Workplace Accommodation Solutions for Magnify Access

The main goal for the project is to address specific challenges within W-PAS related to the assessment and recommendation of workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the improvement of W-PAS, enabling it to better serve its users and facilitate the accommodation process in the workplace. This will involve several different steps for the participants including: - Utilizing knowledge in cloud engineering, architecture, and administration, - Developing solutions that enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of W-PAS.

DevOps Developer

Magnify Access is on the lookout for enthusiastic DevOps Developer interns to contribute to our mission of crafting accessible and inclusive digital environments. Our venture currently focuses on creating innovative solutions to cater to the accommodation needs of individuals with disabilities in the workplace. As a Full Stack Developer intern, you will play a pivotal role in the architecture, development, testing, and deployment of our application, ensuring it mirrors our core values of accessibility and inclusivity. Throughout this internship, you will: Engage in the full development lifecycle of our solution, ensuring it meets the diverse needs of our users and adheres to accessibility standards. Collaborate on the maintenance, auditing, and enhancement of the system to uphold and surpass accessibility and functionality requirements. Document your code meticulously, facilitating a seamless transition and understanding for future developers who will build upon your work. Offer insights and propose recommendations for the application’s ongoing improvement and the exploration of new features Deliverables: This opportunity is designed to culminate in the creation of tangible, impactful code contributions as the deliverable that will significantly enhance the functionality and user experience of our application. You will work with our Devs to: -Design a DevOps strategy -Implement DevOps development processes -Implement continuous integration.

Data Science Project

As a Data Scientist with proven AI/ML experience, you will play a pivotal role in integrating ML solutions into our platform to create a more accessible and inclusive workplace for employees with disabilities. You will suggest new and novel approaches to develop solutions. You thrive on building and fine-tuning Natural Language Processing (NLP) models delving deep into data analysis, visualizing findings, and effectively communicating insights to the cross-functional team.

Developing Marketing Strategies for Magnify Access

The goal of this project is to develop marketing strategies for Magnify Access, a company that develops solutions to increase accessibility for people with disabilities. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: - Conducting competitive research and developing customer personas - Conducting market research to determine the Total Addressable Market size, Serviceable Available Market, and Serviceable Obtainable Market. - Developing a Statement & Situation Analysis, Research Analysis, Strategic Alternatives and Recommendations, Implementation Plan, and a Final Presentation and Report..

Sales Strategist

Magnify Access is seeking a motivated and driven Sales Intern to join our team and help sell our innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) product for employees with disabilities. As a Sales Intern, you will be responsible for developing sales strategies and resources, as well as generating leads.You will also be responsible for building relationships with clients, and helping to grow our customer base. This is a great opportunity for a post-secondary student looking to gain real-world experience in sales and marketing, while making a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities. If you are looking to expand your sales experience portfolio, we want to hear from you! Along with your resume please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide links to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role. This project will result in the intern creating our sales strategies to identify target customers for our business.

Graphic Artist and Illustration Animator

We are looking for a creative Graphic Artist and Illustration Animator to support the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to create animated graphics for Magnify Access. If you are looking to expand your graphic artistry and design portfolio we want to hear from you. This internship should result in the development of animation elements that can be used on our website or video content to market and promote our products and services. Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide a website to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role.

UI/UX Designer

We are looking for a UI/UX Designer who will work with our team to implement design decisions for digital experiences that support users with disabilities and our clients. The designer will understand our users’ motivations and needs, leveraging design research, accessibility, and usability principles as well as your intuitive design sense in a holistic way. If you are looking to expand your UI/UX portfolio, we want to hear from you. Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide links to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role.

Social Media Creator

We are looking for a creative Social Media Intern to support the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to market our services for Magnify Access. If you are looking to expand your social media skills, we want to hear from you! Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide a website to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role. The intern will assist the marketing coordinator in activities to identify, conceptualize, design and execute campaigns to boost engagement, educate and inform our audience about services and our company. The Social Media Intern will help create content calendars, develop and distribute text and video-based content, monitor social media channels and support promotional and marketing efforts.

Digital Document Accessibility Remediation Project

The main goal for the project is to enhance digital accessibility for individuals with disabilities by remediating existing digital documents to meet and exceed Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and ensure they are accessible to all users. This initiative will involve assessing a range of company documents, identifying accessibility barriers, and implementing necessary modifications to achieve compliance. This will involve several different steps for the students including: - Evaluating a selected set of digital documents to identify current accessibility shortcomings. - Using automated tools and manual testing to assess compliance with WCAG standards. - Applying appropriate remediation techniques to address identified accessibility issues in documents, such as adding alt text for images, ensuring proper heading structures, and enhancing color contrast. - Modifying documents to include accessible features that support screen readers and other assistive technologies. - Performing a series of validation tests to ensure all modifications meet the required accessibility standards. - Creating a set of best practices and guidelines based on the remediation process that can be used for future document creation and modification within the company. - Training relevant staff on these guidelines to sustain document accessibility standards going forward.

Data Scientist Developer

We are looking for a Data Scientist Developer to explore and expand on the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to analyze and build our AI solution for our services at Magnify Access. As a Data Scientist with proven AI/ML experience, you will play a pivotal role in integrating ML solutions into our platform to create a more accessible and inclusive workplace for employees with disabilities. You will suggest new and novel approaches to develop solutions. You thrive on building and fine-tuning Natural Language Processing (NLP) models, delving deep into data analysis, visualizing findings, and effectively communicating insights to the cross-functional team. We want to hear from you if you want to expand your Data Science portfolio! Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide links to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role.

Website Development for Magnify Access

We hope to update and revamp our existing website to attract more customers. We would like to work with students to develop our website that is easy to maintain while providing an appealing interface for users and is accessible. This can be achieved through common site building with Webflow. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Researching different site-building tools and their associated advantages, disadvantages. Conducting a needs analysis to determine which platform is most suitable. Building a website, with our assistance in providing the content. Ensuring the website is accessible Providing training on updating and maintaining the website. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Testing prototypes with customers and refining ideas with feedback.

Graphic Designer II

We are looking for a creative Graphic Designer to support the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to create a Brand Style Guide for Magnify Access. If you are looking to expand your graphic design portfolio, we want to hear from you! Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide a website to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role.

Marketing Intern Project Lead Explore

We are looking for a creative Marketing Project Lead to explore and expand on the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to identify target customers and demand for our services and products at Magnify Access. You will be responsible for leading a group of University Interns with marketing for our company. You will utilize social media, design, and copy, to attract clients. In addition, you will be assisting with the creation of marketing materials, including email campaigns, social media posts, and blog content. You will also analyze and report on the performance of marketing campaigns and provide recommendations for improvement. If you are looking to expand your marketing portfolio, we want to hear from you! Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide links to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role.

Accommodation Researcher

We are looking for a researcher who will work with our team to identify accommodations available for workers with disabilities. The intern will investigate the myriad of accommodations which support workers with disabilities and develop a list which covers all relevant workplace accommodations. If you are looking to expand your research portfolio, we want to hear from you!

Social Justice Assessment

We are looking for a Social Justice Assessor who will work with our team to advance equity and justice within our organization. The intern will have the opportunity to assess our company which covers our website, products, and services, as well as work on initiatives to create positive change for Magnify Access. Our intention is to ensure our company stands against the following social justice issues: Racism and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and other identity factors Income inequality and lack of access to economic opportunity Inadequate access to education, healthcare, and other necessities The disproportionate impact of environmental harm on marginalized communities Gender inequality and discrimination against women and non-binary individuals Discrimination and mistreatment of people with disabilities. The end result of your internship would be to produce clear guidelines/direction on how to ensure our company has addressed issues related to social justice internally and externally, captured in a document the company can use to remediate these issues.

Marketing & Social Media Strategy

We are looking for a creative Marketing Intern to support the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to identify target customers and demand for our products at Magnify Access. You will be responsible for implementing the expectations of a marketing course, which we will provide, utilizing social media to verify and validate our assumptions using data. In addition, you will be assisting with the creation of marketing materials, including email campaigns, social media posts, and blog content. You will also be assisted with analyzing and reporting on the performance of marketing campaigns and providing recommendations for improvement. If you are looking to expand your marketing portfolio, we want to hear from you. Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide links to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role. This internship should result in the development of marketing elements that can be used on our website or promotional content to market our products and services. The intern will provide these on a Google sheet outlining what they suggest.

Graphic Designer

We are looking for a creative Graphic Designer to support the work of our team and who can utilize their skills to create a Brand Style Guide for Magnify Access. If you are looking to expand your graphic design portfolio, we want to hear from you! Along with your resume, please submit a portfolio of previous work and/or provide a website to showcase your best work on why you’d be perfect for this role. This internship will result in the development of graphic elements that can be used on our website or video content to market and promote our products and services.

Full Stack Developer

Magnify Access is looking for Full Stack Software Developers to join our team, supporting us with our goal of building accessible and inclusive experiences for our customers. Our current project involves developing a solution to support the accommodation needs of people with disabilities in the workplace. Our Full Stack Software Developers will be involved in the design, development, testing, and deployment of our application. With accessibility at the core of our business model, we strive for our applications to reflect an inclusive experience for all users. We will co-create, maintain, audit and improve the system to meet accessibility and functionality needs. This role also covers documenting code to ensure clarity exists for subsequent developers. When required the Developer will make recommendations for future developments and expansion of the application. This role will require the Developer to communicate effectively and translate needs into system developments. This internship should result in the development of code elements that can be used on our application to improve its functionality.