[Hiring] Director of Communications and Content @Agility PR Solutions

Role Description

Reporting to the VP of Marketing, the Director of Communications & Content is Agility's editorial and communications leader: editor-in-chief of Bulldog Reporter, owner of our flagship research properties, and head of Agility's own earned media and PR program. This role requires a rare combination — a genuine PR or editorial background paired with real content marketing experience — and both are essential.

• Bulldog Reporter is your publication with a mandate to grow the audience from roughly 5,000 active subscribers to 20,000 within 12 months.
• The publication's operating principle is journalism first — credible, useful reporting for PR professionals.
• You will set and defend the editorial standard, direct the franchise strategy, and arbitrate the production queue between editorial and campaign demands.
• You own both flagship research properties, designing survey construction, methodology, analysis, and reports.
• You run everything earned, including press outreach, analyst and media relations, industry awards, and executive visibility.
• You will manage the Content Marketing Manager and collaborate closely with the Associate Director, Demand Generation.

Qualifications

• A genuine PR or editorial background — newsroom experience or communications leadership — combined with hands-on content marketing experience.
• Experience building research reports: instrument design, survey execution, analysis, and methodology.
• Audience or newsletter growth experience with demonstrable numbers.
• A head for numbers: highly analytical, outcome-driven, and fluent in content performance data.
• Business savvy and strategic judgment connecting editorial decisions to commercial outcomes.
• People leadership experience with collaborative instincts.
• A sense of urgency and a test-and-learn mindset.
• Fluency in the PR and communications industry and its practitioners.

Requirements

• Own audience growth strategy and its economics; direct the six editorial franchise formats.
• Set and enforce the editorial standard; edit hard and develop the writers you edit.
• Arbitrate the production queue between editorial franchises and campaign content needs.
• Direct the contributor network through the Content Marketing Manager.
• Own the Bulldog Awards program — categories, judging standards, and editorial integrity.
• Design the field instrument: survey construction, sampling, and methodology.
• Direct analysis and author the flagship reports; own their quality and launch narratives.
• Run Agility's press outreach, analyst and media relations, and awards program.
• Build executive visibility for company leadership through speaking, bylines, and interviews.
• Hire, manage, and develop the Content Marketing Manager.
• Review content performance data on a weekly cadence and turn learnings into the next assignment.

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment
• Collaborative culture – and key tools enabling it
• Competitive compensation package
• Health, Dental & Vision benefits
• RRSP matching
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Development & Progression opportunities
• Paid Vacation, Personal Days and Sick days
• Flex Fridays in Summer, Week off between Christmas and New Years'
• No Internal Meetings Fridays

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is C$120,000–C$165,000 annually, plus a 15% target bonus. Final compensation will reflect the successful candidate's experience, skills, and internal equity.

AI Usage

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Inclusivity Statement

At Agility, we strive every day to build a more inclusive work environment and introduce tools that enable it. We strongly encourage applications from all people regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability status or sexual orientation.