See if you recognize yourself here:
- Instead of locking antlers with the other young bucks or preparing for the fall migration, you were off trying to operate a Flip video camera with your hooves, type on a netbook without stomping it to pieces, and hold down a decent WiFi signal in the middle of the boreal forest.
…OR…
- You’re a conservation-minded, social-media-savvy blogger with a streak of performer, willing to take on a fun, challenging campaign to help save the world’s largest swath of forested wilderness.
Either way, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society wants to hear from you. They’re looking for someone to be the public face (and antlers – costume supplied if you don’t come with your own) of the Caribou and You campaign.
Location: Ottawa, ON
Type: Entry level, Contract, part time
Start date: April 2009
Length: 1 Year
Apply by: March 18
Salary: Commensurate with experience
We’re looking for someone special. Someone with social media chops, acting talent and, ideally, antlers. An actual caribou would be perfect, but we’re willing to settle for a human. (If necessary, we can supply the antlers.)
We’re the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and we want to find the next public face – online and offline – of our Caribou and You campaign. You’ll use your animal instincts to represent our Caribou and You campaign (www.caribouandyou.ca) in full caribou regalia online, to blogs, social networks and YouTube. And you’ll use your opposable thumbs to turn those appearances into online videos and a social network presence. You might even get to hoof it to other Canadian cities for public appearances.
You’re web-savvy, confident, ecologically aware and funny as hell. You can pull off a two-hour public appearance in a caribou costume under the glare of TV lights, and then turn it into a three-minute video about boreal forest conservation the same day. You’re just as comfortable talking to reporters and bloggers as you are squeezing out Twitter updates. And you understand the demands – and potential – of an intensive public education campaign.
Did we mention the caribou costume? Yes? Good.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Creating and appearing in video blog posts
- Appearing at public events and delivering the Caribou and You message
- Creating profiles for the campaign on leading social networks, including Facebook and MySpace
- Identifying, cultivating and coordinating volunteers and supporters in spreading the word
You are:
- Proficient and comfortable with social media and that whole “Web 2.0” hoohah
- Confident and articulate in public
- A born improviser, with an engaging sense of humour and a proven ability to pull off a performance in character
- An organizer who can engage and motivate supporters
- A caribou
About Us
CPAWS is Canada’s pre-eminent, national community-based voice for public wilderness protection. Since 1963 CPAWS has taken a lead role in establishing two-thirds of Canada’s protected wild spaces — an area over seven times the size of Nova Scotia. Our national office has 11 staff and a great collegial atmosphere.
How to apply
Submit your application online
Deadline: March 18, 2009
