Iris Communications is on the lookout for top talent to join our team and support our expanding client work.

Are you a passionate communications or government relations professional interested in exciting, complex, and challenging work that will have a meaningful impact on our clients, community, and region? If so, we should talk!

We are currently looking for team members who have in-house or agency experience providing strategic communications counsel and developing and implementing public affairs and communications strategies that deliver results.

Whether you are an experienced communications or public affairs consultant, savvy government relations professional, or visionary strategic leader, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Senior Consultant, you will:

• Support the leadership team in the running of day-to-day account management
• Manage a wide range of assignments and offer effective counsel to clients on complex issues and problems
• Be knowledgeable about major political developments and how they relate to or impact our clients
• Support the building and maintenance of strategic relationships with officials at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government
• Develop and implement integrated communications strategies across paid, earned, shared, and owned media (PESO)
• Manage and develop audience-focused digital and social content
• Design, plan and lead effective virtual and in-person stakeholder engagement and consultation processes
• Draft, review, and edit materials to ensure high quality and precision in client deliverables
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and supervise the work of junior team members
• Develop and manage project documents, budgets and mandates
• Contribute to new business development through external communications and drafting proposals
• Support the functioning and growth of the firm through internal responsibilities

About Iris Communications

Iris Communications is a leading strategic communication, government relations, and public advocacy firm in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our team of senior communications, business, and government advisors works with private and public sector organizations that operate at the intersection of business, government, and society.

As a trusted partner to our clients, we help organizations anticipate, plan, and implement strategies to solve their most significant challenges in today's complex environments. Iris offers a full range of services, including internal communications, government relations, public affairs and advocacy, stakeholder engagement, social and digital media, issues management and crisis communications, and media relations. Learn more at www.IrisComms.ca.

Iris Communications is committed to employment equity and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds. If you require accommodations during the selection process, please state the nature of the accommodations in your cover letter.

Iris offers a positive, motivating work environment that features a flexible work arrangement (up to 40% of a work week can be worked remotely), health benefits, profit-sharing, and team-building activities.

Application Deadline: February 18th, 2025