PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET:

Our team is looking for 2 students that want to help launch a new product in the NGO and consumer-giving space. Your work will directly help us reach remote communities in accordance with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

Grey-box is a graduate of District 3 Innovation Center - and won the award for best business model across all cohorts (a first for a social innovation startup!). We are a nonprofit structured under the principle of mobile-first and remote-first, using the agile sprint methodology. Diversity is not only encouraged, it is an integral part of the strength of the team and its projects; we have team members living all around the world.

HOW MANY STUDENT INTRAPRENEURS WILL THIS PROJECT ACCOMMODATE?/DE COMBIEN D’ÉTUDIANTS AVEZ-VOUS BESOIN POUR EXÉCUTER CE PROJET?

This project will accommodate 2 student intrapreneurs.

TIME COMMITMENT PER STUDENT/TEMPS DE TRAVAIL PAR ÉTUDIANT:

The time commitment per student is 70 hours in total, which averages to 10 hours/week when spread over 7 weeks.

KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET:

• Research and implement ways to align company operations and digital content with the UN SDG’s (ie. write a blog about SDG #4: Quality Education)
• Engage potential partners in conversations to write case studies and engaging digital content that showcases strategies used by our community to advance impact management and the SDGs
• Creation of impact assessment tracking tools and visualization
• Create an engaging fundraising strategy and develop webpage copy that connects our mission, our communication objectives and our work

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS:*

• You have experience with social media platforms (notably Instagram and Linkedin)
• You enjoy working on multiple projects at the same time
• You are fond of self-learning and autonomous work, (i.e. you are not afraid to use Google)

FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET:

• The ‘Nonprofit Guide to SDG Integration’, a visual report that Grey-box will utilize for future email marketing and newsletter campaigns
• Content for Grey-box inaugural newsletter

PROJECT MENTOR NAME/NOM DU MENTOR DU PROJET:

The project mentor for this project is Firuza Huseynova, Head of Digital Strategy (firuza.huseynova@grey-box.ca)

1 30-minute personal touch-point with Head of Digital Strategy (weekly)

1 30-minute team meeting with Head of Digital Strategy (weekly)

1 30-minute team meeting with CEO (weekly)

1 hour-long meeting with VFC partner (weekly)

1 hour-long Entire Marketing Team Sprint meeting (biweekly)

Any amount of networking calls (at the student's discretion)

Average of 3 hours of meeting time per week (4 hours during onboarding week)

7 hours for independent work per week