Positions Available: 1 Student

We are looking to work with a creative and ambitious student who is fluently bilingual with excellent French language writing skills and at least reasonable English language skills to manage a project that extends our services to French speaking Canadians. Our goal is to serve all Canadians from coast to coast with products that enhance their lives at reasonable prices.

Project Scope

1) Research - Gain familiarity with the context (company goals, competitive landscape, industry trends).

2) Assessment – Assess Shopify Apps for automated language translation, including, but not limited to, leading contenders like https://apps.shopify.com/content-translationand https://apps.shopify.com/translate-my-store. Recommend which translator to use and implement it in a test store to do quality assurance testing of a sample of translations. Identify and document residual gaps/weaknesses for business risk/impact assessment.

3) Implementation – Subject to satisfactory QA results in test, implement the automated translation software in the store and oversee the automated translation of all products. Most work will be completed automatically, requiring a final sampling of results to ensure QA is maintained.

4) Bonus - Social Media – Time permitting, implement a French instance of Facebook and Instagram to be maintained on an ongoing basis by the company.

Our website platform is Shopify and we will give you access to the website and other organizational assets to support this project. Work can be completed remotely and online brainstorming and update meetings can be done via Microsoft Teams and other preferred platforms. Timely access and response to questions will be provided, including by text, or on-line communication tools and online meetings.

1) Introductory Meeting - Candidates will be provide with additional background material and engage in an introductory on-line, two-way discussion about WERRV goals, project priorities and opportunities. Candidates are encouraged to ask questions and pitch ideas to maximize their results.

2) Chat/On-line Meetings- Students can ask questions, pitch ideas, request feedback and communicate anything required via chat, screen sharing, on-line, etc. as frequently as required to maintain momentum and maximize results. Timely responses will be provided - generally within minutes or hours and rarely more than 24 hours.

4) Project Milestone Updates- Project update summaries against milestones can be provided by e-mail on a periodic (weekly, or as deemed mutually appropriate given the timelines and feedback will be provided as required.