Co-op Student, Marketing

Job requisition number

039226

Job location

Richmond

Full-time / part-time

Full-time

Salary

$23.05/hourly

Posting period

From 01/31/2025 to 02/13/2025

Overview

Do you enjoy marketing and research? Do you get inspired by making a positive difference in the lives of people in BC?

WorkSafeBC is looking for a highly motivated **Co-op Student, Marketing**who is passionate about the customer experience and loves finding insights in order to make an impact using marketing and communication tools. We need a keen student who is as comfortable analyzing data for trends and insights as they are creating initiatives to support and engage based on those insights. This person should come ready to help support the marketing team from a research, digital, social and print capacity.

This is a temporary four-month full-time position starting in May 2025.

**Where you’ll work**

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a model that combines the convenience of some remote work with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you’ll work two days a week in our Richmond office.

What you'll do

On Day 1 in this role, you will get a chance to meet your manager and get acquainted with your team. You will spend time setting up administrative and technological essentials, and completing onboarding tasks, including security and payroll setup.

During your first week, you will be partnered with your manager for training, work on completing training modules, and immersing yourself in the team and the department's work. Together with your manager, you will clarify your role's goals and how to achieve them.

This role is ideal for an individual who is eager to step beyond their comfort zone. We are looking for someone with strong motivation, an interest in analyzing data, and a passion for making a difference.

Your daily responsibilities include:

- Work with internal teams to create and implement outreach messaging and elements.
- Participate in research, analyze results, and write reports.
- Complete creative briefs and project scope documents for projects
- Set up digital marketing tactics and track analytics.
- Provide additional support to our marketing team as needed.

Is this a good fit for you?

We’re looking for people who can:

- Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills,
- Demonstrate a high level of quality and accuracy
- Demonstrate a proactive, service-focused attitude towards internal partners and the teams we support
- Demonstrate an ability to prioritize work and complete tasks with quick turnaround times
- Demonstrate self-motivation and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team

**Learn more**:Hear from past co-op students on what it’s like to work here.

**Your background and experience**
- Is a third and/or fourth year student and enrolled in a Business Administration or Marketing or Communications program
- Is interested in writing both short and long copy
- Is interested and has knowledge in digital marketing, including social media, is an asset
- Familiarity with key social media platforms and tools (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn)
- Has completed a co-op term or worked in an office setting is preferred

**Important to know**

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

- Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada
- Confirm you’re a registered student at a post-secondary institution and is participating in a work integrated learning program

WorkSafeBC’s COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy is suspended effective January 9, 2023; however, we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

**Who we are**

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

**What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?**

It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflect the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, aut