⚡Apprentice Program⚡

This isn’t your typical summer agency internship:

  • No coffee runs (well… maybe some… but we promise to reciprocate).

  • No sitting around hoping to learn through osmosis.

  • No politics or power shenanigans.

This is an opportunity with hands-on experience and specialized industry training.

We want to give you the best possible introduction to modern marketing and a stepping stone to your future success. 

  • We’re a Toronto-based marketing agency, founded by two industry professionals – amusedly frustrated by the widespread apathy towards our industry’s antiquated business model.

    The agency name is a nod to our formative years when curiousity, creativity, and experimentation drove everything we did. When we could choose who we collaborated with and the projects that were important to us. When we were surrounded by interesting colleagues and the work was fun. We’re replicating this by surrounding ourselves with people we love to work with, people who do interesting things, and people who make us better.

    As a new company, we’re in growth mode. However, our core team will remain small by design. This allows us to curate teams based on the unique and evolving needs of our clients. Our approach is analogous to how a General Contractor works with specialized tradespeople. Every client project is different and we believe teams should be as well.

  • How many? We’re hiring two apprentices. Double trouble.

    Job title? Marketing Apprentice

    Duration? May 21 - August 16, 2024

    Hours? 30h/week. Fun, family, and friends are important too. #hotgirlsummer

    Compensation? Of course. Unpaid internships are exploitative. Pay is a gross amount of $7,680 and includes two paid holidays. This will be paid bi-weekly via EMT.

    Any extras? We have planned some paid specialized training courses, industry events, and travel opportunities.

    How do I apply? With anything but a resume. A dreaded cover letter? A video introduction? Delight us.

    Deadline for submissions? Sunday, April 21, 2024 by the stroke of midnight (EST)

  • You must be:

    • A strong communicator & problem solver… that’s the business we’re in

    • A relationship builder: With us, our network, our clients, and your co-apprentice

    • A good human with sound ethics and values

    • Registered in an accredited Canadian post-secondary institution

    • Legally able to work in Canada

    • Ready to join the Club!

  • You:

    1. Identify as a mythical creature: a unicorn, pegasus, griffin, dragon, faerie, or similar

    2. Are equally strategically minded and creatively inclined

    3. Have a deep entrepreneurial drive and insatiable curiousity

    4. Understand that ambiguity is the starting point and clarity is the goal

    5. Are comfortable challenging conventional thinking and processes

    6. Have an interesting hobby, travel stories, or experiences to share

    7. Are collaborative by nature but also enjoy your special alone time

    8. Have great communication skills, a good sense of humour, and emotional intelligence

    9. Good taste in music, according to us

    10. A healthy indifference to industry publications and awards is considered a bonus

    • Conduct desktop research on a myriad of things

    • Help our AI notetaker be more precise and human-sounding

    • Attend and participate in internal, partner, and client meetings

    • Create client-facing decks that are things of absolute beauty

    • Practice your idea formulation and presentation skills

    • Help project manage busy clients

    • Assist with the launch of Canada’s first open talent community

    • Contribute to scope, planning, and pitch documents

    • Ideate, plan, and execute social media initiatives

    • Do some boring admin tasks. C’est la vie!

    • Provide learning opportunities (with us and with people cooler than us)

    • Provide access to industry events and interesting people

    • Help you develop stronger communication skills like writing and presenting

    • Help you develop foundational strategic and digital skills

    • Compensation paid bi-weekly via EMT.

    • Treat you like a human being

    1. Submit your application to play@avclub.agency by April 21 at the stroke of midnight

    2. We’ll respond with a confirmation email to let you know we got it

    3. We’ll review applications between April 22-28

    4. We’ll notify the five shortlisted candidates on April 29

    5. Interviews will be conducted between April 29-May 2

    6. We’ll reach out with an offer to two final candidates on May 3

    7. Upon acceptance of our offers, we will notify all applicants via email and update our website and LinkedIn to announce our new Apprentices

    8. New Apprentices will report for duty on May 21, without a long weekend hangover

This isn’t your typical summer internship.

To apply, please send us anything but a resume. We’re looking for thoughtful and creative submissions… perhaps your take on a cover letter, a video submission, or another format that lets your personality reveal itself.

Send your submission to play@avclub.agency by the stroke of midnight on April 21.