CWBWF Communications Intern (Summer Student)

Your expertise shapes our business

At the CWB Group, we find fulfillment and inspiration knowing that we are performing meaningful and purposeful work. Every day is a new adventure with opportunities to learn from industry leaders and, most importantly, from each other. When you join the CWB Group, you become part of a diverse and inclusive, tight-knit team passionate about making a global impact.

The CWB Welding Foundation, founded in 2014 is a national not-for-profit charitable organization affiliated with the CWB Group. The Foundation builds partnerships between industry, education and government that enable Canadians to build great careers in the welding industry, through encouraging awareness, training, and the promotion of best practices through a quality educational experience, impartial advocacy and greater accessibility for all those interested in exploring future opportunities in skilled trades and a welding-related career.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

The CWB Group believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented employees from a diverse candidate pool.

Work with us and achieve your career goals

For almost 75 years, our employees have been the backbone of our business, driving our success and extraordinary reputation. We challenge our employees to take charge of their careers and provide growth opportunities, tools and resources to reach their goals.

What to expect:

The Communications Intern (16 weeks term position for students) is a member of the Foundation team and is responsible for coordinating and supporting key communication activities including program awareness and partner recognition. This involves preparing and scheduling social media content, engaging with key audiences through social channels, drafting email and promotional content, and supporting with promotional aspects of the website and other administrative communications. The Communications Intern will be responsible for driving engaging, day-to-day communications with the Foundation’s primary audiences.

The Communications Intern will provide regular updates, including formal reports to direct manager to communicate progress, highlight variances against plans and problem solve. Communications will include development and implementation of content that increases the awareness and education of welding, welding related and skilled trades to encourage more individuals to explore these career pathways. Communications will be inclusive, supporting the Foundation’s mandate with programs focusing on reducing barriers to participation to all including underrepresented groups such as women, Indigenous people, racialized, persons with disabilities, LGTBQ2S communities and others.

This includes:

• Coordinate the Foundation’s social media calendar, including drafting and scheduling content, preparing graphics and tracking campaigns.
• Engage daily with primary audiences across all social media channels to foster an engaged and supportive community.
• Perform regular analysis of content, including what’s performing well and what’s not, and reporting key metrics to the Marketing and Communications Manager.
• Support with reporting and the coordination of impact metrics, including exporting participant and host surveys, preparing market research surveys and compiling results into reports through Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Supporting the Foundation’s Administrator and Grants Officer with administration and program-related communications
• Support with the maintenance of the Foundation website, including editing existing copy, adding new events to the Program and Events Calendar, and testing forms.
• Coordinate inventory through the Foundation’s Inventory Management System, including shipping swag or promotional items for Programs or tradeshow items for an upcoming event.
• Support the Foundation’s Marketing and Communications team with tasks as needed, including data entry, proof reading and file formatting.
• Coordinate inventory through the Foundation’s Inventory Management System, including shipping swag or promotional items for Programs or tradeshow items for an upcoming event.

This position reports to the Foundation’s Marketing and Communications Manager. You will be working remotely from your home office with possible occasional travel to event locations across Canada. CWB has adopted a remote-first working model, where employees will work from their home office, servicing the client within their specified areas either remotely or in person. We are embracing radical flexibility, where employees are encouraged to work a schedule that works best for them, their team, and their clients.

What you bring to the table:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• 3 years minimum relevant experience
• Minimum 2 years social media coordination experience
• Currently enrolled in post-secondary education
• Strong writing and organizational skills
• Ability to see both the big picture perspective and pay scrupulous attention to details
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, multi-task and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite products

The following qualifications are considered assets:

• Background in not-for-profit marketing or communications
• Experience with Wordpress and Adobe InDesign
• Bilingualism

Accommodation:

The CWB Group is committed to providing accommodation to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us when applying and we will work with you to meet your needs. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. Apply today!