Psychology 195B: Fieldwork in Cognitive Science
UpRoar Technologies
Contact: Carolina Dadayan
E-mail: Carolina@uproartech.com
Address: 1121 N Kings Rd. West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (818) 268-2012
Website: https://uproartech.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Currently in stealth mode, UpRoar Technologies is reimagining social media for a new generation. Founded by visionary and accomplished technology leaders, our proprietary platform invents new ways for creators to engage and form deeper connections. UpRoar harnesses the power of GenZ to help change the world — one tap at a time. This is a career-defining opportunity for you to reinvent social media. This is a unique chance to get in early at a startup that has ample funding, a great culture, and a product that will set in motion a brand-new era of social media.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
As a member of a cutting-edge startup, you will have the opportunity to explore the world of social media from behind the scenes. Beyond gaining a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience, you will play an active role in processes that have positive real-world impact. At UpRoar, we reject the notion of bringing interns on board for the purpose of completing busy work, printing papers, or fulfilling coffee orders. Rather, we are determined to provide our interns with the opportunity to develop their professional skills through hands-on experience that mirrors the day-to-day operations of a full-time employee. Work responsibilities range from aiding the Business Development team in industry-wide research, providing the Product Team with personal insight and perspectives, collaborating with the Marketing team to identify effective strategies, and completing a variety of tasks for C-level executives including the CEO.
Special Qualifications:
• Proven track record of successfully working in a team-oriented environment within a school or other professional setting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Keen interest and knowledge of the modern social media landscape
• Ability to work independently to complete individual assignments and drive key processes forward
• Exceptional research skills
• The ability to gain school credit for this internship (this is unpaid, and we are not permitted to offer the opportunity to students who cannot receive such credit)
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 12-20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
UpRoar Technologies is reimagining social media for a new generation. The platform invents new ways for creators to engage and form deeper connections, and UpRoar harnesses the power of Gen Z to help change the world one tap at a time. This is a career-defining opportunity to reinvent social media, and a unique chance to get in early at a startup that has ample funding, a great culture, and a product that will set in motion a brand-new era of social media.
Top of New York
Contact: Abad Morel
E-mail: abadmorel@gmail.com
Address: Yonkers, NY | REMOTE
Phone: 929-377-0485
Website: topofny.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
At Top of New York, we are working to create a business directory that connects consumers with local businesses. We are creating a platform where businesses can advertise their services as well as offer users the ability to discover new local places they've never seen before. Ultimately, we hope to bring businesses and consumers together and develop a platform where they can connect.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
At Top of New York, we believe that design plays a vital role in any successful project, product, or initiative. We believe that designers play a critical role in ensuring that the human experience remains at the forefront of any such endeavor. At Top of New York, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact with your design skills.
Special Qualifications:
UX/UI Design Intern Responsibilities:
-Leverage a human-centered design process to deliver an easy-to-use user interface and user experience
-Research customers, competitors, and products
-Develop personas, scenarios, and user stories
-Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mock-ups
-Develop and implement usability testing
-Design for accessibility standards
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
This internship requires an understanding of how users interact with various designs and products. Cognitive science students are the perfect candidate for this role as they study concepts relating to psychology, such as aspects of human behavior.
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
Contact: Christian Herrera Ortiz
E-mail: christian.herreraortiz@va.gov
Address: 11201 Benton Street
Phone: 9098257084 ext. 7291
Website: https://www.va.gov/loma-linda-health-care/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
At the Auditory Research Lab, we investigate perceptual deficits in the population of Veterans. We use psychophysics, mathematical modeling, computational modeling and non-invasive brain imaging (fMRI and EEG).
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Responsibilities will be assigned according to interest and ability. Possible responsibilities might range from collecting data to coding experiments to preparing manuscripts for conferences.
Special Qualifications:
None. Training will be provided.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Perception and mathematical modeling of perception are the core subjects of the Cognitive Sciences.
Institute for Education Innovation
Contact: Jasmine Graham
E-mail: jasmine@instituteforedinnovation.com
Address: 46 Woodbine Avenue
Phone: 4243824235
Website: https://www.instituteforedinnovation.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
IEI is a national think tank serving the education industry. Our goal is to bring superintendents and education technology companies together to solve issues in the K-12 space. We are fully remote.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern would take up various data analysis tasks and help out with the current projects. We are especially looking for a marketing focused intern that could help with social media, email marketing campaigns, competitor analysis, SEO, website upkeep, etc. Depending on available projects, the intern can come up with their own project (to be reviewed and approved by leadership) based on interests and skills.
Special Qualifications:
Interest in the education industry, curious and helpful attitude.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20 hours/week
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Creating solutions for the education industry requires an understanding of learning processes in general. Cognitive Science curriculum includes such material that will be beneficial when talking with superintendents, edtech companies, and other solution providers.
Venue Marketplace
Contact: Kyndra Bibler
E-mail: kyndra@venue.com
Address: 14439 E Peak View Rd
Phone: 4806504730
Website: venu.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Venue is a premium e-commerce marketplace offering millions of brand name products with flexible payment options. When shopping at Venue.com, customers can enjoy a streamlined shopping experience, 24/7 customer support, and the luxury of payment flexibility.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The Marketing Intern will be responsible for formulating SMS content for subscribers, as well as brainstorming and implementing new marketing strategies. The Marketing Intern will also A/B test SMS campaigns to understand which characteristics of a text message push users to complete a purchase and drive the most revenue.
Special Qualifications:
A general interest in e-commerce, Market Research, or User Experience is preferred.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
A strong understanding of the mind as a system and human behavior is necessary for this internship. Cognitive Science students have a unique understanding of the intersection of psychology, digital media, and computation. The intern will use their background in Cognitive Science to work towards understanding consumer behavior and consumer decision making.
A Software Engineering Internship with Pearl
Contact: Tim Connors
E-mail: tconnors@ucla.edu
Address: 200 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA
Phone: 9083913462
Website: http://www.trypearl.io
Description of Organization and Population Served:
For young professionals frustrated with the process of finding a job online, Pearl offers a 'personal recruiter in your pocket', linking you via text-message to a team of recruiters who can help you discover and instantly apply to the perfect opportunities. Our technology allows for 2-way conversations at scale by striking a nuanced balance between pre-programmed chat and human conversation.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Pearl is looking for software engineers to help us develop our technology. We have two internship tracks: front-end and back-end. The front-end track focuses on our web and mobile display using Angular. The back-end track focuses on the backend logic using NodeJS. We occasionally work out of Covel Commons, so it's easy to come and work with our team!
Special Qualifications:
For our front-end we use Angular. For our back-end we use Node. Please only apply if you have at least 6mo of experience working with one or both of these frameworks.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Cognitive Science lies at the intersection of machine thinking and human thinking. Our hybrid solution lies at the intersection of those two things. This position grants students the opportunity to advance their computer programming skills in a fast-paced, real-world startup environment.
AllPeople Co
Contact: Rachel Lindauer
E-mail: rachel@allpeople.co
Address: San Luis Obispo, California
Phone: (618)971-7710
Website: https://allpeople.co/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
AllPeople is a paradigm-shifting eCommerce marketplace starting a movement unlike any other that gives our customer’s the control of which charities they want to donate to in their purchases. AllPeople offers sustainable, safe, eco-friendly, and environmentally responsible products at competitive prices and takes it a step further by working in partnership with non-profit organizations eager to be selected as the ‘give back’ option of choice. We provide eco-conscious consumers with the ability to purchase everyday products while simultaneously supporting organizations that they want to see succeed. We pledge to give back an astounding 10 times more than other charitable giving platforms and protect our planet, our families, and our communities.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Ensure product descriptions, images, ingredients, and other content are visible in an appealing and appropriate manner • Implement accurate search and filtering mechanisms • Update and improve elements and the composition of the page • Consistently create well-designed, tested code using best practices for website development, including mobile and responsive site design • Create websites and user interfaces, using standard HTML/CSS practices, while incorporating data from back-end databases and services • Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs • Develop or validate testing schedules, addressing all browsers and devices to ensure various computers can access content • Work quickly and carefully to complete small edits requested by customers, develop plans for completing larger projects, collaborate with colleagues, and suggest new solutions to improve existing websites • Perform UI designs and coding, creating reusable objects and templates, wireframes for web pages and email templates; manage maintenance, updates, expansions, and scaling of each design
Special Qualifications:
Knowledge of and experience with coding, website development, or digital design • Team-player, responsive, and willing to take on new challenges all while maintaining organizational skills • Flexible and willing to work remotely
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
This internship requires an understanding of how users react and interact with different designs in mobile and desktop devices. This understanding can be learned from Cognitive Science, which touches upon concepts relating to psychology, such as how humans react and process different types of information.
Analyst Internship with the MITRE Corporation
Contact: Lionel Levine
E-mail: llevine@mitre.org
Address: 202 Burlington Rd, Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 213-444-6622
Website: http://mitre.org
Description of Organization and Population Served:
As a not-for-profit organization, MITRE works in the public interest across federal, state and local governments, as well as industry and academia. We bring innovative ideas into existence in areas as varied as artificial intelligence, intuitive data science, quantum information science, health informatics, space security, policy and economic expertise, trustworthy autonomy, cyber threat sharing, and cyber resilience. We operate FFRDCs—federally funded research and development centers. FFRDCs are unique organizations that assist the United States government with scientific research and analysis; development and acquisition; and systems engineering and integration. We also have an independent research program that explores new and expanded uses of technologies to solve our sponsors' problems.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Collaborating with the UCLA School of Engineering through the eHealth Data Analytics and Research Lab, this project explores using smart devices to collect passive sensing data that can interpret an individual’s mental state, and detect the potential onset of a mental health crisis. This internship involves supporting the development of a novel smartwatch application “Warrior Wellness”, designed to detect acute mental health crises in special operations soldiers. Our client is the US Special Operations Command and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Our engineering team works closely with our intern team to use advanced machine learning, programming, and research methods to develop a final product that helps military personnel adapt to mental health conditions. Responsibilities of the intern include recruiting participants and conducting weekly follow ups, interacting and reporting weekly to the development team, documenting and tracking data, creating visualizations and analytics, as well as contributing to market research and literature reviews.
Special Qualifications:
Applicants should have strong organizational and communication skills, be willing to learn, and take initiative. Proficiency in data analytics is preferred and an understanding in conducting research studies is recommended. Upper division coursework in Psychology, Cognitive Science, or Neuroscience is also strongly recommended.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
The interdisciplinary nature of the Cognitive Science major has prepared students to combine practical knowledge from different areas of research. This internship utilizes technology and artificial intelligence to gain a deeper understanding of the user’s mind. By being able to monitor the user’s psychological state of mind through an analysis of various physiological metrics, we aim to provide support in times of crisis. With interns having a background in understanding user behavior as well as machine learning, it serves as a special advantage for projects like this. Students will also be gaining experience in reading and writing research papers as well as client communication. Helping create experimental design, contributing to the IRB approval process, and writing up reports also is an important skill to have in the Cognitive Science academia.
Bridges to Life (RiiSE Intern)
Contact: Ashlynn Joseph
E-mail: apjoseph@smu.edu
Address: Remote
Phone: 9727467483
Website: https://www.bridgestolife.org/our-program
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Rehabilitating Images of Incarceration through Stories and Engagement (RiiSE) serves both incarcerated individuals and the greater society by aggregating stories & statistics of incarceration through a restorative justice lens. RiiSE is determined to empower the public with tools to advocate for criminal justice reform and amplify incarcerated voices on restoration and rehabilitation.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern is responsible for contacting and scheduling interviews with restorative justice volunteers, ex-offenders, criminal justice experts, and Bridges To Life (BTL) graduates. Additionally, the intern will edit interviews and by the end of the quarter, the aim is to iterate and implement a new website for this digital archive.
Special Qualifications:
Intern must have knowledge in graphic and web design software including Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc., and a strong eye for design and experience developing creative assets. Intern must also have an understanding of design thinking and be able to iterate their designs.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
As a RiiSE intern, students will apply concepts learned from Cognitive Science courses (e.g., cognitive biases, visual perception, research methodology, user experience design, etc.) to conduct interviews and develop solutions that enrich the website viewing experience. This directly correlates to the responsibilities of a RiiSE intern who will utilize their understanding of human cognition to brainstorm, visualize, prototype, evaluate, and design a new user-centered interface for RiiSE website/archive, focusing on the needs of the archive’s users.
Center for Scholars & Storytellers
Contact: Yalda T. Uhls
E-mail: info@scholarsandstorytellers.com
Address: Franz Hall
Phone: 3102101244
Website: https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
We work to share psychological research with practitioners in the entertainment industry who create content for youth.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The project will include summarizing research papers, helping with events, reviewing content (scripts, shows) and writing up reports.
Special Qualifications:
English language. Please fill out the application here (https://uclapsych.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8HVZgqwNpqj9BVr) and email your resume and a cover letter briefly explaining your interest in the Center for Scholars & Storytellers to info@scholarsandstorytellers.com. Please include your first and last name in the subject of the email. We recommend that you submit your application, resume, and cover letter at least three weeks prior to the quarter in which you are interested in doing the internship, so there is ample time to review your application.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
One important component of reviewing scripts and designing entertainment for a specific audience is the knowledge of how that audience thinks. Cognitive Science students have the unique advantage of understanding both artificial and real systems, and this knowledge will serve within a sector associated in creating digital content for an audience. Additionally, the ability to read and summarize research reports is an important component within the cognitive science curriculum.
codeConnects
Contact: Lisa Carol
E-mail: info@the-cs.org
Address: 3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Ste. 153, Studio City, CA 91604 - Internship is Remote
Phone: 424-339-3977
Website: https://www.codeconnects.org/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
codeConnects is an initiative developed by The Coding School, a tech education nonprofit dedicated to ensuring computer science education is accessible and empowering for all students regardless of background or geographic location. The Coding School has taught over 70,000 hours of code to K - 12 students in 125 countries. We believe coding education is the key to social mobility, and that's why we're dedicated to developing a diverse set of programs to ensure underrepresented students - including females, students of color, low SES students, students with learning disabilities and those from rural communities - are empowered through code.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
codeConnects can offer excellent experience-gaining opportunities in both the tech education and nonprofit space. An intern working with us has the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in their specific area of focus and also gain overall knowledge of the inner workings of a nonprofit organization. We have intern positions with codeConnects in a range of areas including UI/UX design, web development (front & back end), curriculum development, video production, general tech or business development focus. We encourage you to reach out and share with us what are you are interested in.
Special Qualifications:
We look for interns who are driven to learn and grow in their specialty. We have a collaborative team who will help guide and support our interns; however, interns who will thrive working with codeConnects are self-starters who are willing to initiate ideas and take the steps to give them a try.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Understanding how people think and act upon those thoughts is at the forefront of all successful work - whether that work is grant writing, web design, writing press releases, developing corporate sponsorship outreach campaigns, and just about all you can think of. We're exciting for the insight that UCLA's Cognitive Science majors can bring to codeConnects and The Coding School.
Dive Chat
Contact: Kyle Brastorm
E-mail: Kyle@dive.chat
Address: 1350 Du Lock ln. Houston, TX 77055
Phone: 7132484995
Website: https://dive.chat/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Dive reimagines group messaging and is created by students for students. It takes the simplicity of products like Messenger or GroupMe and applies it to the high-level organizational features such as Slack or Discord. Dive allows for users to quickly and intuitively create group chats with smaller chats nested inside, discover new groups/student organizations, add personalization to every chat room, and create and share events. Ultimately, Dive was designed to bring communities together during a time of increased isolation.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Dive is looking for UX/UI designers to craft every single aspect of its products. UX/UI designers are expected to conduct research and exercises for design thinking, apply findings to design solutions, craft mockups/high-fidelity prototypes, test the designs, and iterate.
Special Qualifications:
UX/UI interns need to be highly proficient with Figma (components, prototyping, etc.,), understand how to conduct user research and synthesize findings, and have the ability to rapidly iterate and test a variety of ideas using wireframes and sketches.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Cognitive Science students study psychology (cognitive biases, visual perception, Gestalt principles, etc.,), research methods (statistical analysis, qualitative research, etc.,) and how both intersect with technology (artificial intelligence, user experience design and research, etc.,). This directly relates to the responsibilities of a UX/UI design intern who is expected to use their understanding of human cognition and research methods to design intuitive digital solutions.
Fintech Behavioral Analyst 2020 Internship
Contact: Julio Lavalle
E-mail: julio@poupacerto.com
Address: 3400 Prospect St. NW. Washington DC
Phone: 202-375-9710
Website: http://mibolsillo.pe/en/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Through a mobile app, MiBolsillo substantailly reduces the operational costs for microfinancial institutions by using a proprietary credit score that allows these MFIs to access the unbanked/underbanked populations - usually MSMEs looking for flexible financing and payment solutions for their small businesses in the digital economy. In turn, MiBolsillo digitizes financial behaviors and transactions of those users to provide them with a digital financial identity that will later be used to access the financial services they need. MiBosillo is rapidly expanding across Latin America and is currently working in Peru, Brazil, Guatemala and Mexico. The company was recently name one of the top fintechs of Peru and has just finished the Village Capital Fast Forward LATAM - named as the best fintech accelerator. We're currently being part of the Halcyon Accelerator in Washington DC.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
https://angel.co/company/mibolsillo-financial-tecnologies/jobs/836002-fintech-behavioral-analyst-2020-internship - • Researching consumer trends • Analysing qual and quant research to identify killer insights • Writing engaging reports and innovative case studies • Telling stories through data • Survey design and research design • Conduct investigations and interviews • Presenting new trends and ideas • Perform administrative tasks to facilitate a long-term behavioral science research study including recruitment, correspondence, instrument deployment, data management, documentation, etc.
Special Qualifications:
• Background in research and/or behavioral sciences desirable (knowledge and experience on quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods for social research to elicit insights for improving user experience). • Educational background in psychology, sociology, anthropology, behavioral economics, or other human-centered scientific fields is a +. • Ability to distil complex data and ideas into plain language • Highly organized, methodical, and reliable work habits • First-class wordsmith and communicator • Proactive and self-motivated • Commercially aware and culturally attuned • Experience (preferred) or strong interest, aptitude, and coursework in data analysis (statistics, visualization, etc). Python, R, or similar. • Spoken Spanish/Portuguese is a +.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
This position is aimed to profiles ranging from psychologists to behavioral economists as it looks to bring different perspectives to the understanding of our users' financial lives to add to MiBolsillo's goal to lead the fintech for financial inclusion industry in Latin America. This is an exciting role for someone to make direct impact on the company’s value proposition and customer experience. Because the main tasks are related to researching and analyzing cultural, social, and technological shifts as well as changes in the fintech industry and users chnaging behaviors, a background in Cognitive Science becomes key. With your street smarts, a blend of quantitative & qualitative skills and will to get your hands dirty, you'll be recruiting, interviewing, moderating, analyzing culture, pouring over data, and writing about those powerful findings. You’ll need to excel at problem-solving, have emotional intelligence, and be a superb writer.
Foundation AI
Contact: Vivek Rao
E-mail: info@foundationai.com
Address: 4212 Glencoe Ave.
Phone: 3102948955
Website: http://foundationai.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Foundation AI leverages artificial intelligence to automate manual data extraction and processing in order to drive real business impact. We utilize natural language processing, computer vision, and learning capabilities to derive actionable insights, extract structured data, and optimize decision making for businesses. Foundation AI products are widely used in legal, healthcare, government, and insurance sectors by allowing businesses to interpret and analyze text to automate data gathering, processing, and entry.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Foundation AI is looking for UI/UX design intern to aid in creating a solid interface for our products by translating business requirements into creative and effective designs. This will include understanding and representing user needs, defining a vision for our products, and working closely with our data science and engineering team to deliver high quality products.
Special Qualifications:
We are looking for someone with strong communication and organization skills who can collaborate well with other members of our various teams. Strong candidates will be creative problem-solvers and willing to take initiative on projects. Special qualifications include proficiency in UI/UX design, product management, and analytics.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 15-20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
The interdisciplinary background of cognitive science will allow our intern to help create a user experience tailored to our clients by understanding their behavior and understanding how the clients think. Students with cognitive science background will also have good understanding of how human-computer experience ties to the products we are making and will be expected to use their knowledge on human cognition and artificial intelligence solutions.
GrowSquares
Contact: Daeshaun McClintock
E-mail: daeshaun@growsquares.com
Address: 81 Prospect St. Brooklyn NY 11201
Phone: Contact by email.
Website: https://www.growsquares.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
GrowSquares engineers personalized urban gardens using advanced microbiology and data science. We've developed a proprietary two-part system built upon a mobile app engineered to identify the unique attributes of each users’ microclimate – along with providing our users tailored instructions on how best to garden – and a modular garden topper, composed of the precise soil composites (nutrients, minerals, etc.) most needed to grow our plants. With highly individualized gardening plans, backed up by our robust research and prediction algorithms, GrowSquares strives to simplify the gardening process so anyone can enjoy the fruits of gardening without worrying about what plants to choose or when to water them.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
GrowSquares is looking for iOS developers to help design, implement, and evolve our mobile app. Interns will partake in all aspects of mobile application development, including creating new UI elements, connecting with our backend servers, and maintaining the codebase.
Special Qualifications:
Interns should be familiar with iOS development in general. The following tools are used most regularly: 1. Swift, Xcode, Git 2. UIKit (primary), SnapKit, SwiftUI (knowledge preferred) 3. Asynchronous network calls 4. Other SDKs such as Firebase, Facebook SDK, Stripe
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Students who major in Cognitive Science and focus on Computer Science will gain hands-on experience with real-world programming and learn good coding practices that will be important for their future careers. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to use their psychology and other interdisciplinary knowledge learned in Cognitive Science courses to develop smart and elegant mobile applications that contribute value to the world.
HelloAdvisr
Contact: Laurent Haagsma
E-mail: laurent@helloadvisr.com
Address: Remote ¦ 8601 Lincoln Blvd, Suite 180, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: 323-940-3220
Website: https://www.helloadvisr.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
We are growth partners helping entrepreneurs and fast-growing companies leverage pricing and best-in-class go-to-market strategies to deliver sustainable high-growth. Most companies struggle with pricing and monetization. In fact, it is a top 5 reason why new ventures fail. Unfortunately, not everyone finds the help they need to tackle these topics. Large companies (and mature startups) use expensive consulting firms; we want to make this accessible to all, so we have developed a suite of technology-based solutions to achieve this.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
We have been building a Software layer on top of our existing Advisory services. This product is in stealth mode. We have already conducted successful UAT, validated the need, the business model and sustainable revenue stream. As we conduct further testing, we would like to invite someone to join us in the journey. We have an MVP which is constantly evolving. We estimate we have only tackled 5% of what could be done; but for now, we’re staying focused. Improvements to front-end, back-end, environment, all are up for grabs. We have a plan on what we wish to tackle but we're also very open to new ideas. What will you want to tackle?
Special Qualifications:
* A smart person, willing to think outside the box and happy to have an open discussion. While we have strong expertise in the market we are targeting; we are playing in an unchartered territory when it comes to how we are tackling it. * An entrepreneurial spirit. Willing to be agile, learn on the go, go beyond what a standard developer would do in a bigger team * A tinkerer, pursuing a technical degree or with equivalent experience with a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, a strong development basis and a willingness to find solutions on their own. * We are not developers ourselves but have worked alongside them so we know the language (just don’t expect us to be purists when it comes to naming things!). * Skillsets which we're interested in: full stack (tackle both the front and the back-end of the issue); good basis in modern web development, frameworks, programming languages, and database solutions; ability to work on a solution together with non-tech specialists * Due to the global nature of our team, the ability to spend a few hours either early morning PST or late evening PST (Hours flexible under prior arrangement). You will still have a point of contact the whole day PST.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-20 (flexible)
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
When talking pricing, we are tackling a topic that everyone knows, but very few actually comprehend. Pricing is not just 1 number; it is thousands of decisions. It is not just building an algorithm; it is also understanding how different people will tackle the elements of this algorithm. It is building a medium that offers as much coaching as it does number crunching.
KAV
Contact: Whitman Kwok
E-mail: uclainternships@kavsports.com
Address: 520 Broadway, Santa Monica
Phone: (650) 440-6588
Website: http://kavsports.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
KAV makes custom helmets in 8 billion sizes to fit the best, the weird and the beautiful. Knowing the best helmet is the one that fits you, the 3D printed KAV Portola helmet exceeds industry safety standards by at least 25% and has won Cycling's Innovation and Design Award, the Red Dot Design Awards and Time Magazine’s Invention of 2022. The intersection of additive manufacturing, polymer science and software creates lightning in a bottle, leap frogging existing foam helmets. We’re looking for interns who share our mission of saving lives and reducing brain trauma.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
One of the challenges of a custom helmet is communicating the brand and how the helmet will look so it exceeds the customer's expectations when it arrives on their doorstep. There are two opportunities for one or more interns that will accelerate our mission to protect the next generation of athletes.
We’re looking for an intern to analyze our web analytics, social media traffic and in person feedback to engage with the cycling community. Projects may include one or more of the following depending on your skills and experience:
• Provider interactive and informative info graphics and web pages that engage as much as they inform.
• Provide as an immersive experience as possible for every feature, to convey every aspect of the helmet and how it will benefit cyclists.
• Implement an AR plugin to our website so a customer can see how the helmet would look and fit on their head.
• Create and/or augment a fit app to help guide customers through the fit process.
You will work with and have the full support of our CTO, David, who led Search Quality and YouTube recommendations at Google and can play the drums with the best of them and our Head of Marketing who has launched some of the biggest apparel brands in SoCal and makes a mean home baked bagel.
Special Qualifications:
• Driven - as your interaction with the team will largely be text, calls and a weekly hour meeting, interns must be self-motivated and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
• Analytical skills - both projects benefit from A/B testing, analytics and user engagement to optimize both the online experience and community engagement.
• HTML, CSS and Javascript experience to modify our website to post instructional content but also create a seamless (and ideally fun) UX as the person measures and provides their data. Experience with the Apple ecosystem is a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 12-15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Your work engages your coursework in the following ways:
• Analyze and learn how customer experiences can be optimized for their enjoyment and benefit
• Implement new technology (AR) in a meaningful and beneficial application
• Learn how to build a community and relationships to accelerate our mission of protecting the next generation of athletes.
NextBest AI, Inc
Contact: Minh Mai
E-mail: minh@nextbest.com
Address: 200 De Neve Drive, Los Angeles, CA (Covel Commons)
Phone: 7142249798
Website: https://nextbest.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
NextBest is an online marketplace where users can search, shop, and sell apparel among their local community. Existing local marketplace platforms have a generic design that is not pleasant for shopping fashion. By prioritizing the value of community and offering the user experience customers expect from shopping apps, NextBest makes shopping and selling secondhand apparel more convenient, enjoyable, and efficient.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
We are looking for a) Software Engineering Interns, b) Product Design or UX/UI Interns, and C) Marketing Interns. We are a small startup team focused on increasing our user base and improving our product as quickly as possible. Because of that, all interns will have the opportunity to work extensively on individualized and high impact projects throughout the quarter. Come join the team!
Special Qualifications:
Please shoot us an email that includes your resume, the position you are interested in, and a short tidbit as to why you are a great fit for the NextBest team. Interest in entrepreneurship, fashion, e-commerce, and/or product development is a huge plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-12
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Product development, product design, and product marketing all require an extensive application of human focused processes. At NextBest AI, we strive to create solutions that simplify and improve the lives of our users. A strong understanding of the mind and human behavior is necessary to do so.
Pareto Operations Intern
Contact: Phoebe Yao
E-mail: phoebe@hellopareto.com
Address: 8145 Halifax Drive, Saint Louis, MO
Phone: 3144593291
Website: http://www.hellopareto.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Pareto helps startup founders overcome the distinct challenges at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey. Whether you’re exploring a new idea, launching your MVP, or scaling to 1M users, the Pareto team takes care of handling tedious or repetitive tasks.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The Intern will be responsible for (but not limited to): Business Operations and Product Development - learning and assisting with research into operations team behavior, developing strategic product roadmaps based on research, and building workflow automation to streamline team behavior.
Special Qualifications:
Understanding of product roadmaps and lifecycles through previous product management experience preferred. Company value alignment and previous experience working in a startup environment.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
The product operations/management role requires the intern to apply technical skills learned in programming courses, understanding of behavior/thinking of clients learned in psychology coursework, and analysis of data/metrics learned from mathematics/statistics coursework. The skills acquired through the interdisciplinary nature of the Cognitive Science major will allow the intern to successfully manage projects and help scale the future of Pareto’s business.
Plan Provide
Contact: Mark Lee
E-mail: mark@planprovide.com
Address: 202 Bicknell Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: 8588636533
Website: https://www.planprovide.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Plan Provide helps insurance professionals enroll seniors in their optimal Medicare plan. Founded by LA’s Mucker Capital and Techstars alum, Plan Provide is a tech startup aimed at simplifying health insurance for seniors. Those turning 65 in the US are overwhelmed by the hundreds of Medicare plans to choose from and there are no good resources to help with making this choice. We are on a mission to make Medicare simple by providing the best tools to those helping the individuals
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The marketing intern will work closely with the CEO to ultimately drive customer growth through the company’s marketing and sales efforts. Tasks include content marketing for our website, email marketing and social media. We will work with the numbers to see how things are performing using the latest analytics tools. Finally, the intern may help with data-collection tasks to enable the company to better understand overall sales and marketing performance. The intern will gain a wide exposure to various aspects of a early stage tech startup.
Special Qualifications:
Those with a technical or mathematics background will work with Python, ReactJS, and SQL. For marketing, we look for both a data-driven mindset to make sense of the numbers and a creative mentality to brainstorm ideas that can boost our growth. Healthcare and insurance are highly complex areas and will require high detail orientation.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
We use insights derived from user behavior to ultimately get the user to move through the marketing funnel. The human-computer interaction is integral to our user experience and one that is rooted in behavioral and cognitive sciences.