ICON NEWs

Adam Hewitt, Harris Manchester College, BA Philosophy and Theology, Second Year Undergraduate, Remote Working

Work Projects

I was tasked with coming up with how ICON can monetise their back catalogue of newsletters. Currently their newsletters are available for free on their website, but they wanted to place them behind a paywall in order to generate more income from non-members. I put together a presentation detailing my research into how they could achieve this.

The presentation included a demo of a squarespace storefront that I created which simulated how the percase process might look. In the end, my research into copyright law showed them that monetising the back catalogue will be difficult, so instead they opted to create a searchable database of articles for their members based on the demo I put together for them. I was supervised by the chief executive but because the role was work from home I was given a lot of flexibility over how I went about my research, which worked well for me.

Daily Life

The role was work from home so I did not work regular office hours, although I was available on Slack from 9am until 5pm. I also had to have a meeting later into the evening with one member of the team who lives in Australia.

Lasting Impressions

Working with ICON was great and I'd love to work with them again in the future. The experience I got with squarespace was very valuable. I also got great experience presenting research findings to senior members of staff.