Growth Intern (SF)

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$2K/mo – $2K/moIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 8 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive partnerships and external presence for Inkle through proactive outreach and events.

  • Own partnerships, outbound sourcing, and events across law firms, universities, VCs, and founder networks.
  • Must-have: extreme self-starter who can work with minimal direction and leverage AI tools to accelerate work.
  • Standout: regularly represents Inkle at 2–3 networking events per week with founders, operators, and investors.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build new partnerships with law firms, universities, VCs, accelerators, and incubators.
  • Run outbound outreach — calls, emails, LinkedIn — to source and nurture new relationships.
  • Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing partners.
  • Plan and execute in-person events, partner workshops, and online webinars (mainly in SF).
  • Coordinate logistics, venues, content, and communication.
  • Help grow Inkle’s visibility across community hubs and founder networks.
  • Attend 2–3 networking events per week with the team.
  • Represent Inkle across founder, operator, and investor meetups.
  • Bring back partner leads and insights to inform GTM decisions.

Requirements

  • Studying or recently completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.
  • Must have US work authorization or be eligible for CPT / OPT
  • Extreme proactiveness. This is the number one trait we’re looking for. We will not micromanage you - you must be a complete self-starter, and make yourself super busy and just take care of things without being asked.
  • Comfortable cold calling & cold emailing . We are looking for relentless individuals
  • Working with lots of software - speed is of the essence, and you must be comfortable using AI tools to get even faster.
  • Communication is key: you’ll need very strong English (written and spoken) and absolute willingness to overcommunicate without being asked.
  • Travel when required to SF Bay Area and NY City during conference season - if required.