We review every application and follow up with a 15–20 minute chat if there's a fit.

Growth & Innovation Application

Hi there! Before moving on, please note this role is only applicable towards high school and college students.

We're Grassroot Academy, an AI learning platform that helps people actually understand stuff (not just cheat on homework) — from students chasing better grades to professionals upskilling to stay ahead as AI reshapes the workforce. We're early-stage, scrappy, and need help from people who get what learners want.

This isn't a summer buried in Excel or formatting someone else's slide deck — what a lot of “prestigious” internships actually boil down to. You'll own real projects that affect real users. Internships run a minimum of 8 weeks and can extend well past a year — however long you're here, you'll build portfolio pieces that make recruiters say, "Wait…you did what as an intern?"

The upside: You get way more ownership, faster learning, and cooler projects than you'd get grinding spreadsheets at some private equity or finance internship.

Plus, you'll receive mentorship and guidance on applying to university or undertaking a career from a team that has advised hundreds of students on their academic and professional journeys.

Social Media & Marketing

  • Own our TikTok and Instagram strategy end-to-end (content calendar, posting, engagement)
  • Create 3–4 pieces of content per week (videos, carousels, memes) that drive signups
  • Collaborate with founders on viral campaigns and product launches
  • Develop and execute marketing campaigns across channels — email sequences, partnerships, school outreach
  • Create high-converting marketing assets including landing page copy, one-pagers, demo decks, and promotional materials for school and organizational partnerships
  • Synthesize platform analytics and campaign performance data into weekly briefs for the founding team, with actionable recommendations on marketing direction
e.g. Northwestern, 2027
(1) Why you want to do this, and (2) one thing you've done that you're proud of — project, club, side hustle, creative work, helping a friend, anything meaningful. Treat it like a piece of growth content; how you put the video together is part of the answer. Make something we'd want to watch.
You're running a festival at a zoo where all the animals can talk. The penguins think it's too hot, the peacocks only care about looking good, the sloths can't be bothered, and the owls think festivals are dumb. You cannot bribe anyone. How do you get them to show up?
Optional. Add the emails of teammates, friends, or collaborators you'd want to apply alongside — we'll loop them into the conversation.

    Product Strategy Application

    Hi there! Before moving on, please note this role is only applicable towards high school and college students.

    We're Grassroot Academy, an AI learning platform that helps people actually understand stuff (not just cheat on homework) — from students chasing better grades to professionals upskilling to stay ahead as AI reshapes the workforce. We're early-stage, scrappy, and need help from people who get what learners want.

    This isn't a summer buried in Excel or formatting someone else's slide deck — what a lot of “prestigious” internships actually boil down to. You'll own real projects that affect real users. Internships run a minimum of 8 weeks and can extend well past a year — however long you're here, you'll build portfolio pieces that make recruiters say, "Wait…you did what as an intern?"

    The upside: You get way more ownership, faster learning, and cooler projects than you'd get grinding spreadsheets at some private equity or finance internship.

    Plus, you'll receive mentorship and guidance on applying to university or undertaking a career from a team that has advised hundreds of students on their academic and professional journeys.

    Product Strategy

    • Take a real student problem and build your own solution to it, end to end — concept, design, prototype, and pitch
    • Iterate through designs fast: wireframes → mockups → clickable prototypes, refined against real feedback
    • Bring ideas to life however you work best — coding your own prototype is a big plus, not a requirement (design tools, no-code, whatever gets it real)
    • Be among the first to seed and grow communities on Grassroot ahead of public launch — spark the real academic activity that makes a platform come alive
    • Run scrappy user research: talk to students, watch how they actually learn, and turn friction into sharper product decisions
    • Shape Grassroot's product and growth strategy directly with the founding team — pitch features, pressure-test tradeoffs, and influence where the roadmap heads next
    e.g. Northwestern, 2027
    No essay needed — just tell us what makes this important to you. 4 sentences, max.
    Software is ideal — but a club, business, event, or anything else you started from zero counts too. 3–5 sentences.
    Optional. Add the emails of teammates, friends, or collaborators you'd want to apply alongside — we'll loop them into the conversation.