Rationale Labs

Growth & Distribution Intern

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive early-stage growth for synthetic-user products by prototyping distribution, messaging, and outreach to AI startups, with close founder collaboration and rapid iteration.

  • Growth loops: Create scalable, testable growth loops to attract early adopters.
  • Outreach and demos: Run fast outreach experiments and move prospects through demos to raise awareness.
  • Messaging and positioning: Shape concise messaging to resonate with AI startup audiences.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Help us get in front of AI startups
  • Run outreach experiments
  • Create growth loops
  • Work directly with the founder
  • Help shape messaging and positioning
  • Drive demos and awareness
  • Test scrappy distribution ideas daily

Requirements

  • knows how to make things spread
  • understands founder/startup culture
  • has successfully cold-DM’d people before
  • knows how to get attention online
  • understands AI Twitter/X + LinkedIn
  • can write sharp messaging
  • moves fast
  • experiments constantly
  • figures things out independently
  • San Francisco preferred, but not required

Preferred

  • grown an audience
  • made posts go viral
  • built a niche community
  • run scrappy outreach
  • hacked growth for a project
  • helped a startup get users
  • spent too much time studying startups and distribution