Website Development for Start-up

Closed
reFern
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jessica Dulku
She / Her
CEO
(2)
3
Project
Academic experience
120 hours of work total
Learner
Canada
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
UI design UX design Website development
Skills
user experience (ux) design user interface (ui) design selling techniques web development
Details

Our company, reFern, is an early-stage start-up. We are embarking on a journey to reinvent the second hand home goods marketplace. Our focus is on creating a sustainable, secure, and hassle-free community focused platform for buying and selling pre-loved pieces for day-to-day living.


We hope to update and revamp our existing website as a current landing page for curtomer attraction.

We would like to work with students to develop a new website that is easy to maintain while providing an appealing interface for users. This will include front end coding and NOT using an existing website building service (ex. Wix).


This will involve several different steps for the students, including:

  • UX/UI design , you will be supported by the team.
  • Building a website, with our assistance in providing the content.
  • Providing training on updating and maintaining the website.
  • Collection of customer inputs

Bonus steps in the process would also include:

  • Testing prototypes with customers and refining ideas with feedback.



Feel free to email: info@refernmarket.com for more information on the internship!

Deliverables

By the end of the project, students should demonstrate:

  • Understanding of website platforms
  • Comfortable with coding in HTML
  • Development of a website
  • Recommendations for website maintenance

Bonus steps would include:

  • Testing the website with users and making improvements based on user input

Final deliverables should include

  • A website prototype.
Mentorship

Students will connect directly with us for mentorship throughout the project. We will be able to provide answers to questions such as:

  • Our current products and website design
  • Our customer and industry insights
  • Input on choices, problems or anything else the students might encounter.
Supported causes

The global challenges this project addresses, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Learn more about all 17 SDGs here.

Sustainable cities and communities

About the company

Company
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Environment, Clean technology
Representation
Women-Owned BIPOC-Owned Sustainable/green

reFern is an AI-driven platform that streamlines sustainable interior design decisions by automating embodied carbon calculations, tracking substance data, providing sustainable alternatives, and qualifying projects against 20+ standards.