Virtual Internship Opportunity: Research and Customer Discovery
Project scope
Categories
Communications Market research Product or service launch Copy writingSkills
information gathering smart glasses visual impairment education project implementation value propositions research demography4 individual positions are available
Phase 1: Training Phase (about 10 hours)
Students will be provided with all the background information and training in terms of the project outline and deliverables over the course of their time with us. Areas focused aligns with our project and will focus on research gathering and connecting students with relevant contacts for support
Phase 2: Project Execution Phase (about 70 hours)
- Research visual impairment demographics across North America for different levels of visual impairment
- Write and distribute surveys amongst people with vision loss to gather information on the problems they face and look to discover the opportunities for Seleste
- Research and talk to industry experts about the barriers faced in creating smart glasses and Assistive technology to help us understand where we should focus our R&D
The final project deliverable is a written report with a breakdown of the market information generated from the surveys and interviews
The report should include:
A breakdown of information about our demographic includes identifying traits for example age, degree of vision loss and profession, along with details around behaviour like current solutions they use for assistance, the reason for not buying other smart glasses, concerns about buying wearable assistive technology, etc.
Recommendations for features Seleste can add to increase the value proposition.
Onboarding calls with the students to explain the scope of the project and set milestones. There will be weekly check-ins to make sure that the students do not have any questions or concerns. Additional support will be provided on an ad-hoc basis as I am happy to meet if need be. The student will also be able to talk to the other interns for help or advice. The student can also connect to our advisors one of whom is a business advisor who can help make the recommendations and guide the student when doing research. There will also be regular updates that will be provided by the students in terms of their progress.
We will plan to communicate with our virtual intern(s) using phone calls, email and through the company slack
About the company
Seleste is a new wearable tech startup in Vancouver creating smart glasses for the blind/visually-impaired. We truly believe smart glasses are the future of personal computing and want to use technology to make a positive impact and help an often overlooked group of people. The glasses have a camera so that visually impaired people can video call a friend and ask for help. They can also use computer vision for Reading Text, Object Recognition, and more. You will work directly at the forefront of the new wave of wearable technology while helping to change the lives of the 217 million visually impaired people worldwide.