Communications and Marketing Specialist

We are looking for a communications and marketing professional to create engaging content for the city’s various channels and strengthen and develop the city’s communications and marketing for the benefit of residents. Key duties Social media content production: You plan, produce and publish timely, engaging and audience-focused content for the city’s various social media channels. The work includes producing text, images and videos and maintaining a publishing calendar. Arrangements for Jakobstad’s 375th anniversary: You participate in planning, coordinating and practically delivering anniversary-year events, campaigns and communications in cooperation with the city’s departments, partners and other stakeholders. Other communications and marketing: You produce website, newsletter and marketing content and support the city’s other current communications. Campaign and visibility development: You come up with multichannel concepts and ensure that the city’s communications are consistent, accessible and aligned with Jakobstad’s brand. Cooperation and coordination: You work closely with the city’s departments, external partners and other stakeholders. The Communications and Marketing Planner position is based in the city administration. Its main focus is active and planned content production for the city’s social media channels and arrangements for Jakobstad’s 375th anniversary. In addition, you participate in delivering the city’s other communications and marketing, updating online content, preparing the electronic newsletter and developing the city’s visibility. We expect you to have a suitable bachelor’s-level higher education degree. The position requires excellent spoken and written Finnish and Swedish and fluent English. We hope you have communications experience, particularly in social media content production. You can produce text, images and short videos fluently for different channels and adapt messages to the target audience. Experience in planning and coordinating events or campaigns, updating websites, using graphic design tools and making use of analytics is valued. Success in the role requires an initiative-taking and systematic approach, creativity, collaboration skills and the ability to manage several simultaneous projects and schedules. We offer interesting and varied communications and marketing duties in a bilingual city organisation. You will be supported by a skilled work community and a broad collaboration network. Terms of employment Pay is determined according to KVTES, and the position is placed at level 1TOI62A1. The position is full-time and fixed-term through 31 December 2027. The fixed term is due to the increased communications and marketing workload during the city’s anniversary year. The position begins as soon as possible by agreement. A four-month probationary period applies. Before taking up the position, the selected candidate must provide an acceptable medical certificate unless one has already been submitted. Apply for the position Submit your application through Kuntarekry at kuntarekry.fi by 25 October 2026 at 23:59. Application key: 745587. Further information Further information is available from Administrative Director Milla Kallioinen, tel. 044 785 1651, email milla.kallioinen@pietarsaari.fi.