Digital Marketing Intern (Summer 2026)

Our Company

We sell the best piece of cat furniture ever designed. It is made with premium materials to be a cat tree that accommodates multiple cats of all sizes, and is aesthetically pleasing for homeowners. See more at ‘katpole.com’.

We are a company of two full-time founders (and some part time teammates), which means you will be our third full-time team member. You will work on many areas of our marketing, according to your strengths and interests.

Key Responsibilities

Content & Creative:

Produce short-form videos from our footage for ads/organic, execute simple Photoshop/Canva designs, and (optionally) film original UGC content with a free cat tree we send you.

Community & Social:

Manage our social media accounts, and build out our Pinterest page from scratch for SEO and brand awareness.

Copywriting & SEO:

Write engaging, human-crafted articles about cats and interior design to drive organic traffic (you must be a better writer than ChatGPT).

Digital PR:

Contact journalists and bloggers to get them to write about us.

Compensation

$25 CAD at 40 hours a week ($1000 a week).

Required Skills

• Video and photo editing experience (or an intense desire to learn).
• Fluent English speaker with university level writing skills.
• You love cats.

Post-Secondary and Residency Requirement

You MUST be currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution (not a recent grad), in a field that is somehow related to business or the arts.

Must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred.

Timeline

10 Weeks in June - August 2026. We are flexible on start and end dates.

What you will Learn

This is a great opportunity if you are either interested in developing your creative skills, OR you seek a path to entrepreneurship and want to understand the marketing side of business.

The skills you will develop here lend themselves to any of the following positions in the future… creative director, copywriter, media buyer, content creator, videographer, designer, journalist, startup founder, editor… really anything in the arts or in business.

Why Join Us

Learn how premium consumer products are sold online.

Have creative freedom in your productions, which will be seen by thousands of potential customers.

Work fully remote.

How to Apply

Please send a resume or portfolio to meow@katpole.com . Use “Summer Intern Application” as the subject line. In the body of the email, and in exactly nine words, tell us something about yourself.