Our Commitment to Students:

At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits, and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What you'll do:

Support the Operations and Communications Managers, with a focus on supporting the day-to-day needs of 200+ SportChek and Atmosphere stores. You will be responsible for supporting the efforts to bring Jumpstart and community engagement initiatives to life in stores as well as in the office, creating and maintaining in-store signage and process documents, and fulfilling the daily needs of business partners across all departments.

• Identify key moments and support in store fundraising and community building events for 200+ SportChek and Atmosphere stores across Canada, supporting corporate-wide fundraising campaigns and execution of events
• Collaborate with business partners to maximize ROI, report on event results and key metrics
• Maintain and distribute merchandise, prizing and fundraising inventory
• Update and maintain in-store assets such as signage and process documents
• Coordinate orders for business partners
• Support the creation and execution of contracts
• Facilitate the creation of in-store signage and promotional documentation
• Support the deployment of internal communications
• Vet and support internal sponsorship applicants
• Be an active member of internal event committees

What you bring:

• Currently enrolled in a Post-secondary program in Communications, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• Developed an ability to handle multiple priorities and maintain professionalism in rapidly changing situations.
• Spent time engaging and maintaining relationships with business and event stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills with the confidence and passion to share knowledge
• Previous corporate/co-op experience an asset
• Previous retail experience an asset

Hybrid

W e value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

About Us

At Sport Chek, we want to find what moves you, and help build your career from there. As Canada’s destination for footwear, apparel, and sporting goods; we believe that sport and activity has the power to help shape your style, your relationships, and your mind. Along with colleagues across the Canadian Tire family of companies, you’ll be a part of a collaborative network of like-minded individuals who draw on their collective experience to best serve customers across all banners from coast-to-coast. Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.