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.

Students will be directly supervised by the Chief Executive Officer. The team will have a kick off meeting to set up project scope, milestones and completion objectives. The team will meet a minimum of once a week via Zoom and the team will submit written updates at the end of each week. The team will be expected to work together and each will be assist their own milestones and responsibilities within the scope of the project.