Marketing Internship

Sources offers a four- to six-month unpaid marketing internship. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of marketing-related tasks working for a company focused on producing services and publications for and about the news media, and forganizations looking for media attention.

Tasks may include web-based marketing, social networking, and blogging, identifying and contacting prospective clients, web page design, phone surveys, helping to produce newsletters and other printed materials, copywriting and producing news releases, and attendance at meetings and trade shows.

You should have an interest in and awareness of the news media and current events, and a desire to gain marketing experience. Computer and Web literacy are important attributes.

The Sources office is in downtown Toronto near Bathurst and College.

To apply or for more information, call 416-964-5735 or send an E-mail to the address below.

Sales Representative(s) Wanted

Sources, the directory of contacts for the news media has openings for commission-based sales representatives.

You will be contacting decision-makers in non-profit associations, business, and government, representing the leading directory service forganizations seeking publicity and media coverage.

This is not a ‘hard sell’. You will be talking to people who want to increase public awareness of their cause, their organization, or their business, to encourage them to consider using Sources to help them earn more media attention. Media coverage is probably the most valuable kind of publicity there is. Your job will be to explain how Sources can lead the media to call them, thereby complementing and magnifying their other efforts to publicize themselves. You will be helped in this by being able to point to a long list of existing satisfied clients who already use Sources to do exactly that.

This job does not require glib sales technique. It requires individuals who are prepared to work hard and make calls, who have a good working knowledge of current events, and who are good communicators. Good communication skills in this context mean listening as much as persuading: a successful call is typically one in which you spend more time listening than talking.

The most successful individuals in representing Sources have often been people who do not have a sales background. Experience in working with advocacy organizations, in political campaigns, in public relations, or in research, can be just as valuable.

To learn more about the service you would be offering to prospective clients, please look at this page about becoming a Sources media contact and explore the additional links at the bottom of the page.

Email your resume to the E-mail address below. If you would like to discuss the position before submitting an application, call the publisher at 416-964-5735 for more information.

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