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Hello Sunshine

Media brand celebrating women

Hello Sunshine logo
201-500 employees
  • B2C
  • Lifestyle
  • Digital Media
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA

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Company mission

Hello Sunshine's mission is to change the way women walk through the world through storytelling.

Led by a woman

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

53% employee growth in 12 months

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Our take

Gender inequality over the last century has led to men having an unfair advantage in representation through film, television, books, and day-to-day life. Many women have channeled this inequality into their creative work, and it is important that these stories are heard.

Hello Sunshine provides a feminist online media platform, shining a light on film, television, podcasts, and other media formats created by women. The company also runs the female authorship Reese's Book Club, in addition to a newsletter and an online clothing store. Whilst the broadness of content formats Hello Sunshine promotes may present itself as a challenge to the company, it has unified its versatility with its exclusive focus on female authorship and creativity.

In 2021, the company was sold for over $900 million to a media company backed by Blackstone. Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Harden will continue to serve on the board and oversee day-to-day operations. The company is focused on changing and transforming the industry, promoting creators who have been structurally sidelined in the past.

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Benefits

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Equity

Funding (1 round)

Dec 2020

$5m

SERIES A

Total funding: $5m

Leadership

Sarah Harden

(CEO & Co-founder)

Experience as Group Director of Partnerships and Development for News Corporation Asia from 2010 to 2013. President of Otter Media from 2015 to 2018.

Reese Witherspoon

(Co-Founder)

Actress who founded the company to change the way all women are seen in media.