Job opportunity

Position: Marketing Associate
Organization: Lake Winnipeg Foundation
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba. Candidates living in or around Winnipeg should apply.
Term: 6-month internship

Grow with LWF! Are you ready to take your communications and marketing skills to the next level? We want to hear from you!

The opportunity

We’re on the lookout for an exceptional Marketing Associate – someone who’s eager to learn and grow through a unique internship opportunity. Our ideal candidate is an enthusiastic people-person, a strategic thinker who is proactive and organized, and a keen collaborator ready to unleash their communications expertise to help our team level up!

Based out of Winnipeg with travel to communities around the lake, this 6-month internship runs from December 2025 to May 2026. This full-time term position is 32 hours per week with a wage of $30/hour.

LWF offers a reduced workweek, paid time off between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, and a flexible hybrid work environment.

Your impact

Reporting directly to our executive director and working collaboratively across our staff team, you will:

• Leverage your strategic insight to increase the impact and reach of LWF communications while maintaining brand voice and visual identify
• Lead content creation for LWF’s newly designed website, increasing traffic and maximizing engagement
• Produce a monthly e-newsletter to engage and activate LWF’s membership community
• Pitch, write, edit and review content for LWF’s annual reports, newsletters, press releases, donor communications, and advocacy campaigns
• Collaborate to plan and deliver engaging events for LWF members and volunteers
• Identify new outreach opportunities and audiences around Lake Winnipeg
• Support the development of high-level tools and strategies to accelerate LWF’s growth and recruit new members
• Incorporate a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion into all that you do

Your qualifications

• You hold a degree or diploma in creative communications, marketing, public relations, media, or a related field.
• You’ve had some on-the-job marketing experience and now you’re ready for new challenges.
• You’re a creative collaborator, enthusiastic about new people and new ideas.
• You have honed your exceptional writing skills to develop impactful, accessible and brand-aligned content.
• You have some media and/or public relations experience and know how to pitch a good story.
• Your strategic mindset makes you a strong critical thinker with sound judgment.
• You’ve got a keen attention to detail and a commitment to excellence in all you do.
• You’re excited to keep learning and ready to develop your leadership capacity.

Why LWF?

At LWF, you’ll work as part of a dedicated professional team, committed to generating big impact despite our small size. Our organization offers a unique opportunity within the non-profit sector to build on your strengths, advance your career, and leave a lasting impact for generations to come.

LWF is committed to employee wellbeing. In 2024, we adopted a permanent 32-hour workweek to improve work-life balance, boost employee engagement, and focus our creative energy on our strategic priorities.

LWF prioritizes employee health. All LWF staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19 to the full extent possible based on provincial eligibility and access (including boosters).

Our commitment

Effective environmental advocacy must be anti-racist and anti-colonial. LWF is committed to building diversity, equity and inclusion within our board, staff and membership community.

We believe that a diverse team with unique perspectives and backgrounds makes us stronger. We encourage BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ candidates to self-identify when applying for this position.

Interested?

Please submit your resume and cover letter to apply@lakewinnipegfoundation.org by Monday, October 27, 2025. If you meet our expectations, we’ll be in touch via email to discuss the next steps!

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