Communication protocol and testing for mobile App

We are an early-stage startup focused on the development of novel wearable devices for decorative/cosmetic purposes. We are currently developing our prototype and want to expedite the R&D phase starting in January 2023. Our goal is to finalize the code so we can connect it to the hardware. This project focuses on finalizing the React Native code using the NFC library. We would like students to focus on: User testing of the wireframes of our mobile app Finalizing the code on React Native and testing the pairing with our hardware A few areas of specific interest for us include: The source code for the system, preferably in a source control system such as Git. A final presentation explaining what you built, what worked well, and what you would change. *** An NDA and a waiver will be required from the students undertaking this project.

Level UP - UI/UX Website Design for Cosmetics and Tech

Number of positions available: 4 individual students. We are an early-stage startup focused on developing wearable technologies for beauty. Our first product is internally referred to as ePolish. ePolish are artificial nails that can instantly change colour from a mobile app by bringing the ePolish into proximity to the phone. Our team is entirely comprised of technical founders who are currently focused on finishing the prototype. We want designers to help us build our website interface to attract both customers and investors. So far, we have secondary research showing that women aged between 18-24 will be our target market. We want to position ePolish as a luxury product in fashion and technology. The overall goal of this project is to have an interdisciplinary team that can be customer-focused and collaborate to ensure our website is appealing, intuitive, and enjoyable. UI goals: Create UI for the website. Upload designs to Readymag for publishing. Ensure UI fits our branding. UX goals: Design personas based on user research. Ideate the customer experience and customer interaction with our website. Give a presentation and a written report of these findings at the end of the internship.

LevelUp: Graphic Design

To increase our brand awareness and to ensure we're meeting our corporate identity guidelines, we're looking to work with a student with a great understanding of graphic design. To complete this project, we’re looking for a creative student who can work with different types of design across different projects.

Acrylic Robotics Website Design

Our main objective is to develop a new website design for Acrylic Robotics, focusing on the UI/UX. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: - Researching our current website design and understanding our brand identity. - Creating a new website design that is modern and visually appealing. - Developing a user interface that is intuitive and easy to navigate. - Optimizing the website design for mobile devices. - Testing the website design and making improvements based on user feedback.

Creating Graphic Design Assets for a Career Accelerator

Number of individual students required: 1 Students at Accelerate Her Future will be provided with an opportunity to graphically design career development resource guides aligned with our branding guidelines. This engagement will give the intern an opportunity to work with a dynamic team within a collaborative environment. We are a young startup and as a career accelerator for Indigenous, Black and racialized women we care deeply about mentorship. We will help our students succeed as much as we want them to help us enhance our visual identity. We are looking for a student who has creative vision, tenacity, drive, and sees possibilities in all things and who thrives at working independently and within a team environment. This project involves: Graphically designing a number of career development resources in line with our branding guidelines. Meeting with the Operations & UX Lead to evaluate the choices made for graphics design to ensure it is aligned with company branding goals, and making any necessary revisions. Designing and presenting thumbnails for design assets based on the branding guide to be included in a proposal and presented to the project manager. Executing the full designs for each branding asset using Canva and Figma, based on the approved thumbnails. Who are we looking for? Ideally you have lived experience and ‘insider knowledge’ of the communities we serve at the core of our mission. You are inspired by our mission and like working within a collaborative environment. You value patience, respect, generosity, and good humour in your working relationships. Having an emerging understanding of intersectionality and gender and racial equity principles will be an asset.

Graphic Design

Chasepixel has crafted and designed numerous websites, reports, slide decks, illustrations, and infographics. Currently, we are eager to highlight specific projects on our social media platforms and website. This project will involve: Transforming projects (websites, reports, etc.) into visually captivating social media assets. Displaying before-and-after snapshots of websites whenever applicable. Developing templates for the purpose of featuring upcoming projects.

SEO, Marketing, and Social Media Strategy

I am looking to take our website and social media presence to the next level in order to drive traffic to our pages and enhance our marketing outreach via newsletters. To do this, we want to improve the google status of our website, search engine optimization, and our marketing strategy via newsletters. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Researching keywords to determine the most relevant terms that our customers search for. Researching Search Engine Optimization requirements for us to rank on the first search items of Google. Constructing a content calendar for sending out newsletters, to upload blogs, social media content for the maximum possible traffic. Finding potential clients and setting up email templates to reach out to them to get approval to send them newsletters. Making use of MailChimp or a similar app to send out newsletters to potential clients. Assisting in creating social media and blog content using the most efficient keywords for our target audience while following a content calendar. Using our company’s website and social media analytics to adjust the SEO, newsletter and social media content and content calendar to our customers' needs, activity, rather than general trends.

Website Design

Number of individual students required: 1 Students at Accelerate Her Future will be provided with an opportunity to assist with phase 2 of our website design. This engagement will give the intern an opportunity to work with a dynamic team within a collaborative environment. We are a young startup and as a career accelerator for Indigenous, Black and racialized women we care deeply about mentorship. We will help our students succeed as much as we want them to help us enhance our visual identity. We are looking for a student who has creative vision, tenacity, drive, and sees possibilities in all things and who thrives at working independently and within a team environment. This project involves: Graphically design 2 toolkit downloadables for website Assist in finalizing Branding Guidelines Assist with Mailchimp tagging strategy and website form enhancement Set up automated welcome emails for newsletter an waitlist sign ups Assist with drip campaign strategy Assist with Shopify ecommerce SEO optimization and launch Assist with website SEO optimization Bonus deliverable Recommending enhancements for our website and shopify page set up Who are we looking for? Ideally you have lived experience and ‘insider knowledge’ of the communities we serve at the core of our mission. You are inspired by our mission and like working within a collaborative environment. You value patience, respect, generosity, and good humour in your working relationships. Having an emerging understanding of intersectionality and gender and racial equity principles will be an asset.

Website UI / UX Design & Prototype

Our company would like to design a prototype web app for consumesr. We are always on the ookout for innovative and fresh UI and UX ideas that will help our users. This will involve: Conducting background research on our existing web application for the product. We are happy to provide a walkthrough and other resources to help bring them up to speed. Learning and using various software design tools. We strongly recommend students learn how to use Figma as this is the latest and greatest tool currently available. Creation of a screen by screen UX / UI prototype of a web application which can be used on all major browsers and be mobile friendly Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this

Branding Guide Creation

The main goal for the project is to create a comprehensive branding guide for Acrylic Robotics that will establish the company's visual identity, tone, and messaging across all platforms and marketing materials. This guide will ensure consistency in the company's branding and help to build a strong and recognizable brand image in the art-tech and robotics industry.