Senior Communications Specialist

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Are you a communications professional with a flair for creative and visual storytelling? If so, this role is for you. Reporting to the Director, Corporate Communications, you are a key member of the team responsible for supporting Sun Life’s corporate communications activities that support the CEO and build and enhance Sun Life’s brand.

This portfolio includes CEO communications, content development for the company’s Annual Report and Annual Meeting, visual and content development for corporate and executive events, as well as developing materials for communications related to our Enterprise Strategy and focus on Clients.

*** This is a 14-month fixed term role. ***

What will you do?

• Provide communications support for corporate projects including our Annual Report, Annual Meeting, and corporate disclosure activities – working with internal business partners (brand, legal, finance, graphic services) as well as external vendors.

• Provide communications support for the CEO taking business content and strategies and using multi-media channels to engage key audience groups through visual story-telling. Play a role in supporting strategy development.

• Provide communications and project management support for internal executive meetings. Work with internal business partners and external vendors, may involve integrating content and key messages with the visual representation of event themes, presentation design, and overall project management for the event.

• Provide support for executive communications, including internal events like global Town Halls and coffee chats, along with global employee messages tied to company strategy and business priorities /projects.

• Manage development and internal distribution of company messages through our global email platform and the company’s intranet.

What do you need to succeed?

• Degree or diploma in journalism, communications or public relations and 5 years' experience working in public relations, communications or a related field

• Depth of knowledge using Adobe suite of products, internal video production and editing platforms, social media and email distribution platforms

• Strong written and verbal communications skills including communications planning, editing, proof reading and attention to detail

• Strong visual communications skills, including experience creating tactics using digital, video, social media, and other technology platforms

• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task, prioritize, manage communications materials and meet tight deadlines

• Intermediate consulting skills and problem solving, working with internal partners and external vendors

• Strong technical knowledge and aptitude to quickly learn new systems, software and programs

Special notes:

• Flexibility to work on communications activities outside of regular business hours is required on occasion

Assets:

• Experience with HTML, content management systems, media monitoring systems, and online collaboration platforms

• Previous financial services experience / understanding of the financial services industry

• Experience working for a public company and/or supporting executive communications

• Working knowledge and/or fluent in French

What's in it for you?

• Time off giving you the flexibility to focus on the moments that matter including 15 vacation days per year

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Pension Plan participation starts immediately, and you are automatically enrolled. We help you save more with Sun Life automatic and matching contributions and by including both your salary and bonus when making

• contributions.

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

• Flexible hybrid work model

• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives 

• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture 

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2025 Best Workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada

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The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.  

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range:

60,000/60 000 - 97,000/97 000

Job Category:

Communications

Posting End Date:

23/03/2026