Marketing Manager

About Daily Bread Food Bank

Daily Bread Food Bank is focused on lasting solutions that help end hunger and poverty. Through innovative programs, it supports people with low incomes and those facing food insecurity. The organization distributes fresh and shelf-stable food, along with prepared meals, to 144 member agencies and 214 food programs across Toronto. It also produces the annual Who’s Hungry report, which examines food insecurity and poverty trends in Toronto, raises public awareness, and supports policy change.

Role summary

The Marketing Manager is responsible for shaping and delivering the organization’s brand, campaigns, and storytelling. This role drives the planning, creative development, and execution of integrated marketing work, coordinates with creative and brand partners, and helps ensure strong visual communication across all channels. It is a practical, collaborative position for someone who enjoys working in a fast-moving, mission-oriented environment.

Job details

Department: Marketing and Communications
Reports to: Interim Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Location: 191 New Toronto Street, Toronto, ON, M8V 2E7
Schedule: 35 hours per week, full-time
Work model: Hybrid, with a minimum of 2 to 3 days on site
Compensation: $77,000 to $90,000 per year, depending on experience
Work timing: Some weekend, evening, and holiday availability will be required

Key responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver marketing campaigns across digital, print, and experiential channels.
• Track timelines, budgets, and outputs so projects stay on schedule and meet the brief.
• Partner with internal teams such as fundraising and advocacy to keep marketing activity aligned with organizational goals.
• Oversee relationships with external agencies and vendors, including creative, digital, and production partners.
• Create briefs, assess creative concepts, and give clear, practical feedback.
• Make sure external deliverables follow brand guidelines, strategic direction, and budget limits.
• Protect and promote consistent brand use across marketing, communications, fundraising, advocacy, and public-facing materials.
• Guide the creation of print, digital, and environmental communication assets.
• Coordinate work with in-house designers and/or freelance creatives.
• Maintain strong visual quality, consistency, and accessibility in all outputs.
• Lead storytelling initiatives that communicate the organization’s mission, community impact, and work.
• Manage video projects from concept development through production and post-production.
• Organize photography and video shoots with staff, volunteers, and outside partners.
• Adapt visual content so it works effectively across different platforms and audiences.
• Support marketing and promotion for fundraising, community, and stakeholder events.
• Develop event materials such as signage, invitations, digital assets, and post-event content.
• Work with event and fundraising teams to ensure consistent messaging and strong audience engagement.

Skills and competencies

• Strong ability to manage projects with multiple deadlines, priorities, and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable building relationships and collaborating with internal and external partners.
• Strong creative judgment and problem-solving ability.
• Good understanding of integrated marketing across digital, print, experiential, and social channels.
• Ability to guide creative work and offer useful feedback.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Values accessibility, inclusion, and audience-centred communications.
• Adaptable, proactive, and collaborative, with an interest in storytelling and continuous improvement.

Experience and qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in marketing, communications, or brand management.
• Post-secondary education in marketing, communications, advertising, public relations, business, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading integrated campaigns across multiple channels, including digital, print, and experiential.
• Experience managing agencies and vendors, including briefs, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Experience creating and overseeing marketing and communications materials in several formats.
• Strong background in visual storytelling, including photography, video, and multimedia content creation.
• Experience upholding brand standards and consistent messaging across materials.
• Experience supporting marketing for events such as fundraising, community, or stakeholder events.
• Nonprofit or mission-driven experience is an asset.

Benefits and workplace highlights

• Competitive salary benchmarked against the Ontario Living Wage Network.
• Employer-paid health and dental coverage at 100%.
• RRSP matching after one year of service.
• Paid sick leave and personal days.
• 15 paid vacation days per year, with additional vacation days earned over time.
• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Professional development opportunities.
• A creative, kind, fun, and passionate team environment.
• An active social committee.
• Free daily lunch when working on site.
• Free on-site parking.
• Recognition as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers.
• Named one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures by Waterstone Human Capital.
• Recognized as a 5-star charity by Charity Intelligence Canada.
• Recognized as an Ontario Living Wage Employer.

Application details

Applicants must send a cover letter and resume by 4:00 pm on Friday, July 17, 2026. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. This is an existing vacancy. The organization states that artificial intelligence is not used at any stage of the recruitment process, and that all applications are reviewed by the recruitment team.

Equal opportunity and accommodation

Daily Bread Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from members of designated groups and from people with lived experience of poverty or food insecurity. Candidates who require accommodation during the application process, or who need the posting in another format, may contact Human Resources at hr@dailybread.ca.

Additional notes

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.