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Illuminate Universe
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Department of HR
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3
Project
Academic experience
120 hours per student
Student
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Operations Talent recruitment Market expansion Sales strategy
Skills
marketing strategies environmental analysis process improvement employee engagement diversity and inclusion revenue stream sales prospecting go-to-market strategy quality assurance employee performance management
Details

The primary focus for the student will be: (Remove any that don't apply)

  • Strategy - Develop an implementation plan for entering a new market; develop a go-to-market strategy; identify new funding and grant opportunities, write proposals.
  • Operations - Recommend process improvements or redesign processes; develop improvements to supply chain processes; introduce quality assurance into our internal processes.
  • Marketing - Complete a full customer, competitor, market, and environmental analysis; complete a marketing strategy review; design a new marketing strategy (product, place, price, and promotion);
  • Sales - Design a new/improved prospecting process for our sales team; design a new/improved pricing or service structure.
  • Talent - Design a new/improved recruitment process; develop a diversity and inclusion strategy; design a new/improved employee engagement program.

Students will create and set up a high school Illuminate club, or university reading buddy program with our National Partner.

Deliverables

Our goal at the end of this experience is:

  • Strategy - For the student(s) to help us capture increased market share; for the student(s) to help us capture new revenue streams; for the student(s) to help us secure new funding.
  • Operations - For the student(s) to help us implement more efficient and effective processes that maximize employee performance/customer satisfaction.
  • Marketing - For the student(s) to help us reach more customers, effectively promote our brand, mission, and story.
  • Sales - For the student(s) to help us roll-out better prospecting that increases conversion rates and boost our sales.
  • Talent - For the student(s) to help us build and maintain a productive, diverse, and engaged team.

Other duties the student may complete could include:

  • Outreach and interviewing talented high school students to become club presidents and take on leadership positions
Mentorship

Students will work closely with the primary project manager who is supervising and available for questions. This will also include occasional progress meetings where adjustments to the students' tasks and duties can be made if necessary.

About the company

Company
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Education

Illuminate Universe is an organization that is dedicated to the advancement of high school business and leadership education. We strive to be an internationally recognized model of educational excellence and innovation. We are fostering the next generation of business leaders who are critical thinkers, demonstrate inclusivity, and aspire to make a positive impact in their communities.The Illuminate Leadership Academy is also a registered private business high school in Canada. The courses range from leadership, consulting, technology, finance to entrepreneurship and are taught by world-class business leaders. Illuminate teaches the things that matter, by people who have actually done it. The curriculum features a blended-learning style and is directly designed by Fortune 500 executives and Ivy League Professors. The Academy offers students an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) Credit upon completing the program.