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Credit Union Music PEI Week is the annual celebration of the Island music industry which includes conference workshops, showcases, concerts and the Music PEI Awards Gala Show. The 2014 event will take place Jan 24 – Feb 1.

Music PEI is currently looking to fill two positions.

Marketing and Communications Officer
July 22, 2013 – February 15, 2014

This position is responsible for being the contact centre for all communications and marketing between Music PEI and the advertisers.

Duties include, but are not limited to:
Coordination of all advertising in print and radio.
Implement a social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.).
Gather and track promotional material.
Wrirting press releases and ad scripts for TV and radio.
Coordination of interviews for TV and radio
Develop marketing plan, theme, ads and update website.
Completing funding reports.

Producer
August 26, 2013 – February 22, 2014

The Producer will report to the Executive Director and assist in the artistic creation of up to four concerts, including the Gala Awards Show, as well as Friday Night Live. The producer will also work with the Production Committee to develop the artistic vision as well as selecting performing artists, developing a script and the overall visual presentation of all shows. Includes completing and submitting final reports and other duties as needed.

These positions are funded through Skills PEI and the Work Experience PEI program. As such, all applicants must be EI eligible and currently unemployed. Skills PEI criteria is:

be unemployed and legally authorized to work in Canada (Canadian citizen or permanent resident); and have a current claim for Employment Insurance benefits;

or have a previous EI claim whose benefit period ended in the preceding 36 months;

or have a previous benefit period that began in the preceding 60 months, during which the individual was paid maternity or parental benefits, after which they left the labour market to care for a newborn or newly adopted child and are now seeking to re-renter the labour market.

Please email your resume to [email protected] and indicate in the subject line which position you are applying for. Deadline to submit is Monday, July 8.