SOCIAL MEDIA, MARKETING & DIGITAL INTERNSHIP

As an energetic, industrious and independent worker, you’re needed for a full-time Social Media, Marketing and Digital Internship position with our growing funky lifestyle/decor store and greenhouse with coffee bar located near downtown Edmonton. An exciting opportunity, this position promises growth and challenges as an integral part of a lively and creative team. Ideally, the internship position would grow to a permanent, year-round position.

Specific skills include, but are not limited to: organizational skills and attention to detail, demonstrated customer service and people skills, excellent computer skills (website development, social media marketing, Analytics, SEO), ability to communicate effectively, enthusiasm for promoting business on social platforms, google ads and ability to work well with a diverse team.

The ideal candidate will have training and work experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Further, website development skills on various e-commerce platforms (specifically Lightspeed e-com) and Google Analytics experience.

While IT and computer skills are vitally important in this role, an ability to think creatively and artistically, as well as get along with people are also requirements. Writing, design, videography and photography skills an asset, but not required. An understanding of Lightspeed Retail/e-com, horticulture, plants, flowers and cafe culture also an asset.

You would be responsible for working with the team on creating social media marketing plans and implementation, online customer care and sales support, website maintenance and updates, computer and network care, developing new strategies for e-com marketing, Google Analytics and website enhancements for improved marketing and operations. In addition, the intern will work on overall IT solutions related to data security, file sharing and network maintenance.

Full-time position. Some weekend availability required, but very few evenings.

This internship requires that you are:

• between the ages of 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the internship;
• have recently (within one year prior to the start of the internship) are a student;
• be legally entitled to work in Canada;
• be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.

Please send your resume plus a 2-5 min informal video submission in lieu of a cover letter that answers the following questions: "Why are you interested in this position?", “Why I’d like to work at Zocalo” and "What would your former employer say about you?”  Please send to miranda (at) zocalo.ca.