Digital Content Creation
Code Melanin is building a vibrant online presence to engage and connect Black healthcare professionals across Canada. To support this goal, we are recruiting interns to take on the role of Content Creator or Digital Media Assistant to develop high-quality digital content and manage our social media channels. We would like to work with students to create engaging and informative content that aligns with Code Melanin’s mission, enhances brand visibility, and fosters an active online community. This project will involve several key steps, including: Writing compelling and informative blog posts related to healthcare, career development, and wellness for Black professionals. Producing multimedia content such as videos, graphics, and reels to enhance social media engagement. Managing social media accounts by creating content calendars, scheduling posts, and interacting with the community. Designing marketing materials such as promotional graphics, event flyers, and digital ads to support outreach efforts. Bonus steps may include: Conducting audience engagement analysis and optimizing content based on performance metrics. Developing strategies to grow Code Melanin’s online presence and increase follower engagement. By the end of this project, interns will gain hands-on experience in digital content creation, social media strategy, and brand marketing , helping to expand Code Melanin’s digital reach.
Mobile App Development and Prototype
Code Melanin is a community-driven platform designed to connect Black healthcare professionals across Canada through social networking, career advancement opportunities, and wellness-focused events. We are developing a mobile-optimized web app to enhance engagement, accessibility, and user experience. We would like to work with students to develop both a Figma prototype and a mobile-optimized web app that reflects our branding, community-building objectives, and user needs. This project will involve several key steps, including: Researching and recommending web hosting platforms based on the app’s goals, scalability, and ease of maintenance. Conducting a needs analysis to determine key features and design elements based on customer data and user experience best practices. Designing a user-friendly and visually appealing Figma prototype that aligns with Code Melanin’s branding and community-focused mission. Developing a mobile-optimized web app that ensures smooth navigation, functionality, and responsiveness across devices. Bonus steps may include: Testing prototypes with potential users and refining the design based on feedback. Providing recommendations for future improvements or additional features. By the end of this project, we expect to have a functional Figma prototype and a mobile-optimized web app that can serve as the foundation for Code Melanin’s digital presence.
Mobile App Development and Prototype
Code Melanin is a community-driven platform designed to connect Black healthcare professionals across Canada through social networking, career advancement opportunities, and wellness-focused events. We are developing a mobile-optimized web app to enhance engagement, accessibility, and user experience. We would like to work with students to develop both a Figma prototype and a mobile-optimized web app that reflects our branding, community-building objectives, and user needs. This project will involve several key steps, including: Researching and recommending web hosting platforms based on the app’s goals, scalability, and ease of maintenance. Conducting a needs analysis to determine key features and design elements based on customer data and user experience best practices. Designing a user-friendly and visually appealing Figma prototype that aligns with Code Melanin’s branding and community-focused mission. Developing a mobile-optimized web app that ensures smooth navigation, functionality, and responsiveness across devices. Bonus steps may include: Testing prototypes with potential users and refining the design based on feedback. Providing recommendations for future improvements or additional features. By the end of this project, we expect to have a functional Figma prototype and a mobile-optimized web app that can serve as the foundation for Code Melanin’s digital presence.
Launch Event Planning
Our company is launching a new venture that we are excited to introduce at a lunch event in May 2025! We would like to collaborate with students to plan an interactive event to engage our customers and showcase our products/services. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our company, mission, values and goals. Estimating and establishing the budget of the launch event. Reaching out to vendors, obtaining quotes and connecting with strategic partners Creating a plan of action and a detailed breakdown of tasks for volunteers to complete at the event. Assisting in marketing and promoting our event. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Recommending improvements for future events.
Online Training Course Design
RennelCo is a Toronto-based consulting company dedicated to empowering healthcare and community organizations through innovative solutions. This project aims to develop an online course that equips Canadian high school students with the skills to build a professional LinkedIn profile and leverage the platform for career advancement. We would like to work with students to create engaging, relatable content while offering valuable experiential learning opportunities in educational design and digital media production. Tasks include: Conduct research on LinkedIn best practices and draft engaging course scripts tailored for high school students. Create visually appealing slides, graphics, animations, and edit video content for the course. Test the course with a focus group of students, gather feedback, and refine content based on their input. Develop sample LinkedIn profiles to demonstrate effective setups for various career interests. Assist in creating promotional materials and a plan to connect with high schools and student organizations.
Student Success Online Program Design
Our organization is seeking to develop an interactive online program to help students succeed academically and professionally. We want to create a self-paced program with a number of topics ranging from resume creation to scholarship application writing. We would like to work with students to determine what features and format our target audience would find useful in an online course. Based on this information, students can then recommend what information would be most valuable. Tasks include: Gathering relevant information based on our course outline Researching additional relevant topics to be included in the course Design a user-friendly and interactive course that will be hosted on our website Design and creation of a mobile app to access program
Website Page Creation
Our company is in the process of revamping our services and preparing for an upcoming rebrand. Our current website requires updating to include new services and resources. We would like to collaborate with students to create new pages that help users navigate the site and find up-to-date information. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Identifying and researching useful web pages that can be included on our website. Creating new pages for the website, with our assistance in providing the content. Reviewing and updating old web pages to ensure consistency of information. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Recommending potential upgrades or features that can be included in the website
Where Health Meets Business through Digital Content Creation
Our company provides services for patients, nurses, young professionals and organizations looking to impact change on a personal and professional level. We hope to develop a social media and marketing strategy to reach our target audience. We would like students to help us create content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our company’s services, marketing goals and target market. Researching factors affecting the quality of digital content. Recommending changes to existing digital content and designing new social media posts and emails. Recommending and designing new digital content not already used by our company. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Testing and improving designs based on feedback.
Business Administration
The primary focus for the student will be: (Remove any that don't apply) Strategy - Develop an implementation plan for entering a new market; develop a go-to-market strategy for a new service launch; identify new funding and grant opportunities, write proposals. Operations - Recommend process improvements or redesign processes; introduce quality assurance into our internal processes. Marketing - Complete a full customer, competitor, market, and environmental analysis; complete a marketing strategy review; design a new marketing strategy (product, place, price, and promotion); Sales - Design a new/improved prospecting process for our services; design a new/improved pricing or service structure based on market research.