Virtual Internship Opportunity: Computer Science

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for 3 computer science students or teams. The primary focus for the student will be Website Development - The Interns may support the initial design or redesign (UI/UX) of the website using frameworks to develop wireframes/mockups, prior to developing a full design and functional specification. The intern may ensure the design specification of the website is in line with the rebranding of our organization and that it fulfills the requirements of the new website (responsive design and optimized for mobile, easily customizable with new content). The intern may add various front-end features that make the website more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing. This may improve the intern’s creativity and aesthetic eye while continuing their work in software development. Mobile Application Development - Once the website is fully developed, the interns will start developing the mobile application of the web application next. Our goal at the end of this experience is: Website Development - For the student(s) to complete a fully functioning website. Application Development - For the student(s) to create a fully functioning application. Other duties the student may complete could include : Software vendor research and evaluation Assisting with other process improvement projects Unit and integration testing We will plan to communicate through Slack and host a weekly meeting to stay up to date!

Using Anime For Mental Health Awareness: Website Development (Virtual)

Number of individual students required: 3 students We would like a new website for our organization. We aren’t sure which platform we would like for it to be built on, but we have an idea of what we would like it to do. We would like to work with students to develop a new website for us. Students should be prepared to: Conduct a needs analysis to determine which platform is most suitable. Create a design proposal including mock-ups, budget, and timeline. Build a fully-functioning website. Provide training on updating and maintaining the site.

Remote: Social Media/Community Engagement

Number of individual students required: 2 students Our team is looking for a social media marketing wizards who can help our organization with: Brand Awareness : Establish a presence and increase our reach on social. Traffic : Drive traffic to our website and blog posts. Revenue : Increase merch sales and donations. Engagement : Connect and engage with our audience. Public Relations : Build partnerships. The primary project requirements include: Build a strong sense of community via social media by engaging with users, creators, and brands on various platforms, actively answering questions and concerns posted on our social channels, engaging in dialogues with comments where appropriate. Social media requirements to increase the number of followers/likes and share Content Calendar Execution: Timely deployment of all our social media content to drive maximum traffic to our site Stay up-to-date with trending topics and viral hashtags. This is a great project for students to prove their digital marketing expertise to future employers, as the impact of their work on this project can be easily measured and communicated.

Virtual Internship - Mental Health Awareness: Brand Identity/Graphic Design

Having a professional brand identity can help amplify our efforts and assist us in accomplishing our goals. Using your students' creative visuals to carry out the message of hope and finding help for people struggling with mental health challenges, will help us reach them and provide them with the resources they need. Our organization is looking to rebrand and create a marketing strategy to help us reach more people and expand our mission! We are looking for teams that can help amplify what makes us unique and create better messaging for our brand. This would include identifying areas of improvement and developing a plan for better promotion and brand awareness. We believe this project will require: Research to define our unique brand position and create consistent promotional messaging Logo modification and Website redesign A branding guide ( Colors, Fonts, Shapes, Backgrounds) Merchandise design Marketing Strategy (Social Media, Newsletter, Content/Blogging) Case studies in our industry: http://www.arlansmith.com/case-study-crunchyroll https://blind.com/work/project/anime-expo-branding/

Using Anime For Mental Health Awareness - Virtual Internship: HR/Onboarding

Number of individual students required: 3 students We want to ensure that our new employees are blown away by our onboarding practices. We would like our onboarding process to uphold our company culture, accelerate the learning curve, and increase retention. PROJECT SCOPE Develop a standardized onboarding plan that achieves our goals. Help create Riipen project pages for the different positions (Marketing, Sales, Web Development). Aid in recruitment and selection activities including job analysis, posting positions, screening applicants, etc. Document the current state of our staff and/or volunteer recruitment process, from the time the resource need is identified to the time the position is filled. Create visualizations, i.e. Visio or data flow diagrams to help us identify strengths and pain points in our recruitment process. Assess our current process and make recommendations for improvements and efficiencies. Document and map a target state process that we can use to train our team on the new process. Participating in interviews. Assist in training & development initiatives including onboarding, new hire orientation and scheduling training. Update employer handbooks and policies. Research our existing onboarding practices to determine their effectiveness and opportunities for improvement. Research what onboarding components are most impactful for new employees.

Using Anime For Mental Health Awareness - Virtual Internship: Marketing

Our organization is able to offer a virtual internship opportunity for 3 marketing students or teams. The primary focus for the student will be: 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. Marketing Communications - Recommend changes to advertising and PR materials; create an integrated marketing campaign; create a rebranding campaign. 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 behaviors 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. 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. Our goal at the end of this experience is: (please indicate the goal for this placement, or deliverable you expect the student(s) to complete, as exemplified below) Branding and Marketing Communications - For the student(s) to help us improve our brand's presence and capture greater market share. Market Research - For the student(s) to help us gain a better understanding of our target market and ensure we are optimally positioned and our product and pricing aligns with our target sector/customer. Public Relations - For the student(s) to help us effectively communicate our brand's story and mission to a broad audience. Prospecting Strategy - For the student(s) to help us implement better prospecting that increases conversion rates and boost our sales team's performance. SEO Strategy & Recommendations - For the student(s) to help us generate more traffic and revenue through search engines. Strategic Social Media Marketing - For the student(s) to help us improve our online presence, reach more customers, and effectively promote our brand through compelling content. 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. , 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: Slack and zoom calls Primary contact : Ben, Founder