Innovative Projects Realized

Business Development Coordinator

As a professional services provider, Virtus Groups was greatly impacted by the economic slowdown. Many of our current customers had to cease engagements with us and potential customers’ funding was all put on hold. Over the summer and fall of 2020 we had the excellent opportunity to have an intern from Sauder join our team. They made an immediate cost-efficient impact on our marketing and sales efforts. We added have been very impressed by the caliber of intern that comes out of Sauder and have found that they can make a great positive impact for our organization. While the economy is getting moving again, an intern will continue to provide us excellent capabilities that will enable our business to get back on track with our customers and future clients in an efficient manner.
The Virtus Groups intern will be a key member of our business development efforts for the duration of the internship. All these activities will help us approached and build relationships with a new set of target customers with a new business service offering. A capable intern will go a long way to beginning these initiatives.

Digital Marketing Manager

As the Digital Marketing Manager, the intern will engage in a range of duties and projects to help the business establish and nurture relationships with its quickly expanding customer base, which will be hugely beneficial to the company’s immediate and long?term success. These duties and projects include creating regular blog posts to engage new parents, managing social media channels, including both content creation and customer interaction, engaging in press relations, identifying beneficial affiliate partnerships for the organization, and engaging in market research to determine successful marketing strategies within the industry. These projects will allow the intern to present a detailed report and strategic recommendations for the company upon completion of the internship.

Talent Sourcing Specialist

I will be working at Premier Recruitment Services, as a Talent Sourcing Specialist. PRS is a company that recruits Senior Accountants, Managers, Senior Managers, and Partners for Public Accounting firms, and Financial Analysts, Controllers, and C-suite financial executives for industry roles in an ethical and transparent way. I will collaborate closely with one of our Senior Recruitment Consultants and the business development team to ensure we identify and hire the best talent. My main responsibilities include sourcing recruiters for Recruit N Refer, souring audit professionals for PRS, performing business development research, and creating newsletter content.

Co-op Commercial Marketing Intern

The Co-op Commercial Marketing Internship at SAAM Towage Canada Inc. will involve the intern developing strategies to strengthen brand identity as well as find and pivot to new opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic. SAAM Towage Canada Inc. is a company that provides towing and tanker escort services to seven different ports in Canada assisting in the movement of essential goods throughout the supply chain. The intern will gain analytical, research, creative thinking, communication, and marketing skills.

Business Development Specialist

TUEX Education is a mobile platform that connects tutors and students. Prior to the pandemic most of the tutoring sessions were held in-person. When the lockdown started in April, we immediately built an online portal for virtual learning. However, it has been a challenge to get students and parents on board with online
learning. Since all the in-person marketing campaigns have been cancelled or postponed due to COVID, our focus has shifted toward digital marketing. Although we have a strong presence on social media, we are struggling to attract new active users to the platform. With the addition of a new intern, we would be able to receive fresh ideas and implement new digital marketing campaigns to help with company growth and potentially expand to the East Coast.

Emmett Vezina ImmigrantsCan/Mitacs Application

Through the guidance and direction of ImmigrantsCan, as well as my academic advisor, I will be tasked with improving the company’s overall marketing. This includes identifying a new target market for the company’s services, and carrying out a new plan in order to reach those markets. I will use tools such as digital marketing in order to complete some of these tasks. The end goal is to better the company’s services, and to have a final report on my work and experiences.

Business Development Intern

MOSAIC is a not-for-profit organization that provides settlement and employment services to immigrants, refugees, and mainstream communities (via WorkBC Employment Services) primarily in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. As a part of the Business Development Team, the Intern would
assist the team by conducting market research in identifying opportunities for growth. They will also assist with researching, ways to expand the current customer base, labour market trends, identifying other sources of funding such as grants, contracts, and improving business operations for more cost-effective and efficient solutions.

Marketing Coordinator

Become a key member of Virtus Groups’ marketing and business development efforts. Key responsibilities include assisting the current Virtus team with the ideation of new marketing strategies, developing collateral and digital content, coordinating Virtus’ weekly startup newsletter, and managing the company’s social platforms.

Digital Marketing Coordinator

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) is a member?based organization looking at embarking on a digital transformation, in particular, with improving their SEO and SEM activities. I will be responsible for running an SEO audit on their website, suggest and implement changes to increase organic traffic. They also need assistance in evaluating their current activities and presenting a plan that will lead to improved results and an increase in leads.

Project Analyst Intern

Channel Gate Technologies Inc. (Cymax Group) achieved record revenue growth in 2020 and exceeded planned budget by 50%. The COVID-19 Pandemic has posted both risks and opportunities to Cymax Group and to the eCommerce industry in general. As one of the market leaders in the eCommerce space in the US, Cymax Group has experienced elevated growth, and more recently step change increase in volume that can be attributed to COVID-19. As part of the company’s strategy to drive sustainable growth in this new industry dynamics, the engagement of an intern will contribute to ensuring successful execution of key strategic projects and playing an integral role in collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

Project Activities Overview:
o Key strategic projects: ERP and Finance system migration, CRM Implementation, Project management Process improvements
o Key responsibilities: business analysis, requirements gathering, project coordination, and monitoring of key strategic projects

Significance of the Project:
o Fresh perspective with current learnings from Sauder
o Ability to accelerate Key Strategic Projects such as ERP system
migration and CRM implementation are critical to the company’s
success and growth in the next 5+ years.
o Challenges address: Upgrade key system infrastructure to more
scalable and robust platforms

Accounting Specialist/Business Manager

ATL is a company that provides services and accommodation to seniors. We are opening our newest Seniors Retirement home in 6 months and with the vaccines becoming more available to the seniors’ population, we are expecting more and more seniors to move into our facility by our August opening date. The intern’s primary role is to oversee the accounting department by managing accounts payable, receivable and tenant contracts. This is a new property that is set to open in August but the property management starts building in May, up to opening, and ongoing.

Marketing Coordinator

COVID?19 has led to unprecedented change for Flywheel. As an agency that has always served ‘digital?first’ clients, we are in a unique position to support businesses as everything has become digital?first. We previously served just a small niche of businesses, but now have a much larger target audience. Our business has more than doubled in the last 6 months, but our market positioning hasn’t kept up ? a marketing intern will help support us in updating our own marketing and sales materials, as well as learn the ropes of executing digital marketing campaigns for our clients.

Support in execution of digital marketing campaigns (SEO, CRO, digital advertising and email)
Support in analysis and analytics setup for all campaigns
Support in the growth of the brand through the company social, blog, and newsletters
Facilitate in the project management process throughout the company