🌟 Ready to kick off your career and reshape a $26B industry?

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: Marketing Co-op, Demand & Brand (Winter 2026)

As a Marketing Co-op at commonsku, you’ll get hands-on experience building and executing marketing campaigns that boost prospect engagement, drive revenue, and create delightful experiences.

You’ll support social media marketing, branded merchandise campaigns, and events to get well-rounded exposure to brand and demand marketing, while collaborating with Marketers in Product and Customer Marketing, Design, and Content.

💡 About You

You’re not just looking for a co-op term. You’re looking for a place to immerse yourself and kick start your career. You are looking for a place that fits with your vibe and values. You bring:

• A community mindset — You enjoy collaborating with teammates, and you’re eager to learn from people with more experience. You ask questions, share what you’re learning, and contribute to a positive team environment. (Community First)
• Curiosity and Initiative — You don’t need to have all the answers, but you’re excited to dive in, experiment, and figure things out. You take ownership of your tasks, ask for help when you need it, and keep making progress. (Fast Forward)
• A learning mindset — You’re curious about how marketing works in the real world, and you’re excited to think beyond the classroom. You like to explore new ideas, try different approaches, and imagine what’s possible. (Ten Steps Ahead)
• Joy in learning and building — You take pride in your projects, whether it’s a school assignment, a side project, or your first social campaign. You care about doing good work, bring a sense of humour to challenges, and celebrate the wins — big and small. (Delightful Work)

🛠️ What You’ll Do

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Social Media:
  • Assist in managing the content calendar and create engaging, on-brand content for our social media channels.
  • Help brainstorm and pitch creative ideas for social media posts and campaigns
  • Monitor channels for community engagement opportunities and respond to comments and messages.
  • Compile performance reports to track key metrics and identify content trends to support future strategic direction.
  • Support internal communication of social results and ideas to the broader marketing team.
• Promotional Merchandise:
  • Coordinate with vendors for ordering and production of branded merchandise.
  • Track inventory levels, manage distribution lists, and ensure quality control upon delivery.
  • Support employee and customer gifting programs.
• Events Marketing Support:
  • Assist with pre-event logistics, including preparing marketing assets and managing merch or direct mail shipping lists.
  • Support on-the-ground activities during events as needed.
  • Help with post-event tasks like lead data cleanup and compiling recap reports.

🔍 What You Bring

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

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Events Management, or a related field.
• A strong interest in social media trends, brand building, and events.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• A proactive, ownership mindset and a willingness to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
• Exceptional organizational and time-management abilities, capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Bonus if you have:
  • Prior internship experience in marketing or a related role
  • Familiarity with social media platforms in a business context
  • Previous Hubspot experience

💰 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 term is for 4 months, from January to April 2026.

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:

• Five days of 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 onboarding for their first week 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.

At commonsku, you won’t just be a part of a company, you’ll be part of a community.

• We host sessions where everyone gets to share what they’re learning, building, and creative
• We celebrate wins together, big and small (like your first campaign going live).
• You’ll be invited to social hangouts, learning sessions, and our twice-yearly company summit, when they align with your co-op term.

🤖 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. We want to hear your authentic voice, not ChatGPT’s.

📬 How to Apply

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

We get back to everyone who applies. If we’d like to explore the role with you, you can expect to move through these stages:

1. An initial chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner
2. An interview with the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Manager, Demand and Brand Marketing.
3. An offer for the successful candidate!

❤️ 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.