HILTI Mobile App Competition 2016

• Hilti Corporation invites applications from students and graduates across the world for the 2016 Mobile App Competition.
• This competition focuses on mobile app design ideas that will enhance the digital experience of Hilti customers and employees.
• The competition is organized every year by Hilti to help solve some of the industry’s most pressing problems. 

Competition Topics

• Topic 1: Mobile app for enhancing the productivity of Hilti’s sales force 
• Topic 2: Mobile app for marketing and/or selling Hilti products
• Topic 3: Mobile app as a service or product for Hilti customers

Objectives

• To allow students to show innovation and creativity in designing and developing tailor-made mobile apps that will enhance the digital experience of Hilti employees and customers.
• To identify talented individuals, among the competition finalists, for possible employment with Hilti in the future

HILTI Mobile App Competition Reward

• All finalists will be invited to an awards ceremony where their accomplishments will be recognized by a member of Hilti’s Executive Board and by the competition’s jury.
• Participation at this event is mandatory for prize eligibility.

Prizes

• 1st place: An once-in-a-lifetime trip: The winning team of up to five people will receive air fare and a five-night stay at one of Hilti’s strategic IT locations: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Plano/Tulsa, USA or Schaan, Liechtenstein.
  • The trip will be arranged on the basis of the winning team’s home country.
  • The team members will have the opportunity to learn about Hilti IT services and to build their Hilti network.
• 2nd and 3rd place: A piece of Hilti: Each 2nd and 3rd place team member will be awarded a Hilti power tool.
• All finalists: internships: Each finalist will have access to a fast-track application process to a paid internship. The internship provides finalists with the chance to further develop their idea and to bring it to life at Hilti.

HILTI Mobile App Competition Application Process

• Participation: Submissions are welcome from individual participants as well as from teams of up to five people.
• Registration: Participating candidates or teams have to register via e-mail with every team member contact details (full name, contact number, e-mail, university, nationality and mentor (if applicable) to IT-mobileapp@hilti.com by October 16, 2015.
• Choose a Competition Topic: Candidates have to decide the scope of their topics (the idea, front end, back end, any special algorithms, etc.
  • Candidates can choose from the following platforms Android, iOS, Windows Phone, mobile web and you may use the programming language of your choice.
• Submission: Participants should submit their prototype with a presentation document by December 16, 2015.
  • The presentation document should explain the purpose of the idea and how it supports Hilti and our customers.
  • Use an illustrative and attractive way to present typical application situations, a proposal for the design and the benefits your idea will bring Hilti.
  • Feel free to make reasonable assumptions about the technical requirements as needed.

HILTI Mobile App Competition Selection Process

Evaluation Criteria: Submissions will be judged based on:

• Innovation
• UX design
• Quality of code
• Complexity of the mobile app
• Expected benefits for Hilti Engaging new business with mobile technologies

Semifinals: The selection event will be conducted via video conferencing

On site Workshop: The selected Finalists will be invited to an on-site workshop at

Hilti Asia IT Services Sdn. Bhd.
Level 7-01, Symphony House,
Pusat Dagangan Dana 1,
Jalan PJU 1A/46, 47301 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia.

What will be done in the Workshops? The workshop will give teams the chance to further develop their ideas and learn more about the Hilti business while networking with a group of highly creative individuals.

Selection Process: Submissions will be reviewed and the winners selected by an international panel of experts which will also make the corresponding announcement.

Hilti Asia IT Services Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia

Phone: +603 5021 5575

Fax: +603 7491 0255