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Important

Candidates must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Whether due to aging, disease or accident, millions of people in the US face daily challenges with tasks that many of us take for granted as easy to accomplish – travelling around a neighborhood, reading the label on a medicine bottle, choosing the right product in a supermarket. Blindsight, an R&D/product firm based near the UC Berkeley campus, envisions a unique service and products to help these individuals increase their mobility, safety and independence.

The product management intern will work closely with the leadership team to strategize and manage the development, test and roll-out of this service and the related products.

Here’s the deal:

• have a basic technical understanding of mobile and web systems
• pay attention to detail
• hate flying solo
• have a desire to learn
• have already worked on marketing and strategy projects
• experience in the world of assistive technology for people with access needs is a plus

• marketing planning for B2B (conferences, workshop preps) and B2C (social media, community focus)
• grant writing support
• business development, including strategy development, technology research, competitive analyses, etc.
• project management (planning, timeline development, budgeting, oversight)

Blindsight® offers flexible work hours, but a minimum of 20 hours per week is desired. Our compensation rate for internships is $20 / hour and is negotiable up or down. We are an equal opportunity (and standard-disclaimer-compliant) employer.

Interested? Send a resume, pointers to examples of past work, and a cover letter describing why you’re right for this job to  jobs@blindsight.com.

Blindsight is a small research and development company in Berkeley which is developing assistive technology for people with visual disabilities. We are currently gathering information and contacts for a project which is focused on providing the support and technology necessary to individuals as they start up a new business.

We are looking for candidates who are interested in starting their own enterprise, whether it’s a corporation or a consulting service, who have a specific interest and idea, and the skills necessary to support the development of that idea.

• Enable individuals with access needs to excel on their visions / purpose, etc
• Take on the issue of the unemployment rate of over 60% among people with visual access needs, by supporting them as they create businesses and jobs
• Gather in-depth understanding of the needs of Blind and Low Vision people in the professional environment
• Develop assistive technology and concepts that can not only help entrepreneurs but the broader population with vision impairment.
• Create a model for Blind entrepreneurship
• Create businesses that are more likely to hire other Blind employees

• People with an idea for a business or technology, where visual impairment so far has prevented them from pursuing their idea / vision
• College degree
• That’s it

Important

Disclaimer: this is a project which may or may not be funded; even if it is funded, individual businesses are not guaranteed success. There is always some risk in entrepreneurship, so we are looking for individuals who understand and accept the uncertainty here but want to participate in this research project, which will produce benefits for the blind population.

Interested? Send in your resume with a brief description of your idea and we’d love to talk to you! Our email is incubator@blindsight.com.

Location

Downtown Berkeley

Blindsight is building a new service to enhance mobility, independence and social interaction for those over 70. We took on the challenge to develop a new cellphone concept that significantly improves the ease of use and enables assistance in daily activities such as shopping, medication handling, wayfinding and more.

We are conducting a pilot study for this new cellphone device concept for independent seniors. Engaging with real users 70 and older is integral part of our development to make electronic devices more simple to use that truly improve and extend independent living.

First, we conduct a brief phone interview with you. Following this, we’ll ask you to come in and talk with us, and conduct some tests related to using a mobile phone, taking pictures, and navigation using the phone. We will provide a small stipend for your effort.

We’re planning to conduct the initial phone screenings between the 6th of February and the 17th of February, and the tests will be carried out between the 27th of February and the 9th of March.

Volunteers will need to be available for a phone interview (estimated half an hour) between the 6th and 17th of February, and available to come in to our offices on one day between the 27th of February and the 9th of March.

You should be in the demographics range of 70 and older, and should be familiar with the use of cellphones. It would also be great if you are familiar with the use of the Internet.

Interested? Just send a quick summary of you with a description of why you’d like to take part on the pilot study to volunteers@blindsight.com and we’d love to talk to you!