Public Relations Specialist (18-month contract)

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.

Your Opportunity

We need a storyteller. A passionate communicator. A creative professional. A trustworthy counselor. Why? We’re Stantec – a global company of architects, engineers, and scientists that designs with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents.

To join our global PR team, we’re seeking an experienced professional who knows social media and media relations inside and out. Can you write with the best of them? Thrive in a fast-paced environment? Build and carry out campaign plans? Great! You’re the team member we’re looking for.

We have a spot for a Senior Public Relations Specialist on our team, and it’s got your name written all over it. This role requires someone who has serious skills when it comes to PR—a team player who always thinks strategically, can see creative stories and bring them to life, provide counsel to leadership, and respond quickly to shifting priorities.

In this role, you’ll provide direction on media relations, social media strategy, content marketing, issues/crisis management, and reputation management in partnership with practice Marketing & PR/Communications colleagues and leadership. Combining your business savvy and PR genius, you’ll look for creative ways to tell the most critical stories stemming from our Buildings teams.

This is a contract position, anticipated to be 18 months duration.

Your Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Public Relations Manager, some of the activities you’ll focus your energy on include, but are not limited to:

• Partnering with Buildings Marketing colleagues globally to develop and implement an integrated marketing and PR plan that tells the Company’s news and brand story across multiple channels
• Developing a strong understanding of the built environment, company’s brand, client needs, key differentiators, and market trends
• Communicating with national industry publications to contribute expert articles and blogs, and to seek editorial coverage
• Developing and managing communications initiatives involving news releases, social media outreach, content marketing, research, interviews, media training and spokesperson support, media monitoring and tracking, and other support on special projects and events
• Overseeing media outreach and preparing practice leadership by developing briefing documents; identifying opportunities and issues; and developing relevant remarks, speeches, and talking points for them
• Providing social media and communications training for internal groups

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• Detail-oriented and organized, with exceptional prioritization skills
• Ability to effectively balance multiple priorities
• Fundamental understanding of the media landscape (traditional, social)
• Excellent interviewing, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment, as well as to work autonomously
• Familiarity with photography and video preferred
• Ability to quickly establish credibility with multiple audiences and articulate clearly within tight deadlines
• Strategic mindset and strong business acumen

Requirements

• Professional writing (samples required)
• Campaign planning and facilitation
• Social media strategy and administration

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, English, journalism, or marketing.
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of public relations experience in corporate or agency preferred.

Pay Range:

• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$72,300.00 - $104,800.00 Annually

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | ON | Toronto

Organization: BC-1516 Marketing & Comms-CA Public Relations

Employee Status: Regular

Business Justification: Replacement

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 16/04/2026 06:04:02

Req ID: 1005404

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