Psychology 195B: Fieldwork in Cognitive Science
Blue Cedar – Product Marketing Internship
Contact: Nikfar Khaleeli
E-mail: nkhaleeli@bluecedar.com
Address: San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 329-0401
Website: www.bluecedar.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Value stream management for mobile is an emerging space. Blue Cedar offers a value stream management platform for mobile that eases the pain of deploying mobile apps. Mobile app deployment encompasses the activities performed after development is complete in order to get mobile apps to end users. You’d think that it is straightforward but it isn’t. Gartner estimates that by 2023, 70% of organizations will use value stream management to improve flow in the DevOps pipeline, leading to faster delivery of customer value. The Blue Cedar Platform provides a unique set of services and integrations with DevOps toolchains, which enable the orchestration of mobile app deployment activities. Our platform also provides metrics such as mobile app delivery lead time and mobile app deployment frequency, and delivers data-driven recommendations to improve mobile app release velocity.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
As the Product Marketing Intern, your responsibilities would include the following: read analysts research on Value Stream Management and build knowledge about the various steps in the mobile app deployment process, research market and competitor trends to effectively position the Blue Cedar Platform, collaborate with the Vice President of Product to develop a content calendar, publish new content (e.g., blogs, web copy, short guides) as agreed to in the content calendar, assist with digital demand generation campaigns (e.g, writing headlines for ads) and social media marketing (e.g., writing updates for LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook), track performance metrics through tools such as Google Analytics and Hubspot and provide weekly reports, get hands on experience with the Blue Cedar Platform, and help to determine the product backlog, which is the list of new features, changes to existing features, bug fixes and other activities that the development team will work on.
Special Qualifications:
- Excellent written communication skills. You must enjoy writing and write well, as this is an important part of the role.
- Curious with the ability to quickly learn enough about unfamiliar topics.
- Driven and hard-working.
- Ability to take direction and meet deadlines.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-15 hours per week
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
With value stream management being an emerging space, being the Product Marketing intern will require the application of Cognitive Science principles and concepts in order to think from the users' perspective and how they behave and process information as you generate online content.
Chedda Production Adoption Researcher
Contact: Lionel Levine
E-mail: lionel@chedda.me
Address: 88 S. Garfield Ave. Alhmabra, CA 91801
Phone: 213-444-6622
Website: http://chedda.me
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Chedda is a Los Angeles-based technology startup looking to develop a novel solution to the problem of loose change proffered by cashiers when customers pay for items using cash. With the Chedda app, retailers will be able to make immediate, micro-deposits, into customer checking accounts, allowing the residual change to be more effectively utilized
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Our research intern(s) will be asked to conduct interviews with business owners, cashiers, and customers to better understand motivations and barriers to adopting new technologies, propose, devise, and test marketing strategies that could prove most effective at getting stakeholders to adopt this technology.
Special Qualifications:
A general interest in marketing and brand development is desirable. Any previous experience in retail is a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
The field of Decision Science or how to motivate individual choice using empirically validated methods, is a critical component of cognitive science, and we would look to draw on our interns’ expertise in this domain in matters from user experience design, to marketing planning.
Additionally, we would want this approach to be as rigorous as possible and would lean on our intern’s Cognitive Experimental Psychology background for developing robust experimental design for surveys and focus groups.
Internship with Mentor Center
Contact: Noah Duncan
E-mail: noahd@uchicago.edu
Address: 1340 E 55th, Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 734-635-9841
Website: https://risc.uchicago.edu/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
RISC, the center of Radical Innovation for Social Change, at the University of Chicago pioneers revolutionary approaches based off of the sciences of human behavior and empirical data to address modern issues in society. Its initiatives challenge topics including criminal justice reform, K-12 education, mental health and wellbeing, global development, climate change and environmental protection, human and animal health, social media for social good, and more.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern is to assist with the testing as well as launching of a newly developed web application. Duties include marketing the product across various social media platforms, sourcing diverse users, maintaining contact and relations with external parties, analyzing user feedback, and making recommendations to the developers and designers.
Special Qualifications:
Knowledge of and experience with programming, product design and management, web development, educational institution administration, marketing, and public relations. Ability to time manage, multitask, and work remotely with a team.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7.5
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Because of the nature of this web application’s intended purpose, the role’s responsibilities require the intern to have familiarity with and be eager to advance their knowledge of mental health, peer mentorship, support group organization, academic institutions and resources, and web app-related technologies. These topics are critical applications of the substudies of cognitive science. Interns must also contribute to the development of the product utilizing the sciences of human behavior and relevant empirical data, foundational skills of cognitive psychology.
Software Engineering Internship @ ICIKL
Contact: Pranav Peddinti
E-mail: pranav@ickl.com
Address: San Ramon, CA | REMOTE
Phone: Contact by Email with Resume
Website: https://icikl.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
We are a young team recently founded by a pair of students from UC Irvine who are looking to create sustainable products for everyday use. Currently, we are developing a compostable phone case using natural materials(cork) and are looking for team members/interns to help with the product launch. We are looking to make the world a better place by creating highly reusable, compostable, high quality items ranging from phone cases to software applications to support our ideals.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
ICIKL is looking for interns that can either handle one of the following responsibilities. (A) Software Engineer for a Shopify site. The software engineer intern will have mostly free reign on the design of the website outside of small improvements suggested by the rest of the team. (B) Graphic Design. This intern will create/help with the design of the website from a user interface sense, and will also help design advertisements with the whole team.
Special Qualifications:
We are looking for highly motivated, self starters who are willing to attend at least one weekly meeting and are willing to help create a better world. Please include your resume/message in your email on the position that best fits you and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We are also looking for interns who are willing to work remotely as we are an entirely remote organization.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10 (Highly flexible and remote)
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Each responsibility is a multi-disciplinary internship position relating to Cognitive Science in many different ways such as, but not limited to: User Experience, Computer Science, Psychology of Consumers, Business. Our interns will need to call back on their coursework to discover how to create a positive user experience when attempting to sell to consumers. They will also have to fall back onto researching the psychology of advertising and figuring out how to best illustrate the ideals of our company. We hope you are willing to create a better world and are excited to hear from you!
Product Marketing Intern
Contact: E Lai Sterns
E-mail: proud@prideplaces.com
Address: 50 Ocean Ave #1, San Francisco, CA, 94112
Phone: 314-420-7193
Website: prideplaces.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Pride Places is THE site dedicated to truly bridge the gap between LGBTQ consumers and the businesses who actually support us across the entire United States. It is an online business directory for consumers of the LGBTQIA+ community, who can discover some of the best hidden gems, big and small. While businesses connect with our community on a whole new level and play a role in keeping our community thriving.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern will be responsible for understanding and communicating our product and vision. They will create product interview questions, and interview users to provide feedback. They will understand and document our buyer’s process, including where they get information, and the who, what, when, and why behind the decisions they make. Then drive changes to our sales and marketing processes based on what they learn. From this, they will develop a marketing plan in conjunction with our marketing team, including key activities and budgets to support the retention of existing customers and the acquisition of new customers. They will also work alongside design and engineering teams as a thought leader to drive solutions to customer pain points.
Special Qualifications:
N/A
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10-20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Cognitive Science students are the perfect candidate for this role as they are able to bridge many disciplines in their coursework similar to how a product marketer must wear many hats and connect the dots to synergize positioning across teams and with the end consumer. Gaining deep understanding through discovery and analysis of human behavior lies at the foundation of marketing and cognitive science students will have much experience in this domain through their coursework. The company itself is a small tech startup and cognitive science students will be able to contribute their knowledge of computer programming and design thinking that they have gained in their major and extracurriculars.
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.
Brimhall & Associates
Contact: Nancy Brimhall
E-mail: nbrimhall@brimhallassociates.com
Address: 1200 South Hope Street, Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: 310 339 8993
Website: http://brimhallassociates.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Brimhall & Associates is a boutique philanthropy consulting firm, headquartered in downtown Los Angeles. Since 2004 it has served local, regional and international clients with an emphasis on capital campaigns and major gifts fundraising for the nonprofit community. Please peruse the website at www.brimhallassociates.com for further information. In Q4 2020 we anticipate the launch of a special educational project: www.changelab-fundraising.com and see our Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1870765049/change-lab.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
As an intern in philanthropy, you will have an opportunity to use your interest in nonprofit organizations to expand what you know and see how strong fundraising and nonprofit management can better support organizational outcomes. In addition, you will experience a philanthropy business firsthand in both its internal operational needs and its personalized work with clients and their specific needs. As we can accommodate, you will sit in on client planning meetings, take on assignments that will have you developing aspects of their particular needs that come forward, as well and participate in content and game design conversations related to the Change Lab learning project.
Special Qualifications:
Must have good oral and written communication skills as well as an interest in the work of nonprofit organizations. Ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, flexible, open to ideas and utilizing their interests to develop a specific work suited to them, works well with a team as well as independently, has a school or personal schedule that allows for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the downtown LA office (post COVID). Important that the candidate is interested in committing to a minimum three-month engagement.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 15
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
Applying learning aspects of classroom education to the practical application process is invaluable to achieving the greatest outcome for the Change Lab educational concept.
Bruinshack
Contact: Daniel Tang
E-mail: contact@bruinshack.com
Address: Remote
Phone: (909) 522-7742
Website: https://bruinshack.com/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Bruinshack is an online service to help UCLA students look for apartments in the Westwood area. Founded by a UCLA student, we provide apartment reviews and contact information to give confidence to students when they are apartment hunting
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
We are looking for Web Development Interns, UX/UI Interns, Data Analytics Interns, and Marketing Interns. Bruinshack is looking to expand our most viable product (MVP) to be used by UCLA students in the near future. Each intern will play a vital role in rolling out Bruinshack to the UCLA community.
Special Qualifications:
All interns must be creative, self-starters who are eager to learn. Qualifications vary for each position. Please send us an email that includes your resume, the position you are interested in, and why you are interested in interning at Bruinshack.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
All interns will be required to think about the users of our site and Cognitive Science has given you the tools to understand consumer behavior and how people process information. Like the major, our work at Bruinshack is interdisciplinary and we know the Cognitive Science major has prepared you well to handle the multi faceted nature of working for a tech startup.
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Contact: Amy Zheng, PhD
E-mail: azheng@casacolina.org
Address: 255 E. Bonita Ave
Phone: 9095967733
Website: https://www.casacolina.org/
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare is a non-profit organization that offers medical and rehabilitative services to individuals who have sustained catastrophic physical and cognitive events such as brain injury (e.g. stroke, traumatic brain injury) and spinal cord injury, among other conditions that lead to short/long-term disability. The Casa Colina Research Institute conducts clinical studies to identify novel therapeutic interventions to enhance care for people with disabilities. Research is conducted as a collaboration with scientists, doctors, and other medical and rehabilitation professionals.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Casa Colina Research Institute is seeking interns to assist in the various research studies conducted here. Responsibilities will depend on the available position but could include subject recruitment, experimentation, data analysis, literature review, etc. Remote work may be possible for certain roles.
Special Qualifications:
We are looking for individuals with the following traits: organized, diligent, accountable, motivated, and self-reliant. Good communication skills and bedside manners are needed for positions that work directly with patients. For more technical positions, previous research experience (especially in neuroimaging), statistics knowledge, and programming experience are preferred.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
At Casa Colina Research Institute, we use multimodal approaches, including behavioral, genetics, and neuroimaging, to study how the brain changes as a result of brain injury and therapeutic intervention.
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.
DuMont Project
Contact: Mackenzie Knapp
E-mail: mknapp@dumontproject.com
Address: 4223 Glencoe Ave., Suite A-130, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Phone: (800) 778-2990
Website: https://dumontproject.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Dumont Project is a full-service digital consultancy providing services to Fortune 50-500 and leading e-commerce businesses. We provide direct-to-consumer marketing across digital and traditional channels and approach every project with hands-on testing. Our mission is to accelerate brands with high growth potential via digital marketing across multiple channels and business models.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
The intern will work closely with the director of Business Intelligence and Analytics to drive client growth through digital marketing efforts. Primary tasks will include data analysis and drawing insights from this data to inform strategic business recommendations. The internship will be remote and there will be an option to come into the office once it opens if the intern so pleases. Work days are flexible so long as the intern completes 20 hours per week.
Special Qualifications:
Strong organizational and communication skills, great work ethic, and ability to work in a fast paced business environment is required. The ideal candidate will have proven business acumen through previous internships/extracurriculars in marketing or consulting. Strong analytical skills (experience in R, Python) preferred. Expertise in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) is necessary.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 20
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
This internship requires a deep understanding of consumers, how they think, and what appeals to them. Knowledge of Cognitive Science will help in understanding consumer behavior and how to adapt marketing strategies based on consumer and client needs. Additionally, Cognitive Science provides an analytical skillset (R, Python) that will be necessary for the intern to be successful in the role.
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.
Gains Group
Contact: Steve Gera
E-mail: steve@gainsgroup.com
Address: 12655 W Jefferson Blvd
Phone: 7604349361
Website: http://www.gainsgroup.com
Description of Organization and Population Served:
Gains Group is a strategic advisory and consulting agency focusing on sports and technology. Our company works with a variety of professional sport franchises around the globe, helping them achieve optimal performance through the integration of science and technology.
Description of Fieldwork Project and Responsibilities of Intern:
Assistant responsibilities include indexing technology companies and researching new applications for them. Additional responsibilities may include creating presentations on topics involving psychological principles or the strategies that professional organizations are using to achieve success. Build digital products, and applications for our clients for everything from performance, to fan engagement, to gaming. We're highly interested in anyone who can code, build websites, and data science is a real plus!
Special Qualifications:
Assistants should have an interest in technology, sports and be self starters willing to work on their own with a little guidance. Coding, design, research, and core technical skills are a plus.
Hourly Commitment Per Week: 7-10
How does this relate to Cognitive Science?:
At Gains Group we are always looking at how humans interact and perform in sports, and the way the brain works greatly influences what we do. We want to work with Cognitive Science students looking to use their understanding of mankind to change the world through sport.
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.