Quality Assurance Intern

Magnify Access is seeking to enhance the quality assurance processes of its SaaS solutions to ensure optimal performance and user satisfaction. The goal of this project is to draft test plans for identifying potential areas of improvement in the existing QA protocols, perform system testing and document results. By the end of the project, learners will have gained practical experience in quality assurance within a SaaS environment, preparing them for future roles in software development and testing.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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..