Ness is an early-stage, remote-first startup at the unique intersection of fintech and healthcare. We’re on a mission to build a world where everyone can afford to be healthy.
We’re a seed stage company funded by some of the most iconic operators and entrepreneurs in the space (e.g., Sweetgreen, Headspace, One Medical, Thrive Market).
Started by the former CEO & Founder of Greatist (acquired by Healthline in 2019), we’re building an AmEx-like credit card for health. We’ve got enormous ambitions to flip healthcare on its head through an alternative to health insurance that rewards consumers for the right behaviors and brings down the cost of healthcare.
tl;dr: We’re an early-stage startup hiring a doer who can help with social media and support all our growth initiatives. This position is fully remote, but US-time zones only, please! We’re on an ambitious mission to build a world where everyone can afford to be healthy. More details about us, the role, and the interview process below.
Base comp $45k-$55k, dependent on experience
Meaningful equity and benefits—see our Callings page for more details
What Impact You Can Make
Generally, we’re looking for someone who’ll assist the growth team with projects that nurture relationships with our existing members, future members, and brand partners. Ultimately, you’ll wear many hats—filling any gaps we need filling in Marketing, Brand, and Partnerships—and help us build a communications machine that redefines how people spend and stay healthy.
Our Core Values
We aren’t a family, we’re an incredible team. A super team that does things differently... At Ness, our core values are the source of our POWER.
✏️ Pencil It In
We move fast, try new things fearlessly, think differently, and learn from our mistakes.
🙏🏼 One Ness
We’re all on the same team, give regular feedback, have short memories, plus can "disagree and commit."
🥓 Work Crispy
We value clear, rigorous thought, and we’re always prepared.
🦕 Embrace Your Mythical Creature
Our differences make us special. Come as you are (but no trolls, please!)
👏🏽 Right Way To Win (Not The Easy Way)
We believe in doing well AND doing good.
You May Be The Ideal Candidate If...
If you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. We take a holistic approach to evaluating talent for our team.
You have 1+ years of experience in an early-stage startup environment… or fancy pancy consulting/banking job and want to prove you can hang in a consumer-first startup.
You’re action-oriented and thrive in ambiguity.
You’ve actually started something up before and seen it through.
You’re familiar with growth and marketing and ideally even dabbled in it yourself.
You rock at social media (especially Insta) and, like, totally get it—maybe even have a following!
Things You Might Do...
Create brand-consistent social media content that showcases the Ness lifestyle.
Engage our community not only by replying to comments but also by seeking out like-minded individuals and brands to engage and build relationships with.
Drive outreach, onboarding, and week-over-week reporting on our influencer program, Ness Legends.
Support our rewards marketplace by implementing new rewards, buying gift cards, monitoring inventory & assessing usage trends to generate content ideas across our various marketing channels
Help our content team by writing and building content in our CMS and CRM. (Experience with Mailchimp and Braze a plus!)
Help our partnerships team by supporting our partner promotion process (in collaboration with other folks) and tracking the impact of our efforts.
Take ownership of deck-building for potential brand and influencer partners.
Generate ideas and brainstorm solutions.
How We Hire
First, we don’t discriminate. We know from experience a more diverse and inclusive team leads to bigger impact and success.
1. First Hello
You’ll talk to our Growth leader for 15 minutes. There’s nothing to prepare in advance.
First, we want to figure out if you’ve got the right experience for this position and if working at Ness is a fit for you and us. We’ll have reviewed your application and resume in detail, so this discussion will be mostly a "behavioral" interview focused on what you’ve done before. We want to build conviction you’ll succeed in this job the same way you’ve succeeded in the past.
Then, you’ll have time to ask us anything! (Well, mostly anything.)
2. Meet the Team
You’ll talk to a member of our Partnerships team for 45 minutes, then meet with a few members of our Marketing team in a 45-minute panel interview. (These meetings will most likely happen on separate days.)
Here, we want to explore if we’re a good fit for each other. We will have reviewed your application and any prior meeting notes in detail. During this discussion, we’ll assess your competencies and motivational fit for the team.
3. Take-Home
After this, we’ll send you a take-home project, similar to what would be expected of you at Ness, to get a sense of how you think and communicate!
Why? Well, we believe communication skills are key for leaders in a remote-first company—and want a chance to see you share your expertise. We’ll share more details about this when we get there!
You’ll have 3 days to complete the take-home and send it back to us, and then we’ll take the opportunity to review it.
4. Final Interview
You’ll talk to our Founder & CEO, Derek, on a 30-minute video call.
This discussion will be focused mostly on what brings out the best in you and what’s next. We want to be confident Ness can offer the environment (culture, responsibility, org structure, etc...) that’s led you to the most professional success so far. We’ll have reviewed your application, take-home, and any prior meeting notes in detail.
You’ll have time to ask questions, too!
5. References
Oh—and, with your help, we’ll reach out to folks you’ve worked with in the past. We’re usually pretty far along here, so this is mostly about learning from outside perspectives about how to manage and empower you best.
If relevant, we might have you also meet some other folks on the team. This can be a great opportunity to get a better feel for us and for us to get a better feel for you!
6. The Job Offer
Got this far? That means you’re in. Expect a personal call and welcome to the team!
The position of Associate Growth Marketer is classified as an M1 Marketing Owner under Ness’ leveling framework. Should an offer of employment be extended, the official title for this position will be M1 Marketing Owner per Ness’ leveling framework. We’ll be sure to touch on this during the interview process!
No recruiters or agencies, please. Thanks!
Please be aware of fake job offers coming from people claiming to be Ness Well, Inc. employees. Ness employees and/or our recruiters will never ask you for money or personal information like bank account numbers, and will always ask for a phone call or video call as the first step in our hiring process.
