Description
Who We Are:
North America’s largest manufacturer and distributor of millwork; working hard to be the most trusted too. We turn 100 in 2026 - we have a century of industry leadership with 35 locations coast-to-coast across Canada and the US; and are still owned by the founding family, based in Vancouver. You may not be a millwork product expert, but you have probably seen our products if you watch shows like HGTV, Style At Home and House & Home, or if you follow home improvement Instagram influencers.
At Metrie, you will find Home, where you can have a great day at work (everyday); help your team perform; and the Company to win. We take pride in our culture of learning, ownership, and one team, and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.
Meet some of your future colleagues who explain how they feel like they truly belong on the People Blog at www.metrie.com
Why should you work for Metrie? We offer the chance to have all your workplace needs met (and improved): we start with the wellbeing of colleagues. This means good pay, benefits, and working conditions; and onboarding that enables you to succeed at your job. Your sense of belonging matters: we want to know you for who you are in the world, how you show up, and what are your motivating factors. This enables us to co-create opportunities for impact - you can make a difference here. Then, we can determine the learning and development requirements you have to grow your career. We do all this alongside you, together as one team.
What You’ll Do
Reporting to the Director, Culture & Engagement, the Communication + Culture Specialist is a pivotal role in connecting the dots of what happens, what works, how teams perform and how Metrie wins, across the whole Company in 35 locations across Canada and the US. The role drives cultural alignment for 2000 colleagues and crafts great stories about the Metrie corporate brand. The work covers messaging development, storytelling, meeting execution, event management, media liaison, technology platform ownership and development, project coordination and change management support, amongst others!
Location: Preferred in Vancouver, BC, based at our Head Office. However, we are open to considering candidates located near any Metrie location across North America. Metrie operates a 4/days a week on-site; 1/day a week flexible work location policy.
Responsibilities:
- Create compelling content: Write, Edit, Design. Leverage of AI solutions encouraged.
- Develop and deploy impactful messaging: listen to and understand business so as to craft words and ideas that make a difference.
- Build relationships with, and support consistently, Leaders across the Company: build deep, enduring trust that ensure Leaders ask for you by name.
- Research and implement emergent trends in culture and communications, with particular focus on technology solutions: make tomorrow more impactful, energizing and efficient.
- Collaborate with Marketing to ensure the corporate brand shines in the marketplace, with particular focus on showcasing the magic of Metrie as an exceptional place to work; as well as some corporate media outreach.
- Support and coach the People & Culture team to optimize their People programs from a change, buy-in, and impact perspective.
- Take technology ownership: develop, sustain, and scale our communications tools – digital signage, content library, MS Teams communications hub.
- Event-manage corporate activities: including our 2026 Centennial celebration in Vancouver. It should be a fun project!
- Project manage with results: engage with teams across the Company to support and coordinate their strategic communications outcomes. On time, on budget, as agreed, every time.
- Change manage with clarity: help large-scale project teams deliver superior business outcomes through clever and compelling communications protocols.
- Be a brand standard bearer: activate best practice use of brand elements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, Marketing, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in communications, corporate messaging, digital content management, or event and project management.
- Experience with digital communications, design, and content management tools. Familiarity with, and active use of, AI tools is a plus.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills with attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Strong writing, editing, and content creation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Desire to have fun, have a great day at work every day, and to make a big difference in the lives of colleagues and the success of the Company.
What You’ll Enjoy
Competitive pay range
Working for a well-established leader in the industry
Benefits: health, dental and vision
RRSP and DPSP programs.
The job posting is here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4226663886
I wrote a couple of LinkedIn posts about the opportunity, to give candidates more insight: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thismuchweknow. Candidates can outreach directly to me as well.
