Marketing Coordinator (Summer Intern)

About TechAlliance

We are the place for dreamers, innovators, and world-changing ideas. We empower world-class ventures and fuel growth in Canada’s innovation economy while championing, coaching, and amplifying businesses, and fostering a vibrant technology community in Southwestern Ontario.

About the Role

We are looking for a Marketing Coordinator Intern who is passionate about amplifying stories and putting Southwestern Ontario’s innovators, entrepreneurs and industry on the map.

Here's how the role fits into our big picture. If *any* of the following sparks some joy for you, we'd love to have you apply:

Purpose-Driven Content

We don't sacrifice quality for quantity. Our editorial calendar is made up of educational, timely and relevant pieces that directly benefit founders, innovators and industry leaders. We take pride in what we put out in the world.

• Produce wraparound content to complement visual design elements, including social media, website, and email marketing copy that supports the editorial calendar and news releases.
• Support community engagement over social media, developing and maintaining relationships with key individuals and organizations, supporting lead generation for Venture Growth services.

Project Planning & Experiences

We pride ourselves on hosting unique and valuable experiences, therefore they need to be thoughtful and high quality. Do you have bold ideas? We want to hear them!

• Plan and execute experiences, including researching topics and speakers, creating online registration pages (Eventbrite), liaising with partners and sponsors, and corresponding with the target audience (including but not limited to: Techstars Startup Weekend, Summer Shaker, Tech Meetups, Masterclasses, and Pitch Room).
• Support in managing and updating audience list for MailChimp, keeping contacts up to date, tagging contacts correctly, and segmenting the list.
• Support in experience execution, including event setup and tear down, guest check-in, and photography and videography throughout the event.
• Create and update workflows in the project management tool and campaigns in our CRM (HubSpot). Not sure how to use HubSpot? Don’t sweat it! We can provide you with the training.

Technical Chops

Tell us: What are your superpowers? Where can we find examples of them in action? Whether you can curate a killer Instagram feed or dabble in freelance graphic design, be sure to let us know.

• Social listening: Explore and act on emerging trends, technologies and creative mediums, including but not limited to: Instagram Live, podcasting, X chats.
• Research, plan, and execute graphical, animated video, and/or audio materials to support planned editorial work and live experiences using social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.

What You Need to Succeed

• Undergraduate degree (or enrolled), specialization in Marketing or Communications.
• Must have excellent writing/creative writing and editing skills.
• Superior oral and written communications skills including active listening.
• Acute understanding of social media platforms from content, audience, and technical perspective.
• Highly self-motivated, innovative thinker with a creative flair and passion.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail with excellent planning and time management while working independently and with ambiguity.
• Dedicated team player who can contribute to a vibrant team culture and core values, while prioritizing multiple and changing demands.
• Proficient with Google Analytics and Ads, MailChimp, CSS, Adobe Creative Cloud, Slack, MS Office 365, and Eventbrite.
• Active participant on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Instagram.
• Experience with WordPress, graphic design, animation, video editing software tools, or coding (not a deal breaker but it would be nice!).
• This is an in-office–first role to support collaboration with the team and community, with the option for remote work when needed.

Please note this is an Internship role (8 weeks, 40 hours per week) and funding is provided by Canada Summer Jobs. To be eligible for Canada Summer Jobs, the candidate must be between 18-30 and eligible to work in Canada.

One Last Thing

We know that experience comes in all forms. If yours resembles any of the duties listed, go ahead, and apply! We need diverse voices to help build a stronger innovation economy. We're looking forward to guiding you through the learning curves.

Equity & Inclusion – All applications will be kept confidential. TechAlliance is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including BIPOC, francophones, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We will provide any requested accommodation to candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.

Health & Safety – TechAlliance is committed to protecting employees and others from hazards in the workplace, including infectious and vaccine preventable diseases and to maintaining a protected workforce.