the most important part of Projector programs is course projects, where students, guided by experienced curators, work on real tasks and present concepts to the client.
what are the benefits?
The student gains valuable experience working on real cases, with all their challenges, external conditions, revisions, and feedback.
view casesThe client gets quality solutions for their task and ideas they can actually use. And it's free.
become a clientyou can become a client if
it's important that the task set for students is relevant for your business, and that you're interested in implementing the proposed solutions
working with students takes about 6 hours: joining the briefing and the final presentation on Zoom, and giving feedback
we don't work with alcohol or tobacco manufacturers, gambling companies, or businesses representing aggressor states
among our clients
We work with large and medium-sized businesses, as well as small startups, NGOs, and government institutions.
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requests students work on
creating or redesigning a brand identity, logo, packaging, illustrations for an existing identity, etc.
redesigning/designing a landing page or online store, app design, improving usability
drawing illustrations, creating stickers, posters, comics, merch, animated banners, a video for a website
building a social media strategy, outdoor advertising: citylights, billboards, and posters, etc.
analysis and improvement of business processes, mobile app analytics, team restructuring
developing a communications strategy, launching and optimizing ads, affiliate, SEO, PPC, SMM
website testing, data science: analyzing data and text sets, building or improving a bot, etc.
over 11 years we've taught 15,000 students across 120 courses and delivered more than 1,300 course projects for real clients
successful cases we're proud of
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collaboration steps
We pass every brief on to our curators. After reviewing it in detail, they decide which tasks students will work on within their courses.
We usually hold a call or a chat discussion with the curator and the client to set internal tasks and clarify all the details. This helps keep everyone on the same page.
Projector aims to make sure the results students propose actually get implemented. This memorandum creates no financial obligations — it simply records the parties' intentions and guarantees for the collaboration period between the client, Projector, and the course's students.
view itThe briefing is a Zoom call between the client and students in a discussion format. Its goal: present the project and give students as much information as possible.
This is where the Projector magic starts: over 3–5 weeks (depending on the course), students work on solving the assigned tasks, test hypotheses, and bring ideas to life.
This is an online presentation where students demonstrate and defend, in front of the client, the work approved by their curator. After each presentation, we ask the client for honest but constructive feedback on the project.
After that, we pass all the work to the client for a closer look, and wait for the winner to be announced (within 1–2 weeks after the presentation).
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The client is free to use the ideas they received (except for using students' finished works as their own, releasing them publicly as their own, or selling them to third parties). We can also share the contacts of selected students so you can arrange to continue working together.
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We'd love it if, after implementing the project, you shared your impressions of working with the institute and published the results with credit to the author. Students may also publish their project work and add it to their portfolio (except where an NDA applies).
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We're not limited to a specific topic and we're open to large projects that need complex solutions. You can become a client on several courses at once.
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It's free. Completely and genuinely. We support intellectual volunteering and don't charge money for work done as part of student projects. The whole idea is that the institute and the projects are useful for each other.
We have a Memorandum of Collaboration that we'll ask you to sign. View the Memorandum.
Students' ideas and solutions are high quality because the work happens under close guidance and interaction with curators. Students bring every proposal to a level where it can actually be used.
Communication over the course of the project happens in a few stages, including online meetings. We'll invite you to joint calls lasting around 1–2 hours.
Work on the project takes roughly 3–4 weeks. However, the implementation period can sometimes shift — it depends on the course you join as a client and its start date.
We don't require the client to bring students' ideas to life, but either way we'll ask you to let us know which student you think did the best job. The client can use the ideas received while respecting the student's copyright.
If the project needs further work, or the client wants to continue the collaboration, we'll share the students' contacts so you can arrange things directly and on your own terms.
Yes, that's discussed separately.