Programmer Intern

Angus Reid Research Internship Program

The Angus Reid Group and the Angus Reid Institute, in partnership, are looking for recent graduates with insatiable curiosity to apply for our Project Management Intern Program. You’re a good fit if you’re curious about what people think, how they behave, and why.

You are ambitious, detail-oriented, passionate, and want to grow your career. You enjoy analyzing data and seeking truth to uncover meaningful and actionable insights. You can manage multiple assignments, have exceptional attention to detail, and clear and concise communication skills.  You will be a team player who can work collaboratively to build strong partnerships with stakeholders across the organizations.

You’re enthusiastic about learning how to gain hands on work experience with projects, gain exposure to knowledgeable and passionate subject matter experts, improve time and project management skills and learn about the business.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Angus Reid Group is looking for a  Programmer Intern to join the team on a contracts basis. You will be key in ensuring the ergonomic and aesthetic formatting of online questions and validating any questionnaires provided by internal clients in order to ensure a good understanding of the research objectives, before beginning to program.

Responsibilities

• Program, QA, and script surveys using Angus Reid Forum’s software platforms and technology with a high degree of quality and accuracy.
• Provide advance scripting and technical expertise to support our business operations that enable timelines to be met for high client satisfaction.
• Proactively identify and solve survey programming related problems to ensure accurate and timely delivery of data which will improve workflow, efficiency, and communication within the organization.
• Create scripting templates and propose creative solutions to new programming and workflow requirements.
• Actively play a role in the technical implementation, integration, process, and support of platforms, software, and other technology solutions for the Angus Reid Forum.
• Deliver and support implementation of new technological solutions and process enhancements where necessary that improve business operations, to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Participate in creating new products and services where technology is concerned.
• Implement requested changes to existing surveys.
• Document survey design processes.
• Test surveys and related tools.
• Fix bugs in existing surveys.
• Assist in gathering, collating, and sharing business requirements.
• Triage and create bug reports based on user input.
• Test the solutions to ensure they match the requirements.
• Readily work on joint initiatives and a variety of projects throughout the organization.

Requirements

• University Degree in a relevant discipline (data science, research methods, business, computer science, etc.).Or, College Diploma (or equivalent) in any IT-related discipline. Understanding of Research Methodology, such as Collection methods (CAWI, CAPI, CATI), sampling methods, survey best practice.
• Possesses strong understanding of market research.
• Strong analytical skills and logic skills.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming preferred (C , Java).
• Ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining a keen eye for detail.
• Knowledge and experience in these computer skills: JavaScript / jQuery - a demonstrated knowledge of data structures (i.e Arrays), understanding of conditions (i.e. if, else if, else), iterations (i.e. loops) and selectors.
• HTML / CSS - demonstrated ability to use tables, frames, DIV’s, etc. effectively for placement of content, and content layout consistently across all modern browsers.
• Knowledge and experience working with SQL Databases.