About Western

Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" – an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

Unit overview

The Western Communications team provides strategic advice to university senior leadership, faculty, staff and teams of internal and external communications staff across Western in order to build the university’s brand on a local, national and global scale.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Media Relations, the Media Relations Coordinator will support the development and execution of proactive media relations strategies that strengthen Western’s reputation and increase its share of media coverage. The Coordinator will support media training initiatives, maintain expert lists, assist with media events, write community-focused Western News stories and help advance stories that align with Western’s strategic communications priorities.

The role will monitor daily media activity, curate and share key coverage, and share media coverage on social media. The Coordinator will also maintain and update media relations web content, collaborate with communications colleagues across campus, and ensure timely, accurate responses to media inquiries. In addition, the individual will contribute to issues management by researching background information and preparing materials that support informed, strategic responses.

Ideal candidate

The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree in communications, journalism/media, marketing or a related field, with a minimum of one year of experience in communications or marketing, ideally with exposure to media relations.

The candidate will have strong attention to detail, excellent writing and editing skills, and familiarity with media relations best practices, analytics, and social media platforms. They will be comfortable collaborating with stakeholders at all levels, building relationships with journalists, and applying creativity to support engagement initiatives. Highly organized and resourceful, the ideal candidate will be able to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Experience in a postsecondary setting is considered an asset.

Application process

Interested applicants are asked to visit: https://recruit.uwo.ca for further information and to apply online referencing job #41926 by midnight on March 17, 2026.

Please note, this is a 20-month, temporary full-time contract opportunity with a benefits package. The base salary will be $62,480 - $73,460 per annum. Starting salary will be aligned with the successful candidate’s experience, skills, and demonstrated qualifications.

Western values diversity

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at hrhelp@uwo.ca or phone 519-661-2194.

Please note:

This position is an existing vacancy. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.