🌟 Ready to help reshape a $26B industry and build the future of branded merch?

commonsku is revolutionizing the promotional products industry. Our platform empowers branded merch distributors to work smarter — managing projects, building quotes, placing orders, and collaborating with clients and suppliers seamlessly through the power of the Connected Workflow.

We’re a remote-first, community-driven team obsessed with elevating our customers, their clients, and the broader industry. Our values – Community First, Ten Steps Ahead, Fast Forward, and Delightful Work – guide us. We believe you can innovate, push forward, and do more, while also sharing a laugh, supporting your colleagues, and having a life outside of work.

If you’re energized by ambitious work, creative collaboration, and helping to build something great, you’ll want to keep reading.

🚀 About the Role: Events Marketing Coop

We’re growing — and we’re hiring an Events Marketing Intern to join our Marketing team! In this role, you’ll help us get hands-on experience building and executing marketing event campaigns that boost customer and prospect engagement, drive revenue, and support retention. You’ll collaborate closely with teammates across Customer Success, Sales, Product, and Partnerships, contribute to a high-trust environment, and play a direct role in shaping the future of the industry.

💡 About You

You’re not just looking for a job — you’re looking for a place to do your best work. You bring:

• A community mindset — You see customers as partners and coworkers as collaborators. You lift others up, always follow through on your commitments, and thrive in a team that does the same. (Community First)

• Momentum and ownership — You act with optimism, take initiative, and turn ideas into results. You move fast and bring others with you. (Fast Forward)

• Vision and boldness — You don’t just react — you anticipate. You think big, challenge the status quo, and push the work (and the industry) forward. (Ten Steps Ahead)

• Joy in the craft — You care deeply about what you build and how it makes people feel. You bring thoughtfulness, transparency, and a sparkling sense of humour to the table. (Delightful Work)

🛠️ What You’ll Do

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Provide logistical and administrative support for commonsku-hosted in-person and virtual conferences as well as trade shows and exhibitor events

• Conduct pre-event research, planning, venue sourcing, vendor coordination, and timeline management

• Manage local event execution, including setup and breakdown of booth equipment and merchandise, along with catering and refreshment needs

• Support commonsku team logistics, including hotel reservations, flight booking assistance, and event registrations

• Create exceptional experiences for guests, speakers, and attendees by supporting their on-site and pre-event needs

• Assist with email and social media campaign development, partnering with the Events Marketing Manager and broader Customer and Product Marketing teams

🔍 What You Bring

Some of the experiences and qualities that help you thrive in this role:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Event Management, Hospitality, Marketing, or a related field

• Strong project management, organizational, and written/verbal communication skills with high attention to detail

• A proactive approach to problem-solving and an eagerness to support hosted environments for guests and leaders

• Comfort working independently and asynchronously, while also prioritizing collaboration and connection with people

• Experience (or excitement for) working with AI

• Bonus: Experience with tools like HubSpot, Zoom Events, or Eventbrite, or prior experience planning/supporting events in any setting

💰 Compensation & Perks

We believe in paying our co-op students fairly for their contributions. Students earn a monthly salary, aligned with how many co-op work terms they have completed, in the range of $3,700 to $4,150 per month. This co-op position is from December-May 2027 (with possibility of extension).

New hires are expected to come in at the midpoint of this range. However, if this role sounds perfect for you and your expectations are outside of this range, we encourage you to apply and let us know in your application about your ideal package. If we agree that it’s a good fit, we will have open discussion around what’s possible.

Plus:

• Paid vacation during your co-op term

• Remote-first culture with plenty of excellent in-person experiences sprinkled in

• Learning and mentorship opportunities with experienced marketers and business leaders

• Resume boosting experience contributing to and owning campaigns with real impact

• A delightful team of smart people who are good at what they do

• Company-provided equipment to make sure you have everything you need to succeed

• Opportunities to return for future co-op terms and full-time opportunities after graduation

🌎 Location

We are remote-first and this role is open to students in Ontario, who are available to attend events and occasional in-office days at our headquarters in midtown Toronto.

🌱 A Bit More About Us

commonsku supports hundreds of promotional products distributors and suppliers with technology that drive efficiency, growth, and connection. Our skummunity (commonsku + community = skummunity, get it?) is powered by events, education, and shared knowledge and is core to who we are.

We’ve grown by being “for promo by promo” and now, we’re scaling our impact to elevating an entire industry. We’d love your help doing it.

🤖 A Note About AI

We use AI every day at commonsku to be faster and better. If you use AI tools to help you draft your resume or cover letter, that’s totally fine — just make sure what you submit reflects you.

In the spirit of transparency, we also use AI to help us work smarter. We utilize Teamtailor’s AI features to assist with applicant screening, note-taking, and interview recording. This technology helps us move quickly and efficiently, but it does not replace our judgment. A member of our Talent team reviews every resume and conducts every interview, ensuring that a human always makes the decision on who advances in our process.

📬 How to Apply

If this role feels like a fit, apply now at https://commonsku.com/careers!

We try our level best to review and respond to every application we receive. So, once you’ve applied, wait to hear from a member of our People team with an update. If it looks like a good fit, expect a phone interview as the first step.

By the way, you don’t need to meet 100% of the requirements — we value potential, learning, and diversity of thought. Tell us why you're excited, and let’s chat.

We've seen phishing emails and messages impersonating commonsku recruiters, sent from lookalike domains and asking candidates to complete screening forms through external links. We will never ask you to pay for anything, provide banking details, or complete a screening step through an unsolicited third-party link.

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❤️ commonsku is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re committed to building a diverse team that reflects the skummunity we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.