GENERAL• Collaborates with the board to define and articulate the organization’s vision and to develop strategies for achieving that vision.• Creates annual operating plans that support strategic direction set by the board and correlate with annual operating budgets; submits annual plans to the board for approval.• Develops and monitors strategies for ensuring the long-term financial viability of the organization• Develops future leadership within the organization.MANAGEMENT• Oversees the operations of organization and manages its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.• Promotes a culture that reflects the organization’s values, encourages good performance, and rewards productivity.• Recruitment and contracting of company and project staff;• Policy development and documentation;• Performance management and improvement systems;• Oversee content, production and distribution of all marketing and publicity materials (posters, program, flyers, mail outs, brochures etc) with director, designer and project manager.• Manage press development;• Evaluate in-place systems and procedures and streamline where appropriate.• Evaluate technology implementation and optimize within budget constraints.• Assures that the organization and its mission, programs, and services are consistently presented in a strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders.• Oversees design, delivery, and quality of programs and services.• Stays abreast of current trends related to the organization’s products and services and anticipates future trends likely to have an impact on its work.

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• To implement the strategic goals and objectives of the organization• To give direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization's philosophy, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives• Marketing, communications, publications management and public relations management and consulting.• Management of marketing and communications staff and consultants to ensure accurate and timely coordination of multichannel communications.• Proposal writing and award applications.• Corporate position and branding expertise.• Brand name generation, licensing and protection.• Writing, editing, layout and graphic design.• Design, layout, production, standards and established stylistic direction across media.• Server, client-side and application programming (Java, JSP, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, XHTML, XML, ActionScript, Unix/linux based systems); SEO optimization; specialization in eCommerce, PCI compliance and security.• Excellence in writing, editing, visual design, project and production management.• Integral in the winning of major awards: BBB Torch Award for Market Ethics, Chamber of Commerce Silver Mid-Market Business of the Year, and PPPC Image Award.

Founded in 1989 and entirely Canadian owned, Akiva is one of the most value-driven marketing and communications companies in Canada. The corporation offers innovative, advanced, modular and end-to-end solutions for corporate positioning, venture capital acquisition, marketing, analysis and planning, branding and cross media promotion. Our solutions are specifically designed to meet the unique requirements of business clients who want to gain market share and increase profits quickly.