ICT Ignite Skills - Digital Tech Projects
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digital marketing product management project management learning design it management mobile app development data engineering social media management digital content creation80-hour, fully-subsidized, digital tech internships for Canadian employers.
Learners are paid a $1500 CAD stipend on completion of the project by Riipen. Employers are not required to provide payment. Submit a project here for our ICT Ignite team to review. Once approved, learners are not guaranteed yet, but they will apply to your project directly. You will have a chance to review, assess, and accept applications, and 2-4 learners should be accepted per project.
Learners are looking to gain experience and provide impact in digital tech roles. Get specific in your project description about the skills you're looking for in order to attract the most suitable applicants.
If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at ictignite@riipen.com. You can also find all of our help articles here.
ICT Ignite Skills is offered as part of the ICT Boost Initiative. Funded in part by the Government of Canada's Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program (SWSP).
Deliverables will vary depending on the project scope. At the conclusion of the project you will have assets that can be used to further your business goals, such as a completed report.
Note: If learners are completing confidential work that you do not want shared through Riipen, you can create and sign off on a timesheet for the learner. In this case, we might also recommend that you have the learners sign an NDA before starting your project. You can use the Agreements feature to do this.
Project Examples
- Projects should be approximately 80 hours in length per learner and are to be completed over 2-8 weeks.
- Each project should require the contributions of 2-4 learners (160-320 hours in total).
- Check out this guide on best practices for working with ICT Ignite learners.
- Given the short, remote nature of ICT Ignite Skills we require a project-based experience. If your project looks like a job posting, we can not accept it. Please provide a concrete scope for the learner’s work and limit their work to a specific project.
- We have pinned some example project templates to this experience which you can use as a starting point.
- If you choose to use a template from our library, ensure that you have added as much context for your business needs as possible. Our team will not accept any projects that were created from a template without sufficient customization. While learners will interact with you to complete the project, we want them to be able to understand the scope of the project by reading your project details. This will also help to ensure that you have the right learners applying to your projects!
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
I confirm that I have read and understand the Terms and Conditions of this program.
I confirm I will work with 2-4 learners for this project.
I will review and respond to learner applications within 5 business days.
I understand that learners can only complete one project and may be applying to multiple projects. Learners are responsible for choosing the one project they wish to start & work on.
I understand that I must provide ongoing mentorship and guidance to the learner(s) that are working on my project(s). I must be responsive to any questions, and check in on progress to help ensure a good result.
I will evaluate the learners' final project submissions within 5 business days, offering feedback that can be utilized by the learners to strengthen their resumes and LinkedIn profiles.