Marketing Tools & Apps

Practical platforms that help you design, plan, analyze, and execute marketing projects—whether you're building a brand, managing social media, or improving productivity.

Canva

Meta Business Suite

CapCut

CapCut is an easy, beginner‑friendly video editing tool that lets you create polished clips for social media, presentations, and personal projects using simple drag‑and‑drop features. It offers free templates, effects, audio tools, and quick editing options, making it a fast, accessible way for students to produce high‑quality content, enhance class assignments, and build a creative portfolio without needing advanced editing skills.

Canva is a simple, beginner‑friendly design tool that lets you create polished graphics, presentations, resumes, and social content using drag‑and‑drop templates. It offers both free and paid features, including photos, fonts, and collaboration tools, making it a quick, accessible way for students to produce professional work and build their personal brand.

Meta Business Suite is an easy management tool that lets you create, schedule, and track Facebook and Instagram content in one place. It includes analytics, messaging, post planning, and basic ad tools, making it simple to stay organized and consistent online. Students find it helpful for running club pages, managing small business accounts, and gaining real digital marketing experience they can showcase on LinkedIn.

Affinity by Canva

Lightroom

Buffer

Buffer is a simple social media management tool that helps you plan, schedule, and publish posts across multiple platforms from one dashboard. It offers queue scheduling, basic analytics, team collaboration, and tools for optimizing posting times, making it easy to stay consistent without constant manual posting. Students find it useful for managing club accounts, building a personal brand, running small business pages, and gaining hands‑on experience with real social media workflows they can showcase on LinkedIn.

Affinity by Canva is a professional‑grade design and editing suite that offers powerful tools for photo editing, vector illustration, and layout design. It’s built for precision and speed, making it great for creating high‑quality graphics, branding materials, and detailed creative projects. Students find it useful because it provides advanced capabilities at a student‑friendly price, supports portfolio building, and helps develop real design skills that stand out in creative and marketing roles.

Lightroom is a powerful yet beginner‑friendly photo editing tool designed for enhancing images with clean, professional results. It offers intuitive sliders, presets, colour correction, and organization features that make editing fast and consistent across devices. Students find it especially useful for improving photos for projects, social media, portfolios, and creative work, while also learning real editing skills that translate well into marketing, content creation, and visual storytelling.

Online Courses & Certificates

A curated mix of learning platforms offering short courses, micro‑credentials, and professional certificates you can add to LinkedIn or use to strengthen your resume.

Coursera

Udemy

Hubspot Academy

HubSpot Academy is a free online learning platform that offers short courses and certifications in marketing, sales, social media, and CRM tools. It focuses on practical, industry‑relevant skills with beginner‑friendly lessons and recognized credentials you can add to LinkedIn. Students find it useful because the certificates are well‑regarded, the content is easy to follow, and it helps build real digital marketing experience that stands out in job applications and portfolio work.

Coursera is a popular online learning platform that offers courses, certificates, and full programs from universities and industry leaders. It provides flexible, self‑paced learning in areas like business, marketing, data, and tech, with both free and paid options depending on the course. Students find it valuable because the credentials are widely recognized, easy to add to LinkedIn, and help build practical skills that strengthen resumes and open doors to new career paths.

Udemy is a flexible online learning platform offering thousands of courses across business, marketing, tech, design, and personal development, all taught by industry practitioners. Most courses are affordable, self‑paced, and come with lifetime access, making it easy to learn new skills on your own schedule. Students find it useful because it offers practical, job‑ready content, frequent discounts, and certificates they can add to LinkedIn and their resume.

Volunteer/ Job Opportunities

Meaningful ways to gain experience, contribute to your community, and build your portfolio while supporting causes you care about.

Social Media Coordinator

Role Overview:

• Support the Antigonish Dolly Parton Imagination Library's mission to promote early childhood literacy

• Manage & automate the organization's social media presence

• Ideal for StFX students interested in marketing, communications, or community impact

Time Commitment:

• 2-3h per week

• Flexible schedule

• Remote work

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & schedule posts using Canva & Meta Business Suite

• Create interactive content

• ...

What You'll Gain:

• Hands-on experience in digital marketing & nonprofit communication

• Letter of recommendation upon successful completion

• Branding guidelines, templates & tutorials

• Direct impact on children's literacy

Funding/ Scholarships/ Competitions

Grants, awards, and financial support programs for students, emerging professionals, and anyone looking to invest in their education or projects.

SMU Marketing Case Competition

StFX Call for Artist Submissions

Wallace Internship

The Wallace Family Internship offers StFX students up to $8,000 (or $13,000 for teams) to spend 12 weeks in the summer developing an entrepreneurial idea with mentorship, coaching, and support from the Innovation and Enterprise Centre’s DiscoverBox. It’s a self‑directed program designed to help students turn early‑stage ventures or prototypes into viable projects through guided learning and hands‑on exploration.

The Sustainable Atlantic Marketing Case Competition at Saint Mary’s University challenges students to develop a creative, sustainability‑focused marketing solution for a real local organization. Participants research the issue, build a strategic recommendation, and present to industry judges, gaining hands‑on experience, networking opportunities, and the chance to compete for $3,000 in prizes.

The StFX Art Gallery’s 50/50 Call for Artist Submissions invites artists from Antigonish, Pictou, and Guysborough Counties to submit recent, original work for a special juried exhibition celebrating the gallery’s 50th anniversary. The show will feature 50 artworks by 50 local artists, running from Jul 9 - Sept 19, 2026, and focuses on the themes of chance and convergence. Selected artists receive a professional exhibition opportunity, documentation, and a $350 artist fee.

More coming soon...

Community/ Networking/ Events

Spaces, events, and platforms where you can connect with peers, mentors, and industry professionals to grow your network.

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