Updated on May 31st, 2023

For Immediate Release:

LONDON, ON – January 21, 2021 — After a year that pushed eCommerce and digital marketing to the forefront for businesses around the world, digital marketing skills for new graduates are in high demand. For many students, digital marketing skills give them a head start in a particularly challenging job market.

This month, Fanshawe College is launching the Northern Digital Marketing Challenge, an experiential learning competition open to students in the Business Administration Marketing, Marketing Management, and Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Digital Marketing) programs for its second year.

Co-funded by Fanshawe College and Northern Commerce, the challenge will provide students with experience working with advertising tools that businesses need to build their brand and drive sales performance—gaining confidence and hands-on skills along the way.

Students will be given the opportunity to learn directly from the team at Northern Commerce, an industry leader and one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. “Experiential learning is critical in digital marketing. With the mentorship of our team, students will gain valuable experience working with digital marketing platforms such as Google and Facebook that focus on learning and improving students' digital marketing skills,” said Corey Dubeau, VP of Marketing at Northern Commerce.

Participating teams will plan, implement, and manage live marketing campaigns using Google and Facebook for 16 local businesses over a two-month period and will be led by Liz Gray, a faculty member of the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business. “For local small businesses struggling due to the pandemic, the students’ help will be extremely valuable,” said Liz Gray, Instructor at Fanshawe College. “This program allows students to gain experience with digital marketing for real-life local clients prior to graduation.” This year, the program will be delivered completely online.

At the end of the two-month challenge, teams will present their campaigns and results to a panel of judges from Northern Commerce, where a grand prize winner will be selected.

Contact

Nicole Potter
Marketing Manager, Northern Commerce
1.866.930.4608
@email

Megan Zinn
Corporate Communications Officer, Fanshawe College
@email

About Northern Commerce

Headquartered in London, Ontario, Northern Commerce is a full-service digital experience agency. Northern unites creativity, technology, and performance marketing to create immersive digital experiences for leading brands in their pursuit of digital transformation.

For more information on Northern Commerce, please visit www.northern.co

About Fanshawe College

Fanshawe College is one of Ontario’s largest colleges, serving students with a promise to educate, engage, empower and excite. For more than 50 years, Fanshawe has been helping people unlock their potential and achieve success. The College opens up a world of possibilities by offering more than 200 degrees, diplomas, certificates and apprenticeship programs to students from more than 100 countries each year. Currently, Fanshawe will launch eight programs next year including: Animation; Aircraft Structural Repair (international only); Cannabis Applied Science; Commercial Flight and Aviation Leadership; Professional Butchery Techniques; Sport and Event Marketing; Technical Systems Analysis (international only); and 911 and Public Safety Communications.