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Media relations and communications services

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CANADACOUNCIL002COMMInternational

Submission Closed02/26/2024, 02:00:00 PM UTC

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The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking an external supplier to provide media relations and communications services to support various projects, initiatives, and campaigns on a local, regional, and international scale. The selected offeror will be responsible for a wide range of activities, including media strategy, public relations, issues management, campaign execution, and event management. Key objectives include securing media interviews and feature publications, developing targeted outreach strategies to reach diverse audiences, and coordinating with prize winners and spokespersons. The project will be managed by a Canada Council Project Authority who will provide necessary documentation and final approval for all deliverables, such as work plans and assessment reports. While the primary language of work is English, the supplier must be capable of providing services in both official languages to engage French media and stakeholders. All required meetings will be conducted virtually, and the specific scope and level of effort for individual tasks will be negotiated at the call-up stage.

General Info

Supplier provides bilingual media relations and communications services for Canada Council for the Arts.

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Government of Canada → Canada Council for the Arts

NAICS

541820 - Public Relations Agencies

Place of Performance

*National Capital Region (NCR), CAN

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PhaseClosed

PostedFeb 26

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Response DeadlineFeb 26

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Submission Closed

02/26/2024, 02:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyGovernment of Canada → Canada Council for the Arts

Contacts1 person available

OfficeN/A

Organization / AgencyGovernment of Canada → Canada Council for the Arts

Office AddressN/A

Contacts

Julie BolducPoint of Contact

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

The Canada Council for the arts (Canada Council) actively promotes a wide variety of projects, initiatives and campaigns each year. The Communications and Engagement team at the Canada Council does not have the capacity to lead all aspects of media planning and relations for all initiatives the organization undertakes in local, regional, and international settings, and will occasionally call upon external suppliers for short and longer-term support. The Canada Council’s Project Authority will: • Provide overall project management authority; • Provide the Offeror with background documents for review; • Assist the Offeror with obtaining Canada Council documents and data, when required; • Will be the source of final approval and acceptance of all deliverables; and • Provide feedback to the Offeror on all deliverables. The Offeror responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • public and media relations, • issues management, • media strategy, • communications planning, • campaign execution, • event management, • media monitoring and reporting. The selected Offeror will have the resources necessary to: • Help the Canada Council promote a variety of projects, initiatives, awards, and campaigns. • Develop, implement, and report on the agreed-upon media and/or public relations strategy (locally, regionally, nationally and/or internationally) to support and promote specific Canada Council activities, with guidance and input from the Canada Council Communications team. • Reach a broad and diverse audience by creating distribution lists, developing targeted approaches to media and community outreach, pitches, research, and development of story lines and managing embargos. • Secure media interviews, op-eds, feature publications, blog posts, and other evolving digital platforms. • Schedule and coordinate interviews with Canada Council prize winners and designated spokespersons. • Collaborate with project teams at the Canada Council and identified partners to align and amplify promotion. The Work, including tasks and deliverables, will be primarily completed in English; however, the team must be capable of providing services in both official languages, notably when reaching out to French media and coordinating interviews with French-speaking winners. There will be a requirement for Offeror representatives to attend meetings on an as-and-when-required basis. These meetings will be virtual. No travel will be reimbursed, as no travel will be required. The deliverables can include project work plans, findings assessment reports, process documentation and other related deliverables. The Project Authority will negotiate with the Offeror the level of effort (number of days), nature and/or scope of each task at the call-up stage.