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The most interesting of the opportunities we've seen this week:

If you have a keen eye for aesthetics alt weekly NOW Magazine is hiring a fashion and design writer, and specifically someone with knowledge of the local retail scene, and of sustainable design. You'd be writing for both their print and online editions. Also in media, CIUT—the community radio station based on UofT's downtown campus—is looking for a part-time digital media coordinator to do everything from update their website to photograph events.

On the communications side of things, the Luminato Festival is looking for an interactive marketing coordinator to tackle some web content, social media engagement, analytics, and other related duties. The position is a 10-month contract running from October through next July. OCAD University, meanwhile, is seeking a media relations and communications officer to serve as their primary point of contact with the press.

Also in cultural organizations, the Art Gallery of Ontario is hiring an assistant media producer who will help with audio and video production.

A Toronto start-up called CrowdLinker, which provides its clients with a variety of networking tools, has several openings, including opportunities for a community manager, a business development manager, and a couple of UI/UX developers.

Finally, a major city-building organization is looking for some help. Artscape has a position for a program coordinator, based out of their Youngplace site (also known as the Shaw Street school), to manage the operations of the studio and gallery programs at that location.

Know of an innovative job opportunity? Email our Jobs Editor Hamutal Dotan to let us know.

The most interesting of the opportunities we've seen this week:

If you liked gawking at the Royal Ontario Museum's dinosaurs as a kid, this will be especially fun: the museum is hiring an assistant vice-president of public relations and publications. It's a senior communications post, and applicants should have at least five years of relevant experience. Also hiring for a senior vacancy: the Ontario Trillium Foundation, which needs a new director of communications and public affairs. The government agency provides support to non-profits and charities in the province, and as with all government positions, applicants must be fluent in both English and French.

Another major local institution, The Stop, which tackles food security issues via everything from community gardens to healthy cooking classes, is hiring a fundraising and events coordinator to help them manage multiple functions. Meanwhile, charitable organization Operation Springboard, which helps its clients develop key life skills, is looking for a multi-media designer to develop presentations used in their programming.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression is looking for a digital communications coordinator. The position is specific to IFEX, a network of nearly 90 organizations who advocate for free expression, and the key goal is to develop that network's digital capacity.

Helping with another kind of communication: the Canadian Urban Libraries Council, which is working on a project to improve library access for people with challenges reading print, in conjunction with the CNIB. Services will be run by a new non-profit, and that non-profit needs a senior executive to do everything from help come up with its name to establish its protocols and procedures.

If you're both tech savvy and have an appreciation of the outdoors, Mountain Equipment Co-op is looking for an ecommerce quality assurance analyst with 5-7 years experience to shelp support their online operations.

And finally Bitmaker Labs, a startup that offers a nine-week programming bootcamp for those who want to become tech savvy, has two openings: one for an executive assistant to provide administrative support, and one for a web development instructor with particular expertise in Ruby on Rails.

If you know of a great job opportunity and would like to see it listed, please contact our Innovation and Job News editor Hamutal Dotan.