MSXV Business

Hey there! Welcome to the Business team!

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Business Trello

Here’s our task board that we go through each week during Business Check-ins:

https://trello.com/invite/b/IVjwCbxb/ATTI4a68b81192781f00f0f478b1c0c101b0EDD4E103/business

Important Dates + Meetings (EST)

Business 101

S2022 March 7th

Business Weekly Syncs

Tuesdays @ 8:30 PM

Sponsorship Check-Ins

Saturdays @ 2:00 PM

Supplier Interfacing Check-Ins

TBD

Marketing Office Hours

Saturdays @ 3:00 PM

Finance Check-Ins

Dates/times vary - meetings announced through DMs/#finance-core on Slack!

 

Term Goals

Finance

  • Create an updated internal bookkeeping system for MSXV and use it to track the team’s spending, budget, and sponsorship income.

  • Set up and post new transactions to Wave.

Marketing

  • Don’t go dark on social media for 2+ weeks - ever!

Sponsorship

  • Raise $20,000 CAD in monetary funding for sponsors (external + internal)

  • Reach out to 50 companies to ask for sponsorship

 

Term Projects

Social Posts

  • Team Member Spotlights

  • Holiday Posts (Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas)

  • Team Website Updates

Blog

Sponsorship Applications

  • Internal : MEF, WEEF, Engsoc, WUSA

  • External applications consist of preparing applications and reaching out to sponsors

Internal Book and Wave Accounting

  • Creation of new internal book for MSXV using google sheets

  • Set up new Wave account for bookkeeping and reconciliation purposes

 

Software & Programs Used

Wave (Finance)

  • Used by our Finance team members

  • An accounting software we use as a backup for tracking team finances (primary method is using spreadsheets)

 Figma

  • Used for Marketing projects

  • A design and prototyping tool we use to design marketing assets

InDesign

  • Used for marketing and sponsorship projects

  • A publishing and typesetting tool we use to create templates for reports, whitepapers and other documents

 

Meet the Team

 

Business Lead - Jieun

About Me
Hello! I’m Jieun and I finished my 3B term of GBDA. I joined Midnight Sun in Spring 2020 and enjoying the experiences! I am Operation Manager but also be leading the Business team. My interests are UX/UI research and design, with project management.

Talk to Me About
Things related to Midnight Sun! I like to learn new things and listen to people talking about ideas/topics that I do not know well (Ted-ed Youtube videos are one of my favourites), so talk to me basically anything, and I'll love to have a chat!

  

 

Finance Co-Lead - Ashna

About Me
Hello, I’m Ashna! I just finished my 4A term of the Accounting and Financial Management program and I’m now on co-op for 8 months. I joined the team in Fall 2020 and have learned so much since.

Talk to Me About
Finance tasks, AFM/ general school questions, co-op experiences, my pet hamster (named Tofu), or to give me a good movie recommendation!

 

 

Finance Asst. Lead - Amanda

About Me
Hi, I’m Amanda! I am in my 4B term of the Accounting and Financial Management program. I joined the team in Fall 2020 and have enjoyed learning many new things!

Talk to Me About
Midnight Sun, school, co-op, travel, and video games!

 

 

Sponsorship Lead - Kelly

About Me
Hey there! I am in my 2A term of Environmental Engineering at UWaterloo. I joined the team back in Fall 2019 and have been working on external sponsorship applications for the team.

Talk to Me About
Sponsorship tasks, environment, travel, music, banana bread recipes, and the UW life :)

 

 

 

 

Sponsorship Co-Lead - Kate

About Me
Hi! I just completed my 2A term of Mechanical Engineering. I joined the team in spring 2021 and have worked on supplier interfacing and external sponsorship applications.

Talk to Me About
Message me with questions about sponsorship/supplier interfacing tasks, any good books you’ve read recently, nature, and knitting!

 

 

 

Marketing Lead - Lily

About Me
Hey, I’m Lily! I just completed my 3A term in Psychology. I joined Midnight Sun in Spring 2021 and have been able to learn a lot with the team!

Talk to Me About
Feel free to shoot me a message about literally anything, I love to talk! I’m most into art (mainly digital), anime, and games. Talk to me about my current favourite shows if you want me to pop off and never stop.

 

Project Manager - Yanshen

About Me

Hello, I’m Yanshen! I’m currently heading into my 2B term studying mechanical engineering. I joined the team in Winter 2021 as part of the Mechanical team with active roles in Structures and Dynamics. Along with the Business Lead, one of my largest responsibilities as the PM is to help the Business team wherever they need it!

Talk to Me About

School, sports, the outdoors, co-op, Midnight Sun, or anything else that comes to your mind! I’m pretty easy-going and can often be found in the Bay hopefully working, but most of the time socializing or napping.

 

 

Advisor - Tiffany

About Me
Hi everyone! I’m Tiffany and I recently completed my 4A term in the Accounting and Financial Management program at UW. I joined the team in Spring 2020 and I’ve had a great experience so far!

Talk to Me About
Questions related to finance tasks, co-op, school, and any good shows you’re watching on Netflix!

 

Advisor - Kristen

About Me
Nice to meet you! I’m in my 3A school term in SYDE, with a background in UI/UX Design and QA. I joined back in Fall 2018 on the Business and Interiors teams. I was formerly the Operations Manager for Midnight sun and helped lead the Interiors, Hardware and Business teams.

Talk to Me About
Just about anything! But I guess mostly about Sponsorship tasks, bouncing between subteams, general business work + advice, and UI / UX Design. Also down to chat about sports and my weird music tastes (Cpop, Kpop, Jpop, Instrumental, Classical… yikes)

 

 

Advisor - Catherine

About Me
Hi everyone, my name is Catherine and I am currently in my 2B Computer Engineering academic term. I have joined the team in Fall 2018 and have since worked on various systems on the team, including being the Solar Array lead, working on the electrical and mechanical teams, as well as Strategy. I am Midnight Sun’s previous PM and will be helping lead the Mechanical team, Firmware, and Business teams.

Talk to Me About
Anything really! If you want to chat, learn more about the team, engineering, the student experience at Waterloo, or co-op (I specialize in Software and Project Management). If you’re looking to learn more about other teams or looking for tasks, feel free to send me a message! On a non-team/school related note, you can ask me about German history, AI, or F1!