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Marketing Plan Research Assistance

This research project gives business students an opportunity to get in touch with the real world and apply the knowledge they studied to help solve business problems. Students need to integrate their knowledge in Marketing, Finance and Information Technologies to help the organizations to understand their customers, recommend the IT-driven solutions to tackle the customer relationship management challenges brought by COVID-19 and analyze the profitability of customers and products. The abilities to conduct research, critically evaluate the various management challenges, creatively make recommendations, and collaborate with colleagues, customers and other stakeholders are required for this project. 1)Defining the overall scope of the project so that the candidate can have a general idea of the position. 2)Developing an awareness campaign for clients and prospects to learn about our outreach services. 3)Further defining how to promote via print, radio, online or blasts to clients and prospects. 4)Reviewing and selecting technology to enable remote meetings via a tablet or iPad. Must allow wi-fi or cell coverage, video and be simple to operate (one-touch). 5)Embracing e-documents for clients to authorize, sign and open accounts

Marketing and Website Administrator

As a non-profit organization that supports local, independent businesses, Think Local First has pivoted its work to align with the needs of our member businesses during the pandemic. One of the programs we created sells gift certificates on behalf of local businesses in Greater Victoria and has grown to include businesses throughout BC.
Creating the business model to finance and manage this program that supports over 1,300 businesses in 66 communities came together quickly with the resources available at the time. We have sold over $400,000 in gift certificates and continue to work to improve the initiative to ensure it is meaningful to all participants. We work with businesses, community economic development organizations and customers.

Business Strategy Intern

Revela is a 1.5 year old startup; we are building a tool to improve the process of preparing, cleaning, and performing ongoing health validation in high-volume streaming data. We are at the stage of needing to refine the marketing direction of our technology in order to develop it into a saleable product.

Business Liaison and Marketing Coordinator

The Gander Area Business Recovery and Resiliency Project (BRRP) will assist local Small/Medium sized-businesses to remain resilient as we live and work with COVID-19 and prepare for the rebound of the economy in a post-COVID environment. The goal of the project is to help businesses navigate the public health measures required to conduct business and to assist businesses in developing a strong online presence to further their brand and reach to customers. The project is led by the Gander & Area Chamber of Commerce and directed by a Steering Committee.

DUTIES
Be the point of contact for local businesses with COVID-19 Health and Safety questions and their Business Recovery planning, including:
Staying up to date on latest public health recommendations
Helping businesses move their products and brands online; primarily Social Media platforms
Promoting training and learning opportunities
Lead the committee in development of a Shop Local Campaign including,
Marketing
Liaising with local businesses, organizations, and government officials
Work under the direction of a dynamic steering committee of local business leaders

Finance Intern

the intern will be involved in all aspects of accounting and financial management of the organization, helping run the day to day operations while building infrastructure and capacity to ensure smooth operations in the future. He will also interact with senior staff in organizational structure, strategic planing and budgeting.The intern will help ensure effective and efficient financial operations, leaving the organization on stronger accounting practices..

In-situ performance verification of the Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery (POWER) System within Restaurant Environments

The demonstration project provides the opportunity to substantiate the ability of the POWER system to repurpose wasted thermal energy from a cooking appliance’s exhaust gases and improve the overall restaurant energy performance across three Pizza Pizza locations within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The data collected through the project will also allow for further development of our building modeling tools and establish Harvest’s ability to deliver a complete “Made-in-Canada” waste heat recovery package at the completion of the demonstration project.

Digital Marketer at Loonie Times

The proposed project is for a Canadian organization named Loonie Times that operates in a niche market of mascot and plush manufacturing. In this project, the focus is solely on digital media as the majority of the companies in this sector use Google Ads and social media to generate new sales. Being a digital marketing intern, I will be responsible for developing a robust funnel of sales leads by designing and implementing the complete social media strategy for the organization. Google Ads & Analytics, email marketing, blogs, and content marketing will be the core tactics for developing the social media strategy. The project is expected to benefit the organization by establishing the most cost-effective digital marketing tactics which would add to the company’s sustainability as well as developing a long-term plan regarding the future social media investment.

Communication and Research Assistant

The Internship will provide a breadth of opportunities to grow – in marketing & communications, project management & logistics, fundraising & NGO governance. 20th Anniversary Tree Planting, Outreach Coordination Across BC
Using an existing basic network of forestry and community contacts, I will coordinate with 20+ clubs across the province to assess the participant rate, connect the local club with tree donors, and provide tools for a successful community event. This role will also centrally coordinate the storytelling of this initiative through magazines and social media.
Nature Club Program Enhancements & Assistance
I can lead the social media communications through reference to the organizational editorial calendar, with support from staff for content submissions.
Annual Fund Development Plan Research & Writing
Using existing annual fund development plans, I will assess best-fit opportunities for short/medium/and long term, contributing to content curation and enhancing current donation appeals and grant submissions.

Co-op Business Content Creator

The Virtus Groups intern will be a key member of our marketing and business development efforts for the duration of the internship. The activities outlined below are the preliminary steps we have identified that the intern will be able to work on. All these activities will help us to work at full capacity and grow our marketing strategies and efforts that we have worked so hard to augment during the pandemic. A capable intern will go a long way to beginning our initiatives. It should also be noted that the intern will also have the opportunity to work on client engagements, as additional capacity is required.
Key Responsibilities and Activities:
– Assist the current Virtus team with the ideation of new marketing strategies
– Developing content for Virtus Groups’ marketing strategies
– Coordinating, writing, and publishing of Virtus’ weekly startup newsletter
– Social Media management and content creation – running the social media calendar – Thought leadership article writing
– Drip marketing campaigns

Market Analyst Intern

Main priority is to continue the in-depth market analysis and market research into products and customer discovery with Zoom.
Responsibilities include:
1) Nedieon is currently working on completing an MVP for two products. Next steps are beta testing for these
two MVP’s. Market Research into Autonomous UVC and Logistics robot for Health Care market
2) Nedieon’s product strategy and roadmap involves multiple markets and market segments. To help guide
future products, a full market analysis outlining the opportunity needs to be done.
3) Web page design. To help with Nedieon’s profile in business community, Nedieon needs to update web to
support new products (2 new MVP’s), also video of products and white papers.

Equity Research Intern

The intern will work directly with Analysts across sectors and gain in-depth knowledge of the financial markets in the US and Canada. Some of the key responsibilities include creating detailed financial models on both existing and new coverage models and supporting the small cap equity research and product teams with client requests. Canalyst is a young SAAS company impacted heavily by economic uncertainty and market volatility. Interns are important to the future success of the company as they will contribute to the workflow and output necessary to fulfill an influx of client requests, ultimately reducing customer churn during uncertain financial and economic times.

Business Strategy Intern

Flex is an upcoming start-up focused on developing a fitness app that would incorporate AI to produce exceptional personal training experience. Anticipated project activities include:
A. Developing comprehensive marketing strategies to reach the target audience.
B.Identify and collaborate with external partners.
C.Research the market to identify opportunities for growth.
D. Analyze different marketing channels to come up with a cost-effective marketing plan.
E.Work with co-founders and support them in ad-hoc projects.