Marketing and Communications Intern

The Deadline To Apply For This Role Is

Until 11:59 PM of January 26, 2025

The Opportunity

May 2025 - August 2025

The Marketing & Communications team is focused on building a distinct, differentiated brand to attract and retain top talent and partners. This also involves engaging our diverse global workforce through our intranet, corporate events and employee communications.

Who You’ll Work With

You will be part of a small but agile team and work closely with colleagues across our global offices. You will work out of our Toronto office on a hybrid basis.

What You’ll Do

As a Communications & Events intern, you will get hands-on experience as part of our Internal Communications team, developing content and delivering events that engages and inspires our workforce.

A key part of this role involves drafting, managing, and reviewing content for our employee intranet, ON TEN, while also enabling other content owners across the business. You'll also support our Events Lead to coordinate a variety of internal and external events at Ontario Teachers', including employee volunteer initiatives. In addition, you will get meaningful exposure to other facets of marketing and communications, including external communications, media relations and thought leadership, digital marketing, creative services, and brand and content strategy.

Day-to-day, you will tackle a wide range of tasks and responsibilities including (but not limited to):

Intranet content development and management

• Assisting with daily oversight of our intranet, ON TEN, including the distribution of our weekly employee newsletter
  
  

Events

• Support the planning and execution of in-house events, contests and initiatives, including participating in brainstorming/ideation, and updating critical paths, communications plans and event slide decks
• Maintaining a robust vendor/supplier, venue, and speaker database
• Managing invitations and RSVP lists and providing event execution support
• Partnering with our creative team and external vendors to deliver on-brand event materials and signage
• Developing and distributing surveys and analyzing attendee feedback
  
  

General communications

• Contributing to the development of communications materials, and distribution across various channels
• Researching into emerging issues and trends
• Performing other duties as assigned and contribute to other initiatives as needed
  
  

What You’ll Need

We’re looking for candidates with:

• A passion for communications, events, marketing, or content management
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
• Keen attention to detail
• Project and time management skills
• A curiosity about industry best practices and trends
• The ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and take initiative when needed
• An openness to experiment and try new ways of doing things
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint (experience with ChatGPT is a bonus!)
• You must be enrolled in a co-op program or returning back to your studies after the work term is completed.
  
  

Please note that although the deadline for this posting is January 26th, 2025, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. We recommend candidates apply as soon as possible.

What We’re Offering

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development, including lunch and learns
• Student led team building events on a monthly basis
• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis
  
  

At Ontario Teachers', diversity is one of our core strengths. We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create, reflect and embrace diversity of thought, background and experience. Through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development, networking & mentoring. We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected, accepted and empowered to be themselves. To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, check out Life at Teachers'.

How To Apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today! The following documents are required to be uploaded with your application:

• Resume
• Copy of your transcripts
  
  

You will also be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

We thank you for applying, however, only those selected for a personal interview will be contacted. Note that candidates must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located.

Accommodations are available upon request ([email protected]) for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.

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Functional Areas

Administration

Requisition ID

6207