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Senior Director of Communications Jobs in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at BILD Alberta Association
Title: Senior Director of Communications
Company: BILD Alberta Association
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
About BILD Alberta
The Building Industry and Land Development Association of Alberta (BILD Alberta) represents more than 1300 member companies involved in home building, land development and renovations. We are the leading voice for the land development and residential construction industry in Alberta and advocate for housing affordability, innovation, and a stronger future for the communities Albertans call home.
About the Role – CLOSING DATE MAY 11, 2026
As Senior Director of Communications, you will lead BILD Alberta's entire communications function — from media relations and brand stewardship to messaging and digital strategy. This is a senior leadership role at the intersection of policy, public affairs, and strategic communications. Working closely with the CEO and executive team, you will move the organization from reactive, ad hoc communications to a proactive, integrated, and measurable function that drives real influence.
This isn't a maintenance role. You'll be building something.
What You Will Do
Strategy & Leadership: Lead organization-wide communications strategy and annual workplans. Advise the CEO and leadership team on positioning, message discipline, and communications risk. Drive the shift from tactical to proactive, editorially coordinated planning.
Brand & Messaging: Serve as the senior steward of BILD Alberta's brand, voice, and tone. Lead brand refresh implementation and ensure consistent messaging across all channels, campaigns, and stakeholder-facing materials.
Media Relations & Public Affairs: Build and lead a proactive media strategy aligned with advocacy priorities and research releases. Prepare media materials, op-eds, briefing notes, and spokesperson support. Act as a secondary spokesperson and cultivate relationships with journalists, editorial boards, and key public influencers.
Advocacy Communications: Translate complex housing, policy, and regulatory issues into clear, compelling narratives for members, government, and the public. Partner with the advocacy team to communicate policy priorities, wins, and industry positions in a factual, solutions-oriented, and non-partisan way.
Content, Digital & Editorial: Oversee a centralized editorial calendar and direct content strategy across website, newsletters, social media, reports, speeches, and events. Guide website redevelopment to better showcase BILD Alberta's advocacy leadership and member value.
Collaboration: Work with staff from CHBA National and local BILD associations across Alberta to convey member value while supporting consistent messaging and brand delivery.
Team & Resource Leadership: Recruit, supervise, and develop communications staff. Manage the communications budget, vendor and agency relationships, and internal capacity-building across staff and Board members.
Measurement & Evaluation: Establish communications KPIs, dashboards, and reporting systems. Track media visibility, digital performance, and campaign outcomes. Lead annual review and refinement of the communications plan.
What You Bring
- Senior communications leadership experience in advocacy, association, government, public affairs, or a policy-driven environment
- Strong media relations and issues management background, with a track record of proactive, strategic PR
- Exceptional strategic writing skills — able to make complex, technical topics clear and compelling for diverse audiences
- Demonstrated experience leading brand implementation and digital communications strategy
- Strong people leadership, organization and project management skills
- Comfort advising executives and supporting spokespeople under pressure
- Sound political judgment, diplomacy, and the ability to navigate nuanced stakeholder environments
- Familiarity with Alberta public policy, housing, land development, government, or industry relations is a strong asset
- Ability to use a variety of tools and mediums to communicate with members, elected officials and the general public.
More about the Role
- Schedule of Monday to Friday in a hybrid work environment.
- Occasional attendance at evening and/or weekend events.
- Occasional travel in the Edmonton Region and across the province for meetings and events.
- Salary is dependent on experience and skillset.
- Full benefit package including health spending account and wellness benefit.
- Up to 5% RRSP matching after 6-months of employment.
