Brand Communications Co-Op Student

Department: Brand Marketing - Communications Reports to: Brand Communications Manager – NAM Location: North Vancouver, BC - This role is primarily based out of our North Vancouver office, and is open to hybrid remote work Work Arrangement: Flexible, between in-office and home Pay Range: $44,700-55,100 annualized; pay is dependent on year of study and related experience   Duration: Four (4) months, May 4, 2026 – August 21, 2026 Hours Per Week: 40 hours per week, M-F Your Co-Op Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:   As the Brand Communications Co-Op Student, you support Arc’teryx’s North America Brand Communications team with day-to-day tasks in all aspects of external communications, public relations and media management at events. You provide exceptional written and communication skills to support the department in internal and external facing communications.     This role sits in the Brand Communications team and partners directly with the broader Brand team and across the enterprise, including Commercial, Product Marketing, Design, Merchandising, Athletes, Ambassadors, and insights teams to identify new and creative ways to share our most impactful brand stories with our guest.     You are a creative thinker who is committed to storytelling, product and brand experiences, always thinking about how we can share who we are as a brand with our guests and take a human first approach with media relationships and creating new connections and how to create a truly unique and connective experience through content and communications.   In this role you will learn and/or use the following technology:   - Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)  - Coveragebook  - Figma and SAP S4Hana  Meet Your Future Team: Circularity is at the heart of Arc’teryx’s sustainability vision. Through a program that we call ReBIRD, we service, care for, and give our gear multiple lives, so performance stays at its peak beyond a single adventure, season or individual. Under the ReBIRD umbrella, we offer TRADE-IN, RESALE, WASH, REPAIR, and RENT as core services. By joining the ReBIRD team, you’ll be part of an innovative space where technology, sustainability, and retail strategy intersect. You’ll work on programs that redefine how customers shop and how brands think about product lifecycle. This is your chance to make a real impact, driving change, shaping the future of fashion, and building solutions that matter. If you’re passionate about circularity, innovation, and creating meaningful customer experiences, this is the team for you. If you were a Brand Communications Co-Op Student now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

Working with our Brand Communication Specialist to support with product requests and pitching

Supporting media inquiries and agency partners with timely, accurate, information

Assisting with the creation of seasonal product press kits

Assisting with the media inbox

Support in updating and managing media monitoring systems to generate regular reports for internal stakeholders

Drafting compelling narratives and press materials

Assisting with the development of communications materials

Providing logistics support for media events

Other communications tasks as assigned

Supporting with seasonal PR sample orders

Maintaining PR folders with product images and lookbooks for each season

Here are some of the things you will learn by the end of your Co-Op placement:

You will have a strong understanding of how to work cross-functionally with a centralized communication team

You will have expanded your writing portfolio through the development of communications materials such as product lookbooks, press releases, product pitchnotes and media backgrounders

You will be an expert in product seeding

You will have experience coordinating media event planning and activation 

Are you our next Brand Communications Co-Op Student?

You are in your 3rd or 4th year of an undergraduate studies in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field

You love creative writing

You are collaborative and great at working cross-functionally

You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions 

You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity 

You love to be in the mountains

You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration 

You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement 

You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right 

Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it