Coordinator, Marketing and Communications

Overview

Coordinator, Marketing and Communications Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Doane Grant Thornton LLP

Title: Coordinator, Marketing and Communications

Company: Doane Grant Thornton LLP

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Who We Are

You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Doane Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ about 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live. That’s what’s most important to us. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.

Coordinator, Marketing and Communications

Join our National Marketing Team and help bring campaigns to life across email, web, social, events, and internal channels. This position is ideal for a marketer in the early stages of their career who enjoys learning, transforming ideas into well-crafted, brand-consistent content, and ensuring projects are completed on schedule and within budget. As a member of the National Marketing Team, you’ll be responsible for developing creative briefs, oversight of campaign deliverables, development and oversight of work-back schedules, timelines and tracking to ensure those deliverables remain on schedule as well as within budget.

Reporting to the National Senior Marketing Manager, Marketing and Communications, you’ll be part of our firm-wide marketing team working at a national level. This is a full-time role based in downtown Toronto (4 days in office, 1 day work from home). You may occasionally work outside standard hours to support priority campaign launches and firm-sponsored events.

What You’ll Do In Your First 90 Days

• Get up to speed on our brand, tone, approval processes, and core tax service offerings.
• Own day-to-day coordination for campaign deliverables (briefs, timelines, status updates, routing for review).
• Support the build and launch of at least one multi-channel campaign—from kickoff to post-launch wrap-up.
• Bring recommendations to improve consistency and project tracking.

As a Coordinator, Marketing and Communications your responsibilities will include:

Project Management:

• Coordinate national marketing campaigns across channels (e.g., email, web, social, digital, events, sponsorships), ensuring deliverables are produced and launched on schedule.
• Create scope of work documents or creative briefs for campaigns or campaign elements, documenting project details, reporting requirements, deliverables, work-back schedules, timelines, and costing.
• Engage with designers, writers, digital and/or external vendors to ensure they understand the scope of work outlined within each creative brief.
• Responsible for the end-to-end project management process while providing ongoing communications and status updates on all projects to your key stakeholders.
• Manage the processing of relevant invoices, with appropriate approvals, and track budget spending.
• Organize and support regular meetings and/or calls with your stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with your internal and external stakeholders.
• Ad-hoc projects as assigned.

Content Development:

• Route creative brief submissions to the right teams (design, writing, digital) and track progress to completion.
• Quality-check assets: proofread and edit marketing content across formats from draft through final.
• Ensure deliverables meet brand standards and align to campaign goals.
• Coordinate reviews and sign-offs to ensure compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Provide recommendations on content and channel mix to help stakeholders reach campaign objectives.
• Support distribution of approved content using standard tools and processes.
• Other duties as required.

Why you’ll like this role

• High-impact work: your projects support firm priorities and reach audiences across Canada.
• Hands-on growth: support building campaigns, project management, and stakeholder management skills with coaching from experienced marketers.
• Variety: mix of coordination, writing/editing, quality control, and launch support—no two weeks look the same.

Want to learn more about who we are and how we live our purple every day? Read our colleagues’ stories at www.discoveryourpurple.ca

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Coordinator, Marketing and Communications? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:

• Diploma/degree in Marketing, Communications or a related field/equivalent practical experience.
• 1–3 years of marketing experience (B2B or professional services is a plus).
• Comfortable using project management tools (e.g., Asana, Microsoft Planner, Optimizely or similar) to track tasks and deadlines.
• Competent Microsoft Office skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, editing/proofreading skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders.
• Able to juggle multiple requests, prioritize effectively and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across various levels.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and adapting to shifting priorities.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (or other design tools), project and content management platforms.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Committed to learning, asking questions and working collaboratively with a dynamic team.

At Doane Grant Thornton we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, living our purple.

What's in it for you?

Profit sharing, Flex days, RRSP contributions, Firmwide holiday closure, Wellness benefits, Concierge-like benefits, Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks, and more!

At Doane Grant Thornton, we believe compensation should reflect more than just market data—it should reflect you. We’re serious about compensation. We benchmark regularly across a wide spectrum of roles, industries, sectors, and levels to ensure our ranges are both competitive and current. But we don’t stop there. We also consider the unique strengths, experiences, and impact each individual brings to the table. Our salary ranges are reviewed annually, and where you land within the range depends on a mix of factors—your background, your skills, and how your contributions align with internal equity. To help start the conversation, the current salary range for this role is $56,500–$68,200 in Toronto. If the role is available in other locations, the range may differ to reflect local market factors.

Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That’s why we’re working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week.

Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?

Doane Grant Thornton is committed to employment equity, human rights and respectful workplace principles throughout the life cycle of employment, including at the recruitment and hiring stages. We welcome applications from members of all equity deserving groups, including persons with disabilities, women, racialized and/or Indigenous applicants. Should you require accommodation in relation to the recruitment process, please notify us by emailing and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.