We are looking for

• volunteer apprentices - students, early career professionals who are looking for experience in UX research and content design
• volunteer mentors who are interested in mentoring students and early career professionals

Time commitment

Phase 1 (Volunteer recruitment, Q3-Q4 2020)

• Focused primarily on UX research and analysis, information architecture, and content strategy
• Mentors in the field will help guide Phase 1.
• Estimated 3-4 months

Phase 2 (Coming soon, Q1 2021)

• Focused primarily on content design, UX design, UI development
• Mentors in the field will guide Phase 2. A technical advisor will assist in development work
• Estimated 3-6 months

Expectations

As a volunteer mentor, you’ll be

• giving back to the community by supporting and guiding new and aspiring researchers and designers
• providing feedback on research, content, and or design plans
• helping to define the future goal of the project with the larger team
• encouraging communication and participation
• guiding apprentice

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As a volunteer apprentice researcher/designer, you’ll be contributing to

• conducting and analyzing data from generative research methods involving the health and well-being of animals and pets and their caregivers.
• developing content plans and strategies based on user needs
• reviewing content to make sure it’s accurate, relevant, accessible and written in line with 18F style
• experiencing what it means to work in a distributed team on a project
  At the end of this project, we hope that you are able to develop a case study for your UX portfolio

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LA DIA Design supports this project by:

• providing tools and framework to support, house, and analyze research
• connecting mentors and apprentices in learning circles to share, work, and learn from each other

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