Startup & Technology Ambassador for Recruitment (STAR)
Location:
Remote, or semi-remote if located in or near Washington, DC or Brooklyn, NY
Mission:
seedsprint is a collaboration platform that helps emerging technology teams and industry partners find each other easily – like a dating site for technology and industry. On seedsprint, university patent licensing departments and deep-tech startups publish profiles and message back and forth with innovation teams at established corporations. seedsprint is the first application of its kind that is completely free of charge for startups, universities, labs, and technology incubators. Our community is growing, and we are excited to expand our team.
Job Title:
seedsprint Startup and Technology Ambassador for Recruitment (STAR)
Who:
Undergrad STEM majors and business/startup enthusiasts who are comfortable with STEM topics.
Schedule:
This is a remote position with flexible hours (5-15 per week), based on availability. These positions start in January 2020 and last through April 2020 with potential to continue into the summer.
Description:
We’re looking for science majors and startup enthusiasts who are interested in learning about technology transfer and commercialization – the process of getting scientific inventions from the lab to the market. You will find out about and make connections with fast-growing startups, while learning how innovation moves between universities, startups, and large firms.
STAR work involves research on deep-tech startups, research organizations, incubators, and industry R&D leaders. The work involves online research to find relevant startups and related entities such as accelerators, and in compiling and improving profiles about them. Other activities may include writing for our blog, representing seedsprint at academic industry partnership events, and introducing research faculty to our platform. Heavily involved STAR may also contribute to some elements of company strategy and learn advanced Excel or basic Python programming.
Depending on our workload, STARs may specialize in a particular type of research, such as identifying technology hubs, extracting contact information, categorizing companies, or identifying technology scouts. We try to have all STARs who are interested in data science and management get a chance to work with tools for extraction, cleaning, enrichment, and analysis.
Training is provided, and STARs will learn on the job.
About You:
You are:
• Curious about science and are interested in the business side of technology.
• Immensely excited by seedsprint’s work to accelerate innovation.
• Able to set your own goals and thrive in entrepreneurial environments.
• Working towards a bachelor’s degree, preferably in a STEM discipline.
• Familiar with technical literature (articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals or patents).
An excellent applicant will have experience with, or is interested in learning about:
• Intermediate Excel skills (comfortable with functions and knowledge of VBA/macros)
• Open innovation and other theories of technological progress
• Small business organization, life cycle, and growth
• Basic programming concepts (functions, control structures, objects, data types, etc.)
• Marketing, including social media marketing
Payment:
$12/hr, with bonus potential for all roles.
Apply:
To apply:
1. Fill out the application survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5FSFTNC
2. Send a résumé and any additional questions to patrick@seedsprint.com.