Job Opportunity

Position #1:  Marketing Associate Full-Time Summer Position

Position #2:  Operations Assistant Full – Time Summer Position

Position #3:   Contract Positions: Media/Seo/Advertising etc.

Scroll down for details on each position.

About our company:
Urban Hippie is a granola manufacturing company.

As a company, we aim to be as sustainable as possible. All of our bags are made out of locally sourced, recycled paper products. Our printers, designers, artists and ingredients are sourced as local as possible.

Knowing in today’s world there are many different diet types as well as diet restrictions and allergies, we’ve designed our granolas and trail mixes so as many people can enjoy them as possible. This is why we made a conscious choice to eliminate ingredients you might normally see in other name brand granolas. Our dried fruit is sulphite free, and our product has no chemicals or artificial colours and flavours.

It’s our mission to improve our Earth’s ecosystem in whichever way we can while providing a high-quality, healthy product to you. We’re also certified by the ‘NON-GMO Project’ so you can be sure our products are the best we can offer!

Our team at Urban Hippie constantly strives to improve the way we craft our products. We’re always brainstorming to find new and better ways to satisfy our customers.

We look forward to your applications!

Position #1:  Marketing Associate Full-Time Summer Position

Responsibilities may include:

• Create compelling, on-brand copy for newsletter and blog
• Manage content that supports our brand and drives business leads through various social media channels, through alternative/growing platforms (e.g. Pinterest)
• Expert knowledge of WordPress and plugins
• Experience and knowledge on online food platforms and plug-ins.
• Adopt a mix of measurement methodologies to track, report and optimize the performance of all campaign initiatives through social media (e.g. Google Analytics)
• Regularly communicate project status & timeline updates to internal stakeholders
• Publish project post-analysis reports with recommendations for future campaigns
• Other duties as required
• Create A/B testing of ads

Job Requirements (Skills, Qualifications)

• Experience using Google Drive and all associated programs (slides, docs, excel)
• Excellent written communication skills, including attention-to-detail
• Reliable and responsible
• Independent worker and self-starter
• It would be advantageous to be flexible and a quick learner
• Previous marketing experience with social media platforms would be an asset

THE ABOVE MARKETING POSITION IS A PART OF THE SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM. CANDIDATES MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED:

• Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of employment
• Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or a person on whom refugee protections has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• Be legally entitled to work according to relevant provincial legislation and regulations (international students on a work/study permit are not eligible for the Canada Summer Jobs Program)

INTERESTED IN APPLYING? OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent written communication skills
• Be a highly motivated self-starter
• Have demonstrable organizational skills
• Have demonstrable ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Be flexible with work hours

The above position is a Summer Job opportunity.  The anticipated start date for this position is June 22nd ending August 28th 2020.  This may include evenings and weekends.  

Position #2:  Operations Assistant Full – Time Summer Position

Responsibilities 

• This position works closely with the CEO and will provide exposure to various areas of the business.  Responsibilities may include:
  • Ordering of supplies and raw materials
  • Work on cost analysis of new products and modified products
  • Evaluating new product sales predictors
  • Managing inventory 
  • Communicating with the Design Team
  • Organizing marketing asset uploads
  • Research and Development
  • Other duties as required

Job Requirements (Skills, Qualifications)

• Experience using online shared documents and all associated programs (slides, docs, excel)
• Excellent written communication skills, including attention-to-detail
• Reliable and responsible
• Demonstrated organization skills
• Independent worker and self-starter

Weekly hours: 30-35 hours per week

Please submit a Cover Letter and CV in one PDF document to the HR manager at urbanhippiegranola@gmail.com.  Application deadline is June 14^th at 5 PM EST firm.  Only those applicants considered for interview will be contacted.

Position #3:   Contract Positions:

Urban Hippie is hiring contract work for projects in following categories: Please contact urbanhippiegranola@gmail.com if you are interested in a contract work.

• Pinterest expert 
• SEO
• WordPress expert
• Youtube expert
• Writer/Content 
• Photographer
• Video editor
• Advertising/Marketing

PLEASE NOTE:  Due to COVID-19, these positions will be working 100% remotely