Improved User Experience - Website

We are flexible on students working on their own or on a team Our team is looking to maximize our online presence by enhancing our website and improving the user experience. The right person/team who can help us drive more traffic, enhance the user experience, and improve navitgation. The primary project requirements include: Improve and enhance the user experience helping them to quickly access information needed while learning about our services to help us deduce administrative tasks resulting from difficulty finding information. Currently the user must work to find the information vs having it come to them. Steamline the process. Showcase our expertise and relevance in the Mental Health space Help us tell our story in a more visually appealing way. We are hoping to redesign the homepage to make it more engaging, sliders photos, alternate layout for our news, add a story.

Developer to help a NFP organization develop a better quality assurance system

Positions available: 1 team of 3-4 students Our organization (SFI) is seeking someone that can help us with our quality assurance, performance measurement and analytics work. Your work will involve simplifying the complex Excel spreadsheets and CSV files into a more robust system (in EXCEL) with dashboards and forms where all the data can be stored into one central location and supervisors can pull out reports easily and import data effortlessly. We also need to improve the visualization of that data for users as well as see the trends derived from that data to improve performance. We envision user-friendly forms, a dashboard for each staff and the ability to generate reports as needed. Modified excel sheets should have the capacity to import and export all data collected to allow for bulk inclusion of our existing data. Our organization has several reports which include benchmark data, quotas, and tracking. These reports currently link to multiple spreadsheets saved on the network. The SFI staff is currently using formulas, worksheets and tabs in Excel to generate a visual report of the data. To ensure the successful delivery of this project, we outline some key tasks (but not limited to) which selected students will perform: · Gain a better understanding of what SFI is as an organization and become familiar with the current technology/methodology used by the QA team · Participate in weekly meetings and provide updates on the development process · Work collaboratively with the Director of Quality Assurance and Training THE CANDIDATES You are a strong team player with an innovative spirit that would like to use your talents to help redesign the performance measurement tracking system. You are confident in your abilities, motivated to produce quality work, and are eager to spearhead and bring this project from concept to completion. We are looking for expert excel developers who understand Visual Basic for Applications and has experience with dashboard creation and UX design. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to ablais@strongestfamilies.com for more information.

Website Rebrand and Refresh

Positions available: 2-3 students working in a team or on their own We recently rebranded and as part of our marketing strategy we are looking to freshen up our website! This project will include: 1. Rebranding our existing website to include our new branding style guide 2. Reviewing the SEO/Plugins that are currently installed and offering suggestions for updates/changes 3. Reviewing the current analytics for the website and offering suggestions for better engagement of users 4. If able, offering SEO advice on content This is a great project for students to put their practical experience to active clients to help build a portfolio to share with future employers, as the impact of their work on this project can be easily measured and communicated.

Market Expansion Research

We are ready to take our business to the next level. Presently we exist in select markets but it’s time to grow! Our company requires some assistance in assessing our customer landscape outside of our current territory as well as in Diverse populations. We want to learn more about customer’s expectations and behaviors in suggested new/current regions. Diversity and Us! It is important for us to be inclusive in our marketing strategy to be sure that we are being sensitive to all cultures and markets. Our specific need is an outline of our industry’s expansion opportunities through a location/population analysis. We would like this to be partnered with some primary data collection; surveys and research into our present and future consumers to gather insights that can help guide our growth/inclusion goals. We would like an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of our organization's external communications strategy to ensure that we are effectively communicating our accomplishments. We are seeking help with: Campaigns to your existing customers and shareholders Reaching out to new demographics with an emphasis on the BIPOC community. Communicating sustainability, climate justice, and social advocacy efforts to champion indigenous and racialized communities.