Wee Hur Holdings Ltd (Group) is a listed company on the Singapore Exchange, with businesses in property development, construction, worker’s dormitory, fund management and purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). We are seeking a driven, motivated and passionate systems and projects intern as we embark upon our exciting new phase of growth and expansion in the PBSA sector in several major cities in Australia.
You will be employed under Wee Hur Hospitality Pte Ltd (Company), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, which is the entity that is responsible for the success of our PBSA management brand. You will report directly to the General Manager. You will be based in Singapore, and will be required to work closely with all departments within the Group.
We are open to part time and full time interns! May be a chance for interns to travel to Australia, depending on business needs and pandemic situation.
This role is a dynamic and exciting role where the intern can get maximum exposure and the exciting opportunity of being part of a start-up emerging journey! You will get to own a significant part of the product-market validation process and assist in various meaningful research and product/UX development work. Through this experience, you will be equipped with the skills on how to build an MVP, talk to your customers, get market fit, build a start-up from scratch, and acquire an understanding of all the business functions.
Key responsibilities:
- Conduct due diligence and market research to understand competitors and customers
- Liaise with students and potential end customers to understand problems/pain points, requirements and use case, and work with product team to translate these feedbacks into product features/requirements and design
- Seek validation from customers with storyboard and/or simple wireframes
- Build simple wireframes using tools such as Figma as a product proxy or prototype to test market fit
- Test all similar apps and products out in the market to understand competitor’s product features, value proposition, UX design, and gaps
- Look at UX for top-performing apps in general and provide meaningful and evidence-based feedback and suggestion when designing our MVP
- Reach out to customers on as many channels as possible to build brand awareness as well as get feedback on existing needs that are not being met.
- Organising focus groups and webinars to further engage students and end customers on their pain points and showcase our proxy product to get further alignment on market fit
- Work with our UX designers and product team closely to translate all feedback into product features for prototype
- Set up and configure proxy products, landing page and/or google sheets to get further feedback from customers prior to prototyping
- Prepare and submit applications for grant, government support, boot camps, accelerators, and associations memberships, and perform research and due diligence on support, network communities/events, grants and other enabler-programs for start-ups
- Summarise key papers into bite-sized information for senior management
- Assist in any other ad-hoc administrative and research tasks required
- Assist in the website setup, trademark registration, ACRA setup, liaison with accounting/corp sec, accounting software and processes, payroll and recruitment processes, and website domain
- Liaise with external designer on logo design
- Create a company starter deck for investors, customers, partners
- Work on financial projections and budget tracking
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