Posting: Prototype and Data Visualization Internship at Fast Forward Labs

[Grant Custer]

Hello! I am sending this posting from Fast Forward Labs as was recommended to Hilary (on Twitter https://twitter.com/thoughtisdead/status/757955399244914688). Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help get it posted. - Grant

Prototype and Data Visualization Intern at Fast Forward Labs

Key Responsibilities:
You will help to conceive and build prototypes and data visualizations demonstrating the capabilities of Fast Forward Labs technology research projects. Each quarter we focus on a different near-future technology (past topics include image object recognition and natural language generation). To communicate the value of these technologies to our clients we make product-style prototypes, data visualizations, and reports with explanatory illustrations. You would help with the creation of those materials. By the end of the internship you will be responsible for creating your own demo on, or visualization of, an aspect of the technology we focus on for our next report. You will also be responsible for posting updates to our company blog about your work.

This opportunity is open to current undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates and career changers seeking an internship position.

Skills and Qualifications
Our ideal candidate is interested in both code and design. Familiarity with HTML and Javascript, which we use to code our prototypes and visualizations, is required. Experience in design and visualization is a big plus. If you’re a programmer looking to move more into design or a designer who has moved into programming this could be a great fit for you. Primarily, we want someone interested in making stuff, and who is up for learning whatever they need to learn to get those things made.

About Fast Forward Labs

Company Overview
We value thoughtfulness, learning new things, creativity, and diverse perspectives. Fast Forward Labs is a research company that helps organizations recognize and develop new product and business opportunities through emerging machine intelligence technologies. We offer a research subscription service and advisory services to small and large companies in a wide set of industries.

Check out our blog post announcing the company: http://blog.fastforwardlabs.com/post/92438955263/hello-fast-forward-labs

Also read this Forbes article about what we do: http://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2014/09/09/fast-forward-labs-wants-to-be-your-nathan-myrhvold/

And some of our past public prototypes are viewable at http://www.pictograph.us/, http://www.fastforwardlabs.com/brief/, and http://www.fastforwardlabs.com/luhn/.

Locations
Our office is currently on the lower east side in New York City, though we are likely moving to Brooklyn (near Barclays Center) at the end of the summer. We offer a flexible work schedule in a collaborative and creative environment.

Type of Employment

This is a paid internship on site in our NYC office. We expect you to be available for a minimum of 20 hours per week, for a term of two to six months, beginning in Fall 2016.

You also view this job posting on our blog at http://blog.fastforwardlabs.com/post/147953672348/fall-internships-research-engineering-and