Communications & Partner Relations Manager Hiring Announcement
Halifax Pride is incredibly excited to welcome Cole Dorfschmidt (he/they) to the Halifax Pride leadership team. As a much loved drag performer, event producer, advocate and activist, Cole has been an active member of Halifax’s 2SLGBTQ+ community and will bring their innumerable skill sets to this new role. The Communications & Partner Relations Manager position has been created to help ensure that as we grow, we maintain our ability to deliver a positive and successful Pride experience to our partners.
Cole is a very proud queer, trans African Nova Scotian, born in Dartmouth, raised in Musquodoboit and brought back to the city life in 2010. He has been a Drag performer in Halifax for over 5 years, whom you may know as Mike Hunt. Cole has been involved with Halifax Pride since 2016 as a performer and volunteer and hosted events in 2019. Cole has a passion for performance art, whether it be drag, singing as a solo artist, or in their local Halifax band, Peter Panthers. Cole has used and strives to continue to use his platform to provide knowledge and visibility to those in the 2SLGBTQ+ community and BIPOC community, especially youth, through his workshops, shows, and performance art.
Despite the enormous team of people who help make Halifax Pride happen, including our board, committees, event volunteers, summer staff, and contract staff, Cole is only our second full-time staff person. We work hard to deliver the mindful and collaborative community events this city has come to expect, and are exciting to see our leadership team grow. At a time of significant challenge for us all, we are proud to have Cole as a member of this team and welcome his support as we face a future that is both uncertain but full of opportunity.
