At Earnest, we believe in a world where paying for your education takes less time than earning your degree.  Join us on our mission to empower anyone seeking higher education to reduce the total price tag of their degree, supercharge their ability to pay down student debt, and get on the right financial track fast.

A little background on Earnest: We’re a remote first FinTech company with an accomplished team who believe consumer lending can be radically improved and are doing something about it. We are disrupting the trillion dollar student loan industry by redefining what it means to be creditworthy. We created a company that combines data science, streamlined design, and technology to:

• Build products that simplify the lending process
• Personalize loans to suit the needs of our customers
• Engage with our customers through more human experiences

What makes an “Earnie” culture: 

Earnest’s culture is as dynamic as the products we’re building and defining every day. We’re a fast-growing company, and that means we’re constantly integrating the new perspectives of every individual.

Earnies define our culture as:

• Earn Happy Customers
• Our success comes from anticipating their needs and providing the solutions they’re looking for.
• Better is Better
• The path to great means getting better every day. We push ourselves, and each other, to remain curious and think differently.
• PhD in Moving Fast
• Our customers are tired of long wait times and large student loan bills so we constantly seek out ways to deliver faster.  
• Passion for Challenges
• Perseverance and optimism are just the start to take on the inertia of a national trillion-dollar problem. 
• Impact is a Team Sport
• We maximize our impact when we act as one team. 

Our Earnies are fun, innovative, and willing to roll up their sleeves to help their team succeed in a constantly changing environment. If this sounds like you, and you want to join us on our mission to radically disrupt a trillion dollar fintech industry, keep reading to find out how. 

Your commitment

The summer internship program is 10-12 weeks, from June-August. 

You will have the opportunity to meet with our highly skilled and passionate Earnies daily. Your ideas, creativity, and dedication to our mission will be front and center with everything that you do. We are not going to be asking you to deliver coffee and bagels, you will be an active participant in projects that are working toward achieving our mission. Plus, at the end of your internship at Earnest, you will get to showcase all of your successes company-wide through our Internship Showcase. 

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about our mission and will be able to reflect our values in everything they do at Earnest. They will be part of a remote first culture that stays connected in a constantly-evolving environment through our values. 

This is your opportunity to gain real work experience, be part of a company that’s been voted one of the Best Places to Work, and build your skillset. 

Impact of this role:

• Own an individual marketing project related to influencers, brand tracking, and/or Search advertising (designed by you and your manager based upon your personal skills/interests) for the duration of your internship, concluding with a company-wide showcase to champion your work.
• Work closely with the Digital Marketing Manager in the management of our paid media campaigns (Search, Social, Display, and Video) including strategy, budget planning, and activation.
• Assist with the reporting on performance of our branding and direct response campaigns, identifying areas for optimizations, and sharing with key stakeholders.
• Help craft our messaging across our Social campaigns (including Organic and Influencer) by working with our copywriters and creative agency.
• Partner with a fellow marketing “Earnie” throughout your internship who will serve as a mentor during your onboarding and an advocate for your success in addition to your manager.
• Take part in a Media 101 crash course to quickly grow your knowledge of the different marketing channels and the media planning process.
• Collaborate across our 20+ members of the Marketing team (including Acquisition, Lifecycle, and Operations) to learn the ins-and-outs of the various marketing specialties.
• Lead day-to-day communications with internal and external teams, getting exposure to our various departments (including Product, Engineering, and Design) and partners.

What working on Marketing is like:

• We are mission driven. As Earnest’s Marketing team, we help guide borrowers to a brighter financial future. When borrowers are looking for a way to finance their education or pay off their debt, we aim to make sure they think of Earnest first.
• We put our clients first. We build emotional connections with our audience to help them see that we’re more than a great product – we are people who care.
• We are collaborative. We embrace teamwork and welcome new ideas from all of our fellow Earnies. We collaborate with our Research team to ensure our campaigns are grounded in data, work with Design to build a consistent brand, partner with the Product team to grow our business, and work with Engineering to launch website tests.

Experiences you will bring with you: 

• Rising Senior, enrolled full time in pursuit of a BA/BS degree in Marketing or Advertising.
• Interest in the marketing landscape (particularly digital) and an eagerness to keep up with evolving trends and best practices.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization skills and an eye for details.
• Problem solving abilities with a knack for developing creative solutions.
• Ability to work on a cross-functional team in a constantly changing environment.

At Earnest, we are committed to building an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging enables us to move forward with our mission. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage anyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.  

Earnest provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.

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