Public Relations & Communications Coordinator Winter 2027 Co-op
Job Summary
D2L is a cloud company that is modernizing education and building the Future of Work. The old models of teaching and learning are in the midst of the largest transformation in history and D2L is at the heart of that fundamental shift.
New models of teaching and learning enable a personalized student-centric experience and deliverimproved retention engagement satisfaction and results for learners of all ages in schools campuses and companies.
D2L is disrupting the way the world learns by providing the next generation learning environment and solutions to engage and inspire learners. And most importantly by giving customers a platform that is easy flexible and other company provides a solution as robust and innovative as D2L.
D2L has had a singular mission for 25 years and is dedicated to that same mission in the years ahead: to transform the way the world learns and by doing so we will help improve human potential globally.
Every application we receive is personally reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team - yes a real person looks at your resume! While we use AI tools internally to streamline tasks like meeting notes summaries and administrative work these tools never rank resumes make hiring decisions or influence candidate evaluations.
Are you eligible for co-op at D2L
Our co-op roles are open to applicants who are:
- Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program and will not graduate prior to this co-op role (preference for students enrolled in an official co-op program)
- Able to work 40 hours per week
- Able to work in-person from a D2L office (office location dependent on role)
We may continue to review applications on a rolling basis but recommend applying by September 21th at 9:00am ET to ensure you are included in initial application reviews.
General Description:
Reporting to the Communications Manager this co-op will support a range of public relations and communications initiatives that strengthen D2Ls brand.
This role will provide hands-on experience across public relations content development media monitoring and communications reporting. You may work with a range of teams including technical experts sales and marketing professionals and colleagues around the world.
Youll gain exposure to the day-to-day work of a fast-paced PR team while developing your writing project management media relations and digital content skills.
Major Responsibilities (How you will make an impact):
- Monitor daily media coverage and compile D2Ls media scan.
- Update and maintain D2Ls media opportunity tracker.
- Add earned media coverage to the D2L Newsroom.
- Build and format press releases to be published on D2Ls Newsroom.
- Support the development of first drafts for press releases and other communications materials.
- Draft social media copy to support press release announcements.
- Track customer wins to support outreach for D2Ls quarterly earnings release.
- Support communications reporting research and other PR team projects as needed.
- Identify opportunities to improve team processes and workflows.
Competencies (What youll bring to the role):
Starstudent enrolled in marketing communications or journalism with the following competencies:
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Strong organization time management and project management skills
- High attention to detail
- Ability tolearn quickly and work independently in fast-paced environment
- Creativity and curiosity to try new things and figure out how to continuously improve
- Experience using WordPress or other content management systems is an asset
- Experience with media monitoring communications reporting or analytics is an asset
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word Outlook Excel PowerPoint)
- Interest and acumen with Artificial Intelligence Tools
This position is to fill an existing vacancy
Required Experience:
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