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Market Analyst - unpaid student internship

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Be My Eyes is a rapidly growing social enterprise with a great potential to create tremendous amounts of social impact. Be My Eyes has users in 180 countries and is currently being used by almost 100,000 blind and low-vision people who are being helped by more than 1,800,000 sighted volunteers. We have ambitious goals to make the world more accessible and connected, and there is a lot to get done. This is an opportunity to learn and work with something that truly makes a difference in the world.

Market Analyst - unpaid student internship

Earlier this year we launched a new platform through which companies can offer better accessibility support to their blind and low-vision customers. Microsoft joined as first and there are more to come. Our business team is working to scale up and bring more companies onboard.

We are looking for a market analyst intern who in an analytical way can identify market and business opportunities.

Who you are

You’re probably studying or have just finished school, but are definitely not done learning.
You have a strong analytical sense and passion for research.
Able to identify business opportunities.
You are fluent in English and are confident in expressing yourself creatively, both orally and in writing.
You have a great understanding of how to conduct analysis and perform towards corporate clients. Not afraid to reach out.
You are a proactive person with a positive attitude that doesn´t need to be micromanaged. - You are a doer.

Skills & Interests

Analytic
Research
Data-driven
Startups, entrepreneurship, business development, sales cycles.
New business models, platform economy, sharing economy, impact.

Your internship

Your tasks will be related to mapping our market and help us identify market trends. From day one you’ll become an integral part of an experienced team, with backgrounds in communications, business, and product development. You will work directly with our CCO in strengthening our business cases. You can count on our support and honest feedback throughout your internship. The bottom line is we want you to grow and improve your skills and feel great while doing it 🙌.

Your responsibilities

Market analysis. Identify potential partners for pilots, trials, and sales.
Determine existing and future trends.
Conducting comparative research on marketing strategies.
Reviewing marketing initiatives to provide advice on procedures and requirements.
Preparing reports on market trends, consumer habits, and outcomes.

What you can expect

A 3-6 month internship, with 30-37 hours a week that can be remote.
A weekly meeting with the business team. (Working closely with our CCO.)
A skill development program focused on Market Analysis.
A recommendation letter.

How to apply

Apply by sending us your application through The Hub with a link to your LinkedIn as well as your CV and a couple of words. The internship can be both part/full-time and will have a duration of 3-6 months. The start date will be as soon as possible or January/February 2019. The internship will be based at our office outside of Aarhus, Denmark with the possibility of occasional remote work.

We’ve got big plans for the future of Be My Eyes. If you want to help us create it, we’d love to hear from you.

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Pension plan

Equity package

Remote work allowed

Maternity / paternity leave

Paid holiday

Work life balance

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Working at
Be My Eyes

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Be My Eyes is a unique, venture-funded, profit-with-purpose company that connects blind and low-vision people needing sighted support with volunteers and companies through live video calls. With a nearly 90% successful call rate, our volunteers assist the blind with daily tasks as simple as finding something in the kitchen to something as complex as navigating an airport. Operating in 150 countries and 60 languages, Be My Eyes is the largest digital volunteering community in the world with over 6,1 million volunteers and 450.000 blind and low-vision users. We're also a proud winner of an Apple Design Award for our app. We offer a suite of enterprise products including: • Specialized Help: an add on to your existing customer call center enabling video calls to better serve your blind and low-vision customers • Corporate Volunteering: we can have your whole team or entire company receive a call to assist a blind person providing a lesson in accessibility and meaningful volunteer service. Most companies do this as part of a team meeting, onsite or offsite, and based on our customers feedback, a great deal of joy for you and your teams. • Platinum Partnership: We will partner with the biggest brands in the world who will have the opportunity to send a “thank you” note and/or discounted products and services to our volunteers via a push notification right after they successfully complete a call. • Artificial Intelligence: Be My Eyes also possesses unique and highly valuable A.I. training assets that several of the leading experts in the world have told us would significantly accelerate most company roadmaps not only on accessibility products, but also in areas like advanced robotics, and a host of other machine learning applications. With customers like Microsoft, Google, Procter & Gamble, Verizon, Sony, Instacart, Snowflake and many others, we have a chance to dent the universe through a business model that creates simultaneous delight for our blind and low-vision community, our volunteers, and the companies utilizing our platform.