PRiME Marketing & Events Officer

PRiME Marketing & Events Officer

Date Posted: 03/20/2026
Req ID: 47408
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Pharmacy
Department: Faculty of Pharmacy
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00059055
Existing Vacancy: No

About us:

PRiME is the next-generation precision medicine initiative at the University of Toronto, dedicated to addressing unmet challenges in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology. We bring together world-class scientists, engineers, innovators, and entrepreneurs to foster seamless collaborations across Toronto’s precision medicine ecosystem and with global academic and industry partners. PRiME leverages expertise in biologics, small molecules, omics, gene therapy, nanomedicine, and biology-on-a-chip to advance innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialization, highly qualified personnel (HQP) training, and fundamental research, driving transformative advances in precision medicine to combat human disease.

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Director, Strategy and Partnerships, PRiME, the Marketing & Events Officer will support the development and execution of PRiME’s marketing, communications, and event strategies. You will create high-quality, impactful content, monitor and maintain PRiME’s digital presence, coordinate a wide range of events to engage stakeholders, promote PRiME’s programs, and amplify the work of our innovators.

This role combines strategic communications with hands-on event management and will require close collaboration with internal teams, external partners, and senior leadership. The successful candidate will take initiative, coordinate day-to-day activities, and contribute to PRiME’s overarching goals of advancing research, innovation, and global partnerships.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement marketing and communications strategies to promote PRiME programs and initiatives.
• Create content for promotional materials, digital platforms, social media, and news features.
• Coordinate, promote, and execute a variety of events including symposiums, workshops, networking events, and seminars.
• Manage event logistics: booking venues, arranging audio-visual and travel requirements, preparing itineraries, and coordinating schedules.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders for story development, cross-promotion, and event collaboration.
• Maintain program and event calendars, senior leadership schedules, and track action items related to communications and events.
• Prepare and process minor purchases, invoices, and expense reimbursements.
• Monitor and report on the impact of marketing and event activities, ensuring continuous improvement.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, public relations, marketing, journalism or related discipline or acceptable combination of equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum four years’ recent and relevant experience in communications, design and production of publications and newsletters, promotional material, and website design and maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing articles, designing layout, producing and distributing in hardcopy and electronic format (including websites).
• Demonstrated experience with, and knowledge of, web best practices, writing for web, organizing website content.
• Experience in developing marketing and promotional material for events, trainee programs, alumni and employer outreach initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience with conceptualizing, managing and executing all aspects of large-scale in-person, virtual, and hybrid events.
• Experience with Content Management Systems (i.e. WordPress, Drupal, HootSuite, etc.).
• Professional experience overseeing and administering a variety of media and social media platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Facebook, Instagram).
• Demonstrated advanced skills: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power-Point) and databases.
• Design creativity. Skilled in the use of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver) and/or Canva.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience with livestreaming and virtual event technologies (such as Zoom, or similar) and marketing systems (MailChimp, Constant Contact, or other) are an asset.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Articulate
• Communicator
• Problem solver
• Resourceful
• Self-directed
• Team player

Notes:

• This is a new and term position for one (1) year with a possibility of renewal.
• Hours of work: Monday through Friday from 8:45 AM to 5:00 PM, with overtime on weekdays for events as required.

Closing Date: 04/05/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Grant – Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 11 — $76,577. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $97,928. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Communication/Media/Public Relations

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

A job description is available upon request.

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Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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