines, and the pay band will generally be based on years of experience and scope of work
• Travel is required as a part of this role

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy. Our values guide us in fulfilling our vision and represent who we are and who we aspire to be. We value safety above all else, we are stronger together, operational discipline is foundational to our business, we grow through curiosity and lifelong learning, and we act with integrity in everything we do.