CIBC

Senior Consultant, Communications & Public Affairs

CIBC$80K — $110K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in a communications or marketing role
  • Excellent writing, editing, and proofing skills
  • Strong project management capabilities
  • Experience with executive communications and event management
  • Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Lead execution of strategic communications plans for Risk Management and the Global Legal Team
  • Manage the planning and production of employee messaging and events
  • Collaborate with teams on multimedia content production
  • Provide expert communications counsel to senior executives
  • Demonstrate effective project management skills with competing priorities

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and incentive pay
  • Banking benefits and comprehensive benefits program
  • Defined benefit pension plan and employee share purchase plan
  • Vacation offering and wellbeing support
  • Opportunity for personal growth through Purpose Day
Full Job Description

What you’ll be doing

CIBC’s Communications & Public Affairs team manages all internal corporate-level communications for employees. As a Senior Consultant, Communications & Public Affairs, you'll play a key role in planning and executing communications that support Risk Management as well as the Global Legal Team. Within this scope, you will report to the Senior Director, Communications & Public Affairs, and work with members of the Communications & Public Affairs team, to support and execute communication strategies and plans as well as employee engagement activities that foster a solid understanding of the purpose-driven and growth-minded strategic direction of CIBC.

You'll focus on multimedia storytelling to showcase the mandates of these groups, strategic initiatives, and employee engagement activities. Your responsibilities will include writing, editing, event planning, providing communications counsel, and tactical execution. You'll collaborate with partners across Risk Management and the Global Legal Team to plan and deliver employee events, produce multimedia content, and shape communications strategies that drive engagement and alignment.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You'll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you'll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How you’ll succeed

  • Communications and Multimedia Expertise – Lead the execution of strategic communications plans and events that support Risk Management and the Global Legal Team initiatives, priorities, and employee engagement. Manage the planning and production of employee messaging, and experiment with new storytelling tools and formats. Confidently work with senior executives in multimedia settings and provide expert advice on effective communication.
  • Relationship Management and Business Acumen – Build strong partnerships with senior executives and teams across Risk Management and the Global Legal Team, focusing on achieving shared outcomes. Embrace a growth mindset to learn about emerging technologies, tools, and new ways of working in financial services. Collaborate with teams in multimedia production, corporate events, business management, intranet, and translation to deliver impactful communications programs.
  • Influence and Advise – Apply your communications and multimedia expertise to ensure all programs align with our objectives. Ensure communications are delivered with the right tone, content, and timing, while upholding CIBC’s brand standards. Provide recommendations to improve the efficiency and quality of communication programs year-over-year. Play a key role in implementing communication strategies and tactics that drive results.
  • Project and Priority Management – Demonstrate excellent project management skills by effectively handling competing and simultaneous priorities. Take initiative as a self-starter, collaborating with others and demonstrating accountability in all aspects of your work.
  • Attention to detail in a fast-paced environment – Staying current with CIBC and client/business strategies/priorities while ensuring accuracy of information through attention to detail as well as sensitivity to context. A strong ability to execute against high volumes, swift pace, and tight deadlines, while managing multiple deliverables in a time-sensitive environment.

Who you are

  • You have significant communications experience as a skilled communicator. You bring 8+ years in a communications or marketing role. You have excellent writing, editing, and proofing skills, with first-rate attention to detail. You translate complex concepts into relevant and relatable media formats.
  • You excel at project management. Your strong project management skills help you manage competing and demanding priorities.
  • You have executive communications and event management experience. Previous experience in these areas is an asset.
  • You build strong relationships. You have the ability to build trust, influence others, and achieve results through collaboration.
  • You put our clients first. You engage with purpose to find the right solutions. You go the extra mile, because it's the right thing to do.
  • You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
  • You’re a self-starter and an accountable team member. You work independently, collaborate effectively, and demonstrate accountability in all you do.
  • Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

  • We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

  • Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

  • We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 33rd Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Communications Support, Efficiency Improvements, External Communication, Internal Communications, Marketing, Partnership Management, Prioritization, Strategic Communication Planning, Teamwork

About CIBC

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in the city's Financial District. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT. It is one of two Big Five banks founded in Toronto, the other being the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the June 1, 1961, merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada, the largest merger between chartered banks in Canadian history. The bank has four strategic business units: Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. It has international operations in the United States, the Caribbean, Asia, and United Kingdom; Globally. CIBC serves more than eleven million clients, and has over 40,000 employees. The company ranks at number 172 on the Forbes Global 2000 listing.
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