Innovative Projects Realized

Marketing Intern – New Markets

Prenuvo helps people take control of their health through proactive screening, information, and insights to address health issues early and live the best lives for themselves and those around them. With 2 new Prenuvo branded locations in the US in 2021 and expect to open an additional 4?5 partner clinic based imaging locations, the key areas for this role will focus on: researching and investigating approaches to greatly improve market awareness of our services; testing and iteration on approaches to generate interest and awareness prior to opening; and exploring and recommending differences between Prenuvo owned facilities and partner clinics that acquire images for analysis and reporting to the patient and their physicians.

Co-op Marketing Strategy Intern (MBSI)

OneCup AI is an artificial intelligence company specializing in livestock identification and tracking. Their AI, BETSY, can identify cattle based on each animal’s unique appearance and tracks different health metrics such as disease indicators, activity, nutrition, and growth. This summer, I’ll be working on the marketing team to help develop and implement a marketing plan, manage social media accounts, analyze website metrics, create blog posts, manage customer and investor relations, and design UX flows for the BETSY’s interface.

Product Management Intern

As Cymax Group has experienced elevated growth, there are uncertainties in supply chain, logistics, consumer behavior changes, and economic outlook. As part of the company’s strategy to drive sustainable growth in this new industry dynamics, the intern will contribute to ensuring successful execution of key strategic projects and playing an integral role in collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. Key strategic projects include ERP and Finance system migration, CRM Implementation, and Project management Process improvements. Key responsibilities include business analysis, requirements gathering, project coordination, and monitoring of key strategic projects

Digital Marketing Intern

Through the MBSI program, we aim to educate students about the employee group benefits industry in Canada. We will provide students with training and help them gain real-world experiences in a Software as a Service (SaaS) environment. The student will receive guidance, mentorship and be able to build a broad set of skills and experiences with us. They will be a part of real world decision-making and help us navigate change in the present economic
reality. We will provide the students with an opportunity to collaborate and build meaningful relationships with employers across Canada.
The Digital Marketing Role requires excellent copywriting skills; you will join our marketing team to educate and share our stories with employers across Canada. Through advertising and promotional campaigns, you will prospect
and walk leads through the sign-up process. You are creative and enjoy working on marketing material like whitepapers, case studies and infographics. You will help manage our social media channels and drive community engagement.

Sponsorship Marketing Advisor

BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is currently looking to re-diversify its revenue mix through the recovery phase post-pandemic, to operate sustainably. The Sponsorship Marketing Advisor internship opportunity will build upon recommendations from the agency, TTG Partnerships, develop a sponsorship business plan, and intersect donor development and major gifts into the strategy. The intern will be interacting with a board committee, the CEO, the agency, and corporate partners of the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

Communications Assistant

The Communications Assistant will work with the training team and the Communications Manager, providing support for a variety of projects as well as helping customers with inquiries on our training offerings and getting them ready and set up for our courses. The intern will assist with executing communications initiatives, social media activities and help increase go2HR’s program awareness through outreach to the media, external stakeholders as well as existing and new customers. The internship will address a critical need for go2HR, as the pandemic has significantly increased the demands on the team.

Operations & Logistics Specialist

As the Operations & Logistics Specialist, I will help work on the back end to help Londre Bodywear optimize their operations and logistics strategy to be ready to scale the business significantly in 2021. Being a swimwear brand during a global pandemic meant a steep decline in sales initially; the limitations on the ability of Canadians to travel to warm destinations meant a decline in demand for swimsuits. Conversely, US demand continued to grow after the summer began. As the Operations and Logistics Specialist, I will help Londre optimize growth as travel conditions begin to return to normal in Canada this summer, and sales in Canada improve.

Marketing Strategist

The ability to meet prospects face to face has been reduced to almost zero during the pandemic. We need to find a way to efficiently prospect, qualify and set initial meetings with prospects in order to keep the business development pipeline full. Prior to the pandemic the business development did most of the prospecting/initial meetings face to face.

The method in which RecycleSmart prospects for new business has changed due to COVID 19, gone are the days of face-to-face meetings. To keep our new business pipeline full and tap in to the market, we are looking for an intern to analyze the market, competitors, our strengths and weaknesses, and create a go-to-market strategy.

This position will conduct a state of the market research project for an Internet of Things hardware as a service offering in the waste and recycling sector. The goal is to establish a product/market fit for the RecycleSmart IOT product and develop an initial go to market strategy for 2-3 sectors including the smart city and smart building sectors.

Talent and Innovation, Project Manager

As a recruitment agency, during COVID?19 most of our clients paused all hiring. This meant our operations and services were all put on hold until hiring resumed. As our clients and businesses reopen, we are back in business. Unfortunately, we have a lot jobs to fill but not enough members of staff on our team to source candidates and run operations. Angus Hudson would help us succeed and build long lasting relationships with our clients and candidates.

The Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Plan

The Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation (ORCF) is currently undergoing a strategic planning process.
· A few challenges facing the ORCF in light of COVID-19 are:
o Decline in donations
o Cancellation of events and related revenue

To help the ORCF adapt to the new economic reality created by COVID-19, we will develop a post-pandemic economic recovery plan in which I will assist with the strategic planning process activities (Stakeholder Survey Outline, Stakeholder Focus Group, Employee Focus Group, Industry Trends). Moreover, I will determine the viability of various business projects, determine the target audiences and develop innovative marketing strategies to address target audiences.

Prototyping of a large-area heater on a PVC membrane with inkjet-printing of silver ink

A novel approach using inkjet-printer will be used for fabricating low-cost and large-area heaters on a Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate, laminated on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane. The PVC membrane with a laminated heater will be used as a de-icing material for roofs in buildings. Silver nanoparticle inks will be printed and patterned to create a unique design that is electrically activated. This project will investigate a method to reduce the printing process time, uniform large-area inkjet-printing, and temporal control the inkjet-printed heater. The acquired information will be used to demonstrate the feasibility of using printed metal lines for large-area heater applications and understand the requirements for designing and implementing the dynamic heater on a flexible PVC substrate. The successful outcome of this project will help further understanding to scale this technology using additive manufacturing approaches and for enhancing the functionality of conventional building materials.

Accounting Intern

Clear Insight provides a virtual CFO service to small and medium sized companies. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many companies to shift their business models and work remotely, the demand for such service has dramatically increased. As the Accounting Intern at Clear Insight, I will be helping the company with a variety of finance projects that support both internal and client needs. This will include duties such as maintaining financial records, supporting accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, and collaborating with the CFO to research and file financial records.