Company overview

Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. We do that through smarter lending products, better tools, and relentless focus. Our approach is shaped by real stories and real challenges, and we’re building solutions that actually help.How we work matters just as much as what we’re building. Our five cultural principles guide how we show up, make decisions, and deliver for our customers every day:Every Second Counts. Choose to Do Hard Things. Pursue Excellence. Lead Together. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously.We’re a remote-first team, moving fast and having fun while doing meaningful work. Perks include a $1,000 Earniversary travel perk, generous PTO, an annual office stipend, and swag drops throughout the year.Sound like your kind of place? Explore open roles at earnest.com/careers.Earnest Operations, NMLS #1204197nmlsconsumeraccess.org
Founded in 2013
Oakland, California, USA
364 employees (36 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
60% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$135,000 – $170,000

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

6 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +14.8% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$316.3M

Last raise

$20M

Series C, 9 years ago

Funding history

Mar 2017

Series C Earnest · $20M

Nov 2015

Debt Financing Earnest · $200M

Nov 2015

Series B Earnest · $75M

Jan 2015

Series A Earnest · $17M

May 2014

Seed Round Earnest · $4.3M

Sep 2013

Venture Round Earnest

Audience

Monthly website visitors
532.5K
Month over month-6%
Quarter over quarter-38.3%
Top sourceDirect (58.8%)
Ad budget per month$970.7K
Average search rank39.8
Traffic source mix
Direct
58.8%
Search
34.4%
Referral
5%
Paid referral
1.1%
Social
0.6%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

27.1K

12-mo growth

+54%

Monthly growth

+14.7%

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