E-Commerce Data Management and IT Security Review

Raven Reads is a Canadian, social impact driven Indigenous subscription box that connects global subscribers with authentic Indigenous cultures and educational content. We curate books and giftware from Indigenous authors and entrepreneurs across North America and ship our boxes to subscribers around the world. We are global brand with a mission to raise awareness of contemporary Indigenous cultures, and to support Indigenous entrepreneurs and youth literacy in North America. Raven Reads is a rapidly growing e-commerce private company with thousands of customers around the world. We are seeking a team of information technology students specialising in security and data management to complete a review of our data security and protection systems, design a data security policy and recommendations for improved management procedures. Additional work would include a review of our overall IT security and data management system.

Talent Acquisition Project

Raven Reads is a social impact driven Indigenous subscription box that connects global subscribers with authentic Indigenous cultures and educational content. We curate books and giftware from Indigenous authors and entrepreneurs across North America and ship our boxes to subscribers around the world. We are global brand with a mission to raise awareness of contemporary Indigenous cultures, and to support Indigenous entrepreneurs and youth literacy in North America. Raven Reads is a rapidly growing organization and we are looking to enhance our senior management team. This project is to assist Raven Reads with development of a talent acquisition strategy for finding a new Director of Marketing. We are seeking an entrepreneurial, data-driven marketing leader who is passionate about all things e-commerce, social impact and BIPOC start-ups in Canada. For this project, students will work in a team to develop a recommended approach to recruiting the right candidate for this position and other future senior roles like this. Teams will co-develop suggested approach to recruiting, interviewing and on-boarding senior candidates to ensure Raven Reads is set up for success in the long run.

Digital Indigenous Education Project

Raven Reads is a social impact driven Indigenous subscription box that connects global subscribers with authentic Indigenous cultures and educational content. We curate books and giftware from Indigenous authors and entrepreneurs across North America and ship our boxes to subscribers around the world. We are global brand with a mission to raise awareness of contemporary Indigenous cultures, and to support Indigenous entrepreneurs and youth literacy in North America. Raven Reads is planning to launch a new online portal that will connect our subscribers with exclusive content, discounts and products. We are seeking a multi-disciplinary team of creative and tech-savy students to help us design and execute this project. The team of students will assist us in mapping out the purpose and objectives of the new online portal, design the digital space, and generate content. The final product will be built within the company’s existing Shopify store and website. Subscribers will gain access to the portal via a unique password using an appropriate Shopify third party app. The Portal should include a mixture of digital, educational content about Indigenous cultures (Canada and US), and provide access to unique product collections and discount codes from our partners. The project will include some design and web development work to create a unique subscriber-only access to this content. The team will also work on the design and creation of the digital content. Raven Reads is a Shopify hosted website and ecommerce store. Students will have access to the company’s lead designer, Chief Operating Office and Chief Executive Officer. Students will have access to existing resources, photo and design assets, and access to the Raven Read’s Slack channels to work with the broader team. The team will meet regularly to scope out the project, set project milestones and define the final product. Students will work as a group and will provide verbal and written updates to the Chief Executive Officer. It is anticipated that the site it ready to launch at the end of the project. We are looking at a team of students who are studying in the following disciplines: web development/IT, web programming, digital media and content creation, copywriting, creative writing, Indigenous education, education, and graphic design.