Position: Marketing & Communications Intern
Organization: Habitat Enterprises
Deadline: August 31, 2010
THE ROLE | MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS INTERN
The Marketing and Communications Intern will work closely with Habitat’s CEO and team to fully execute the
following tasks:
• Launching Habitats new brand, website and positioning in September.
• Designing and executing the company’s communication strategy for targeted stakeholders
• Refine/update company social media, website, and communications tools on an ongoing basis
• Produce stakeholder specific business cases and value propositions
• Work towards producing a strong local image and well known unique selling proposition
In addition, we are also seeking candidates strongly interested in:
• Learning about the international greenhouse gas emissions trading and finance market, the European Union
Emissions Trading System and regional North American Carbon Markets
• Defining and meeting clear performance milestones and KPIs
• Liaising with South American and other international clients
KEY BENEFITS TO JOINING HABITAT
• Collaborate with an accomplished, fun, and entrepreneurial team, board, and investors in a young and growing company.
• Gain exposure to the carbon market and contribute to large scale carbon reduction
RENUMERATION
• This is a part-time or full time unpaid internship from September to December 2010. Interns will be paid an honorarium and earn the possibility of ongoing employment within Habitat after the internship.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
Required Skills/Qualifications
• Undergraduate degree or diploma from an accredited Canadian or international post secondary institution with specialization in marketing and/or communications
• Experience in Communications, online marketing/sales or corporate relations
• Computer savvy; proficient in MS Office and experience in web design/development
• Legally eligible to work in Canada
Other requirements:
• Ability to synthesize ideas quickly and formulate and manage multiple projects
• Strong team player able to quickly adapting to rapidly changing work environments
• Reside in Vancouver, BC or neighboring areas
• Be open to becoming an employee of Habitat
• Love working in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
HABITAT ENTERPRISES | OVERVIEW
WHAT WE DO
Habitat Enterprises (“Habitat”) is a pioneering carbon asset development firm with a strong track record in the low carbon marketplace. Habitat is building a portfolio of carbon offsets by providing carbon finance, offset certification, and project finance to capital projects that reduce methane gas, which is 21 times as harmful to the atmosphere as CO2. Its activities aim to make the world’s environment cleaner quickly and in a big way while delivering attractive financial returns to its project partners and investors.
Habitat makes methane reduction projects profitable and makes more methane reduction projects happen. Habitat finds projects that could reduce methane emissions in large quantities and partners with the project developers or organizations developing the project early in the project cycle. Habitat invests in certifying the carbon reductions as carbon offsets and secures a buyer for the carbon offsets – adding an additional revenue stream to the project while securing a stream of carbon offsets to its portfolio. Through its technology, capital, and engineering partnerships, Habitat also structures project finance and provides anaerobic digester design to certain projects.
The team at Habitat Enterprises consists of leading talent in emissions markets, carbon finance, and now software, who are driven by the opportunity to lead a fundamental transition in the global economy. Together, we are demonstrating the financial opportunity associated with the low carbon economy, and convincing more and larger investors to enter this sector.
OUR VISION
The solutions to climate change involve governments, international organizations, the general public – and private capital. Habitat Enterprises is driven to channel significant amounts of capital into the solutions to climate change.
Our vision has created a working culture that is shared by our employees, advisors, partners, and Board of Directors, made up of a dedicated commitment to fighting climate change in cooperation and using our diverse skill sets, a strong spirit of entrepreneurship, and a shared desire to make a difference.
Please send expressions of interest to: Lauren Larose
Email: llarose@habitatenterprises.ca
Phone: 604.639.2221
