Argyle is now ChangeMakers
You may have noticed some new branding. Argyle, which was founded 45 years ago, is now ChangeMakers - a reputation, social impact, and marketing firm with more than 400 seasoned, passionate experts of many disciplines working across Canada and in the US. Since 1979, we’ve evolved and grown to meet the changing needs of our clients. We’ve expanded across Canada, entered the US, introduced new disciplines, and most recently united with five other firms to form the ChangeMakers team.
ChangeMakers’ public relations advisors help clients communicate with confidence – particularly when the stakes are high. We specialize health, finance, technology, CPG, agribusiness, infrastructure, education and energy. Together, we build stronger reputations, brands and businesses. Thanks to our people, clients and partners, we’re proud to be one of Canada’s leading independent public relations firms.
About the position:
Are you passionate about doing exciting, creative and impactful work? Do you thrive in fast-paced work environments? Do you seek opportunities to innovate, disrupt or challenge the rules? Do you do your best work with teammates that motivate you to be your best self? If so, we would like to meet you!
We are looking for a creative and innovative individual to join our team as an intern. ChangeMakers’ Reputation Management internship program gives PR students and recent grads real, hands-on industry experience as members of a talented, collaborative team focused on solutions that help to engage audiences and solve challenges. We work hard to deliver meaningful results for clients, and also take the time to celebrate the wins together.
Our team integrates interns into all day-to-day client activities throughout the four-month internship period, across all of our practice areas. Many of ChangeMakers’ current employees began their careers here as interns and have successfully grown into increasingly senior positions within the firm.
Duties and assignments:
- Assisting in serving clients in a variety of industries
- Media and influencer relations activities, including list development, outreach and coordinating opportunities
- Monitoring and tracking media and influencer coverage
- Writing and editing media materials, social content, newsletter articles, pitches and other materials as needed
- Preparing results reports and status updates for clients
- Participating in strategy sessions, team meetings, creative brainstorms and media training
- Supporting with planning, logistics and attendance of client events
- Conducting research for existing client projects and new business opportunities
- Other minimal administrative duties as assigned
Skills/knowledge required:
- Strong writing
- Media relations
- Influencer marketing
- Research
- Social media
- Content creation
- Event management
- Creative thinking and problem solving
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects
- Team spirit and a great attitude
Other info:
Computer workstation: PC laptop, provided by ChangeMakers
Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
Duration: Four months (May 5, 2025 – August 29, 2025)
Applications are being accepted until February 12 for a May 5 start date. Interviews will take place in late February/early March, and successful candidates will be notified by mid-March. ChangeMakers’ interns are paid $688 per week. Interns will be onboarded for a flexible in-office/WFH hybrid schedule.
We are ChangeMakers
Change Makers is an independent owner, operator and builder of the foremost partner-led marketing, communications, and engagement agencies. Made up of Change Makers: Believeco, our full-service marketing agency, Argyle our public relations and advisory engagement agency and Castlemain, our Indigenous advisory firm. With over 300 people, across seven offices, in 6 provinces and 2 countries, our goal is to be one of North America’s largest and most acclaimed full-service agencies.
An equitable employer:
ChangeMakers is committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in all its forms, a commitment that enriches our company culture, the ideas that we generate, and the quality of service that we provide our clients. We encourage applications from Indigenous communities, racialized communities, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ people, and people from other historically marginalized communities.
ChangeMakers is committed to providing employment accommodation under the Human Rights Code and the Accessibility Disabilities Act provincially by providing employment accommodations. If you are a job applicant with a disability, ChangeMakers will make every effort to accommodate you throughout the recruitment process. Please inform us if you require any accommodation, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
At ChangeMakers we recognize that the best candidate may not meet all the criteria listed above. We encourage all those interested and with relevant experience to apply even if you don’t match the job posting perfectly. We welcome creative, out-of-the-box thinking, and lived-experience and we strive to provide an environment for best-in-class innovation that quickly and fulsomely meets our clients’ needs.