POSITION SUMMARY- apply to sschut@rim.com

Reporting to the Manager, Strategic Services, Internal Communications, the Recruitment Marketing Lead will be responsible for strategic solutions offered to stakeholders, and provide leadership and daily support to account specialists (recruitment marketing and events). The primary focus in this role will be to provide effective marketing solutions and support to achieving recruitment goals. This position will partner closely with the Employee Communications Lead and Manager, Creative Services Brand to ensure continuity and transparency of the employer brand.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage and maintain a highly responsive service team for all project requests and associated deliverables
• Motivate, influence and support team in achieving group and individual objectives
• Manage the performance management process as it relates to setting and managing objectives, provide continual feedback, solicit performance feedback and deliver performance assessments for team members (marketing and event specialists)
• Ensure that recruitment goals within requests are understood, supported and actionable
• Lead efforts to translate and execute strategic direction into detailed marketing plans, which includes the implementation of advertising, media and communication strategies to support recruitment goals
• Promote effective management of project requests, from initiation through to implementation; providing ongoing direction and management of team efforts and the communication of project status to stakeholders and senior management
• Proactively prepare for projects by working with main stakeholder groups to determine needs for upcoming fiscal year
• Contribute to the development of departmental service timelines and deliverable costs, and promote the education of stakeholder groups
• Proactively seek out and identify recruitment marketing trends, contribute to competitive intelligence gains and seek out unique recruitment marketing plans for stakeholder groups
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years recruitment marketing/advertising experience
• 5 years supervisory experience
• Strategic(recruitment) marketing planning
• Business or Marketing degree an asset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical and detail oriented
• Excellent judgment and decision making
• Able to work with minimal direction
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize deliverables
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio)
• Willingness to travel (occasional)