Positions Available: 1-3 Student

We are looking to work with a creative and ambitious student who is fluently bilingual/trilingual with excellent Spanish and Italian language writing skills and solid English language skills to oversee and quality check a project that extends our services at Werrv ( https://werrv.com/ ) to Spanish and Italian and, possibly Portuguese. We already have our website in English and French ( https://werrv.ca/fr ). Our goal is to serve a broader international audience lives at reasonable prices. Relax, the job is not as daunting as you might think, because of our technology solutions, but, it can be very fun and a great learning opportunity..

Project Scope

1) Research - Gain familiarity with the context (company goals, competitive landscape, industry trends) and identify potential translation challenges, if applicable, such as Brand name conventions in key markets.

2) Assessment – Assess optimization around language variants - Spanish, versus Mexican Spanish versus Caribbean Spanish, etc. and recommend which translator to use and implement it in a test store to do quality assurance testing of a sample of translations. Identify and document residual gaps/weaknesses for business risk/impact assessment.

3) Implementation – Subject to satisfactory QA results in test, validation implement the automated translations in the store and oversee the automated translation of all products. Most work will be completed automatically using our existing technology solutions. A primary focus is on final QA sampling of results to ensure overall quality is maintained. Once the store is translated, some additional translation will be required for marketing e-mails and then you will be able to admire your work in action as we take the site live for customers.

4) Bonus - Social Media – Time permitting, implement a French instance of Facebook and Instagram to be maintained on an ongoing basis by the company.

Our website platform is Shopify and we will give you access to the website and other organizational assets to support this project. Work can be completed remotely and online brainstorming and update meetings can be done via Microsoft Teams and other preferred platforms. Timely access and response to questions will be provided, including by text, or on-line communication tools and online meetings.

This project is best suited for an inquisitive, creative, ambitious, self-starting candidates who embrace the opportunity to leave their mark. Interns will be provided with knowledge sharing, constructive feedback and mentorship with respect to business skills, entrepreneurship and career skills,

1) Introductory Meeting - Candidates will be provide with additional background material and engage in an introductory on-line, two-way discussion about goals, project priorities and opportunities. Candidates are encouraged to ask questions and pitch ideas to maximize their results.

2) Chat/On-line Meetings- Pitch ideas, request feedback and communicate anything required via chat, screen sharing, on-line, etc. as frequently as required to maintain momentum and maximize results.

4) Project Milestone Updates- Project update summaries against milestones can be provided by e-mail on a periodic (weekly, or as deemed mutually appropriate given the timelines and feedback will be provided as required.