Internship Opportunities at Arifu

Job Description

Arifu is looking to hire a highly motivated UX Design Intern.

The UX Design Intern should be able to understand our business requirements and any technical limitations, as well as be responsible for conceiving and conducting user research, interviews and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups and prototypes. The UX Design Intern will also be expected to assist in the design the overall functionality of the product, and in order to ensure a great user experience, iterate upon it in accordance with user-testing. A good UX Designer Intern (product) must have empathy for the user, a deep understanding of user-centered design (UCD) and strong analytical abilities.
This is a 3-month full-time internship (with possibility of extension depending on the candidate’s availability) and the role is open to candidates worldwide with good written and verbal skills in English and will be remote home office based given the Pandemic we’re in.

About Arifu:

Arifu’s mission is to place information and opportunity in everyone’s hands. The Arifu chatbot is an omni-channel (SMS, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, and very soon Interactive Voice) enabled content marketplace and delivery platform enables personalized advisory services that makes learning FREE and RELEVANT whilst generating valuable insights and analytics for partners. Arifu has been able to provide learning to over 1.5 million people. We partner with organizations to digitize their in-person training programs, allowing anyone to access the content, anytime, on any mobile device. The Arifu personal adviser delivers content based on learner preferences and responses allowing for better engagement and impact.

Responsibilities

1. Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
2. Facilitate the Arifu’s product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing
3. experiences for digital products.
4. Design and deliver wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and mockups optimized for a wide range of devices
5. and interfaces.
6. Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
7. Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core and new functions and features.
8. Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.
9. Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
10. Ask smart questions, take risks and champion new ideas.
11. Help generate a list of feature ideas that meet Arifu’s product goals.
12. Help the product team run those tests, identify those to drop and those to proceed with.

Qualifications

• Experience in building platforms (from a design/UX perspective) and interest in helping Arifu think through
• platform potential value add features to Arifu’s different stakeholders.
• Minimum 1 year of work experience in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital
• environments.
• Expertise in standard UX software such as Sketch, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer, and the like is a must. Basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills are a plus; prefer React Native experience.

● Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that
meet client needs and vision.
● Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of
mobile-first and responsive design.
● A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing,
rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
● Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and intelligently.
● Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
● A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
● Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design
implications.
● Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed
model, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
● Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.
● Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
● Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge
in the industry’s latest trends and technologies.
Your skills and competencies:
● A strong portfolio of work, with product development experience.
● Ability to work well with developers, designers, and QA testers in small project teams where you’re able to drive
the user’s perspective.
● Working knowledge of mobile or web best practices and usability or UX principles.
● Proven collaboration skills, a good sense of humour, excellent communication skills (written and spoken) and a
passion for all things UX.
● Well versed on methodology, study design, and analysis/reporting, including observational interviewing and
task-based usability testing.
● Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, or other design tools.
● Proficient in wireframing tools such as Axure, Balsamiq, Omnigraffle, Gliffy, or any other wireframing tools suited
for Web and Mobile app development.
● Demonstrable analytical skills to help problem-solving and to devise elegant user-centred solutions.
● Ability to articulate research and/or cognitive basis for opinions and decisions.

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Job Description

Arifu is looking to hire a highly motivated Grants Intern. 

The Grants Intern will assist with the overall grant(s) application process in Arifu. The ideal candidate should be capable of working under minimal supervision, have high numerical accuracy and demonstrate integrity. The ideal candidate will work closely with leadership and business development teams to ensure successful grant(s) applications. 

This is a 3-month full-time internship (with possibility of extension depending on the candidate’s availability) and the role is open to candidates worldwide with good written and verbal skills in English and will be remote home office based given the Pandemic we’re in. 

Responsibilities

• Build Arifu team capacity in raising grant funding from donors. 
• Develop grant fundraising “pitch” to improve success rate. 
• Work on new opportunities for grant fundraising. 
• Provide regular (monthly) progress updates. 
• Organize and file award reports and other documentation. 

Qualifications

• Students pursuing post graduate studies from reputable national, regional or international universities studying relevant disciplines. 
• Young professionals, on completion of at least an undergraduate degree, who have not yet entered formal employment.
• Professional accounting qualification (fully qualified or studying for the final part of CPA / ACCA) will be an added advantage. 
• Minimum 1 year of work experience in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on Arifu’s success. 
• Team player and ability to work under minimal supervision. 
• Good time-management skills. 
• Great interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. 
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and to prioritize them. 

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Job Description

Arifu is looking to hire a highly motivated Investment Intern. 

The Investment Intern will support leadership with the preparation and launch of the Arifu Series A funding round aiming at raising $5m+ in equity investment to fuel the growth and impact of Arifu into new markets and sectors. 

This is a 3-month full-time internship (with possibility of extension depending on the candidate’s availability) and the role is open to candidates worldwide with good written and verbal skills in English and will be remote home office based given the Pandemic we’re in. 

About Arifu: 

Arifu’s mission is to place information and opportunity in everyone’s hands. The Arifu chatbot is an omni-channel (SMS, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, and very soon Interactive Voice) enabled content marketplace and delivery platform enables personalized advisory services that makes learning FREE and RELEVANT whilst generating valuable insights and analytics for partners. Arifu has been able to provide learning to over 1.5 million people. We partner with organizations to digitize their in-person training programs, allowing anyone to access the content, anytime, on any mobile device. The Arifu personal adviser delivers content based on learner preferences and responses allowing for better engagement and impact. 

Responsibilities

• Project Summary: support the preparation and launch of the Arifu Series A funding round aiming at raising $5m+ in equity investment to fuel the growth and impact of Arifu into new markets and sectors.
• Research, summary, and recommendations covering: Total Addressable Market, Competitive Landscape, Investor Database, Comparable Deal Valuations, Best Practices for Series A success 
• Interactive chatbot experience for investor due diligence: designing and building an interactive learning experience for investors to discover information/media about Arifu’s company, team, and product using the Arifu bot to navigate e.g. FAQs, team profiles, testimonial videos, and animated data/results.
• To build this, you would be among the first beta testers to use the incoming Arifu Content Marketplace product enabling, for the first time, 3rd party content creators and subject matter experts to design and publish content directly on our platform — using this tool would have a secondary outcome of providing critical feedback to our product teams on how to improve this new product before our planned full launch in June. 
• Project management: converting our list of tasks/initiatives into a sequenced gantt chart, coordinating weekly meetings and activities, helping implementing teams keep their tasks visible and moving forward on schedule. 
• Database development: setting up and adding to our Hubspot database which will be the CRM we use to manage the entire Series A investor pipeline from outreach to deal close. 

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree required in Economics, Actuarial Science, or Mathematics from reputable national, regional or international universities.
• Additional certifications such as CPA/ACCA, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), MBA are an added advantage.
• Minimum 1 year of work experience in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Excellent MS Office Suite skills.
• Advanced financial modelling and deal analysis.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Have highly organized, methodical, and good work ethics.
• Be proactive and self-motivated.
• Ability to keep sensitive business financial information confidential.