Virtual Internship Opportunity: Marketing

Closed
Startup Grind Richmond
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Kenneth Ip
Richmond Director
Project
Academic experience
120 hours per learner
Learner
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Communications Operations Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
slack (software) hubspot crm target market google sheets branding press releases value propositions market segmentation sales prospecting communication
Details

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1 | 2 | 3) marketing students or teams.

The primary focus for the student will be: (please include a few examples of marketing projects you would like the student(s) to execute during the placement, as exemplified below.)

  • Branding - Conduct a full competitive landscape assessment; define our organization's brand and core value proposition; identify opportunities and threats facing our brand; assess where and how to improve our brand's presence and differentiate from our competitors.
  • Marketing Communications - Recommend changes to advertising and PR materials; create an integrated marketing campaign; create a rebranding campaign.
  • Market Research - Investigate our competitive landscape; perform market segmentation to identify the ideal target market for (new or existing product or service); conduct customer surveys or focus groups to gain insights into the perceptions and behaviours of our target customers; develop a pricing strategy; identify expansion opportunities; identify key messaging for (new product or service).
  • Public Relations - Develop and implement a PR strategy; create collateral, including press releases, user testimonials, case studies, and customer stories.
  • Prospecting Strategy - Evaluate our current customer base and make recommendations for further market penetration; assess our current outreach process and develop and implement targeted prospecting; review our prospect messaging, make improvement recommendations, and create new outreach content.
  • SEO Strategy & Recommendations - Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility; increase our inbound traffic and optimize the customer journey; increase inbound leads.
  • Strategic Social Media Marketing - Conduct an audit of our current social media presence and/or other current communication channel(s); develop and implement strategies for improving our online presence and increasing engagement; create a content calendar; creating useable social media and blog posts.


Our goal at the end of this experience is: (please indicate the goal for this placement, or deliverable you expect the student(s) to complete, as exemplified below)

  • Branding and Marketing Communications - For the student(s) to help us improve our brand's presence and capture greater market share.
  • Market Research - For the student(s) to help us gain a better understanding of our target market and ensure we are optimally positioned and our product and pricing aligns with our target sector/customer.
  • Public Relations - For the student(s) to help us effectively communicate our brand's story and mission to a broad audience.
  • Prospecting Strategy - For the student(s) to help us implement better prospecting that increases conversion rates and boost our sales team's performance.
  • SEO Strategy & Recommendations - For the student(s) to help us generate more traffic and revenue through search engines.
  • Strategic Social Media Marketing - For the student(s) to help us improve our online presence, reach more customers, and effectively promote our brand through compelling content.


Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)

  • Assist with outbound email marketing campaigns as needed; measure and report on performance of these campaigns using tools such as (indicate tools used, eg. Hubspot, Google Sheets, Excel)
  • Content development, including social posts, blog posts, LinkedIn articles, and website copy.

We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern(s) using these communication tools: (list expected channels - eg. Riipen messaging, company slack, email)

Primary contact: (Name, job title)

Secondary contact: (Name, job title)

Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.
Mentorship
No mentorship exists for this project.

About the company

Company
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Technology, Business & management, Events services

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2010, Startup Grind is a global entrepreneur community network. We partner with Google for Startups to connect, educate and inspire entrepreneurs around the world. There are 650+ Startup Grind chapters in 125+ countries hosting monthly Startup Grind events features successful local leaders in an one hour fireside chat interview to share lessons learned on the road to building great companies.