Virtual Internship: Administrative Services

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1 | 2 | 3) students or teams.Student Eligibility CriteriaPlease note that we can only recruit candidates who qualify for funding through the SWPP Partner ICTC. See below for eligibility requirements and refer to the website for further information (https://www.wil-ait.digital/en/ ):As a student (regardless of age), you are eligible for ICTC WIL Digital if you are:Registered full-time or part-time in a publicly funded Canadian post-secondary institution in Arts, Humanities, Social Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Business ProgramA  Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a protected person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActLegally entitled to work in Canada, including specific province legislation and regulationsWe are looking for an intern in administration who can support us in the following ways: communication and information exchange,document management,project management,event planning,online research,database creation and entries,data presentations,managing email,social media content creation and maintenance,scheduling,travel research,bookkeepingWe anticipate the following types of projects: Creating and or updating effective and efficient document filing systemsCreating and delivering software trainingCreating new employee on-boarding manualsMigrating and updating company files from old to new systemsMarket research and preparing findings and recommendations reportsPlanning and executing meetings and eventsManaging multiple calendars, schedules and meetingsCreating marketing materials for upcoming campaignsCreating and maintaining websites and social media sitesCreating and maintaining company intranetCreating and/or updating company internal and external formsOur goal at the end of this experience is: (goal)Other duties the student may complete could include: (other duties)We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: (list expected channels - eg. Riipen messaging, company slack, email)Student's primary contact: Arturo, Partner and Chief Strategic Officer

Virtual Internship Opportunity: Marketing

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1 | 2 | 3) marketing students or teams.Student Eligibility CriteriaPlease note that we can only recruit candidates who qualify for funding through the SWPP Partner ICTC. See below for eligibility requirements and refer to the website for further information (https://www.wil-ait.digital/en/ ):As a student (regardless of age), you are eligible for ICTC WIL Digital if you are:Registered full-time or part-time in a publicly funded Canadian post-secondary institution in Arts, Humanities, Social Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Business ProgramA  Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a protected person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActLegally entitled to work in Canada, including specific province legislation and regulationsInternship descriptionThe primary focus for the student will be: Copywriting and Marketing Communications - Recommend changes to advertising and PR materials; create an integrated marketing campaign; create a rebranding campaign. Write copy for our website, social media posts, and more. SEO Strategy & Recommendations - Develop and implement an SEO strategy; provide content suggestions and recommendations to increase search visibility; increase our inbound traffic and optimize the customer journey; increase inbound leads.Strategic Social Media Marketing - Conduct an audit of our current social media presence and/or other current communication channel(s); develop and implement strategies for improving our online presence and increasing engagement; create a content calendar; creating useable social media and blog posts.Market Research - Investigate our competitive landscape; perform market segmentation to identify the ideal target market for (new or existing product or service); conduct customer surveys or focus groups to gain insights into the perceptions and behaviours of our target customers; develop a pricing strategy; identify expansion opportunities; identify key messaging for (new product or service).Public Relations - Develop and implement a PR strategy; create collateral, including press releases, user testimonials, case studies, and customer stories.Prospecting Strategy - Evaluate our current customer base and make recommendations for further market penetration; assess our current outreach process and develop and implement targeted prospecting; review our prospect messaging, make improvement recommendations, and create new outreach content.Branding - Conduct a full competitive landscape assessment; define our organization's brand and core value proposition; identify opportunities and threats facing our brand; assess where and how to improve our brand's presence and differentiate from our competitors.Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)Assist with outbound email marketing campaigns as needed; measure and report on performance of these campaigns using tools such as (indicate tools used, eg. Hubspot, Google Sheets, Excel)Content development, including social posts, blog posts, LinkedIn articles, and website copy.We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern(s) using these communication tools: (list expected channels - eg. Riipen messaging, company slack, email)Primary contact: Arturo, Partner and Chief Strategic Officer

Virtual Internship Opportunity: Computer Science

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for (1 | 2 | 3) computer science students or teams.Student Eligibility CriteriaPlease note that we can only recruit candidates who qualify for funding through the SWPP Partner ICTC. See below for eligibility requirements and refer to the website for further information (https://www.wil-ait.digital/en/ ):As a student (regardless of age), you are eligible for ICTC WIL Digital if you are:Registered full-time or part-time in a publicly funded Canadian post-secondary institution in Arts, Humanities, Social Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or Business ProgramA  Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a protected person as defined by the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActLegally entitled to work in Canada, including specific province legislation and regulationsThe primary focus for the student will be: Website Development - Conducting a needs analysis to determine which platform is most suitable for our website; creating a design proposal including mock-ups, budget, and timeline; building a fully-functioning website for our organization.Application Development - Selecting the best technologies for creating the application or feature (i.e. a real-time chat function); creating a fully-functioning application.Software Architecture Development - Architecting the software of a new product; improving the architecture of an existing system; porting an architecture of one system into another.Software Evaluation (e.g. new CRM) - Conducting a needs analysis; researching available options; evaluating the options within the context of our organization's budget, immediate needs, and projected needs.Application Programming Interfaces - Redesigning an existing API to simplify it; changing API technologies; designing a new API; creating or updating public-facing documentation.Machine Learning Software Solution - Creating a recommendation engine; spotting trends in existing data; spotting anomalies in data sets. Real-Time Data Visualization - Creating a charting system with basic querying functionality; creating a dashboard to visualize key performance metrics of our organization or tool.Software Lifecycle Analysis - Improving our existing software development lifecycle methodologies; determining if we should use a waterfall approach or an agile approach; researching tools for continuous delivery or integration.Open Source Software Management - Researching potential open source tools for our organization’s use; contributing to open source projects through bug fixing or feature implementation.Database Analysis - Decreasing query execution time; Changing ORM code in hotspots to more efficient SQL.Other duties the student may complete could include: (indicate other duties as exemplified below)Software vendor research and evaluationAssisting with other process improvement projectsUnit and integration testingResponding to IT/Service Desk requestsWe will plan to communicate with our virtual intern using these communication tools: (list expected channels - eg. Riipen messaging, company slack, email)Student's primary contact: Arturo, Partner & Chief Strategic Officer