Posted on December 12 2022

Job trends of Creative Services Director in Canada, 2023-24

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated February 29 2024

Why work in Canada as a Creative Services Director?

1M+ job vacancies are available in Canada
Almost 100% of women get equal pay based on based Gender Pay Gap.
Earn up to 115,046.40 CAD per annum
Can immigrate through 11 pathways
5 provinces pay the highest wages

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About Canada

Canada, the maple leaf country is a great place to live, work and settle because of its opportunities. Canada has been welcoming newcomers to the country as it is been facing acute shortages in the workforce market in most sectors.

The country has already crossed the immigration levels in 2022 and has recently set the immigration levels to plan for 2023-2025.

The following table displays the plan for immigration using various programs.

Immigration Class	2023	2024	2025
Economic	2,66,210	2,81,135	3,01,250
Family	1,06,500	114000	1,18,000
Refugee	76,305	76,115	72,750
Humanitarian	15,985	13,750	8000
Total	4,65,000	4,85,000	5,00,000

Canada not just eased immigration policies but increased the allocations for almost all the pathways. The maple leaf country has been launching and modifying many pathways for Temporary and Permanent selection under economic immigration.

Canada has more than 100 immigration pathways for foreign immigrants, who can search for a job after going to Canada.

Canada targets 1.5 million migrants by 2025

Canada has 1 Million+ Jobs lying vacant for past 120 days

Job trends in Canada, 2023

Canada has around 1M+ job vacancies in various sectors across the country. Employment is rising in several industries like Construction, Manufacturing, and Accommodation & Food services, etc.

At least 40% of Canadian businesses have been struggling with a lack of skilled candidates. Most companies are looking for immigrants to fill the unfilled vacant jobs for months.

The country also increased the immigration allocations for the sake of these unfilled jobs and getting highly educated skilled professionals to the country. Though many immigrants are given opportunities, the unemployment rate is going higher than 5.2% and the job vacancy rate is increasing to 5.7%.

Ontario and Saskatchewan have been adding new jobs to the current workforce market. Increased employment trends can be observed in the provinces like Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, and British Columbia.

The payroll of employment is also increased in almost all the sectors and across the country to 0.8%. For some provinces, the increase is more than 0.8%.

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Creative Services Director, NOC Code (TEER code)

Creative Services Director's occupation deals with advertising, marketing, public relations, and also e-business. The Nomination Occupation Code (NOC) / the Training, Education, Experience Responsibilities required (TEER) code for the Creative Services Director occupation is 100222.

These e-business managers do the planning, organizing, directing, control & assessing of the activities of the departments and establishments that are involved in the fields of advertising in e-business, public relations, and marketing.

The Creative Services Director will get employed by government departments, commercial & industrial establishments, and marketing, advertising & public relation firms or consulting businesses.

Roles and responsibilities of Creative Services Director

The duties of the Creative Services Director changed according to the role of the managers.

Advertising managers

Planning, Directing and evaluating the activities of firms & departments which develop and implement the campaigns advertising to promote the product & services sales.

Marketing managers

The role of the marketing manager is to establish the distribution networks for the services & products, begin & initiate research studies on market, and scrutiny their findings. Apart from these assist in the development of products, direct & assess the strategies of market and establishments.

Public relations managers

The public relation manager's role is to direct, administer and assess establishments & departments which develop & implement information programs and communication strategies, events & public activities. These managers maintain media relations on the behalf of governments, businesses, and many there organizations.

E-business managers

E-business manager is another role that usually comes under Creative Services Director. This manager's role is to do the planning, organizing, directing, control, and assess the design, development & maintenance of Intranet, Internet & mobile applications. This helps in managing an organization’s model and strategy for the online business.

Collaborating with the teams of advertising, marketing & public relations, to plan, develop, assess & manage the online presence of the organization which includes communications, public relations, commercial activities, marketing, and social media management.

Prevailing wages of Creative Services Director in Canada

Nunavut, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador provinces pay the Creative services director high wages per annum.

The average hourly pay for Creative Services Director varies from province to province which depends on the need of the Workforce market of the province. The minimum hourly average wage is CAD 24.36 and the maximum hourly wage is CAD 74.36.

The following table provides data on average wages per annum and corresponding provinces.

Provinces/Territory	Wages per annum in CAD
Canada	92,313.6
Alberta	91,929.6
British Columbia	92,313.6
Manitoba	90,585.6
New Brunswick	83,078.4
Newfoundland and Labrador	96,000
Nova Scotia	98,457.6
Nunavut	1,15,046.4
Ontario	93,235.2
Prince Edward Island	96,000
Quebec	98,457.6
Saskatchewan	69,235.2
Yukon Territory	81,139.2

Eligibility criteria for Creative Services Director

The eligibility criteria vary a little for the role that is assigned under Creative Services Director.

Advertising and public relations managers

A university degree or diploma in college in marketing, communications, journalism, public relations, or in a related field. Several years of experience in communication, advertising, public relations officer roles, or any related occupation is needed.

Marketing managers

A degree from a university or diploma in college in the specialization of business administration or in a related field whose specialization is in sales or marketing with several years of sales, public relations, or marketing work experience as a representative or in a related occupation is required.

E-business managers

A degree from a university or diploma in college in the field of electronic commerce, internet services, website content development, data administration, Interactive media development, or analysis of information systems is needed. Or working experience in website content is generally required.

Creative Services Director - Number of vacancies in Canada

Creative Services Director occupation currently has a total of 520 job vacancies across the provinces and Territories. The table below shows the number of openings for each province.

Location	Available jobs
Alberta	51
British Columbia	119
Canada	520
Manitoba	3
New Brunswick	11
Newfoundland and Labrador	1
Nova Scotia	13
Ontario	254
Québec	37
Saskatchewan	22
Yukon	1

*Note: The number of job vacancies may differ. This is given as per the information on December 10, 2022.

Creative Services Director has different prospects based on their work category

Following are the titles that also come under this occupation.

Internet communications manager
Web communications manager
Web marketing manager
Advertising director
Advertising manager
Electronic business (e-business) manager
Fundraising campaign manager
Marketing manager
Media relations director
Promotions manager
Public relations director
Sales and marketing manager

The Creative Services Director opportunities for the coming 3 years in the provinces and the territories is listed as below:

Location	Job prospects
Alberta	Moderate
Nova Scotia	Moderate
Ontario	Moderate
Quebec	Good
Saskatchewan	Moderate
Yukon Territory	Moderate

How can a Creative Services Director to Canada?

Creative Services Directors have demand in Canada s across provinces and territories in Canada. To search for a job, or directly migrate to Canada and then look for a job as a Creative Services Director, the individuals can opt for either TFWP (Temporary Foreign Worker Program) or IMP (International Mobility Program). The Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) is the most common economic pathway among immigrants.

Following are the other routes in immigrating to Canada.

The individuals can also migrate to Canada through:

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How Y-Axis can helps a Creative Services Director to immigrate to Canada?

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