Growth Marketing Intern

About the role

You will own the operational execution that powers Relay's performance marketing engine, turning campaign concepts into live, tracked activations across paid social, paid search, connected TV, and direct mail. You will absorb complex marketing systems from first principles and rapidly translate them into reliable workflows that the team depends on. You will communicate findings and recommendations with precision, making it possible for data to drive decisions rather than intuition. You will act as the quality gate for launches, ensuring budgets, tracking, and creative assets move through compliance and into production without delay. You will treat every metric as a signal, diagnosing what is working and what should be cut so the brand only pays for performance. You will partner daily with design, agency partners, and analysts to keep creative and tracking aligned with business goals. You will build and maintain the spreadsheets and documentation that keep the team's budget and timelines transparent and predictable.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Upload and launch new creative across paid social and paid search, and pause bottom-performing ads as the team reviews.
• Own the do-not-mail list and audience suppression uploads for our direct mail program, and help draft creative briefs for new mailings.
• Run weekly spend ingestions across connected TV, paid social, events, sponsorships, and direct mail, and keep the budget tracker current.
• Work with our Design team to procure new creative and shepherd it through compliance review.
• Support new campaign launches by setting up tracking, briefing and building landing pages, and coordinating with agency partners.
• Pull weekly performance reports and share-of-search data, and help spot what's working and what to cut.
• Support keyword and search-term optimization, ad copy refreshes, and QA of conversion events through Segment and HubSpot.
• Maintain the integrity of budget and pacing trackers, updating them in real time as campaigns evolve.
• Monitor campaign health daily, flagging issues in tracking, creative delivery, or audience targeting as soon as they appear.
• Collaborate with analysts to validate data pipelines and ensure reporting accuracy across platforms.
• Assist in the setup and testing of new marketing technologies, tags, and events required for campaign measurement.
• Document campaign structures, audiences segments, and decision logic so that knowledge is shared and repeatable.
• Contribute ideas for tests that improve efficiency, relevance, or conversion rates based on observed performance.
• Participate in weekly performance reviews, translating raw numbers into clear narratives and action plans.

Requirements

• You learn intensely fast, breaking down completely new concepts from first principles and applying them to any problem.
• You communicate rigorously, making arguments bulletproof and answering hard questions about performance.
• You are creative and curious, finding energy in variety, new problems, and continuous learning.
• You are comfortable in spreadsheets, able to build and maintain a tracker without hand-holding.
• You are detail-obsessed, delivering work that does not fumble the small stuff.
• You are legally authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship for this internship position.
• You are enrolled in a degree program or have completed your studies within the last two years.
• You are available to start on September 14th, 2026 and commit through April 30th, 2027.
• You can dedicate a minimum of 20 hours per week to this role during the stated engagement period.
• You have a strong command of written and verbal English to collaborate effectively with stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with performance marketing, paid digital campaigns, or growth initiatives.
• Familiarity with marketing analytics, conversion tracking, and dashboard tools.
• Basic understanding of direct mail operations and audience targeting.
• Experience working with design and agency partners in a fast-paced environment.

Practical notes

• This is an in-person internship based in Toronto, Ontario, with a start date of September 14th, 2026 and an end date of April 30th, 2027.
• The role requires consistent weekday availability during the engagement period.
• Compensation is offered at an hourly rate within the range of $25 to $30 CAD, subject to negotiation during the hiring process.
• Travel is not expected as part of this role, and remote work arrangements are not available for this position.
• Visa sponsorship is not provided for this internship.
• You are encouraged to ask questions about compensation throughout the hiring process to ensure clarity and alignment.