Product Design and Research Intern, Morning Brew
$20 an hour
Online media and newsletter publication
Be an early applicant
Online media and newsletter publication
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$20 an hour
201-500 employees
Company mission
Morning Brew's mission is to help the business leaders of tomorrow become smarter in minutes.
Role
Who you are
- A current junior or senior enrolled in a relevant degree program
- Self-directed and comfortable navigating ambiguity
- Collaborative by nature and energized by working across teams
- You ask good questions and follow them through to actionable answers
- You care about craft and want to do meaningful work, not just check boxes
- Passionate about Morning Brew Inc. and the work we do
What the job involves
- Morning Brew Inc. is looking for a research-focused Product Design intern to sit at the intersection of Product Design and Content Experience. This is a rare opportunity to work inside a fast-moving media-tech company and directly influence how millions of readers discover, engage with, and subscribe to our content
- You'll work closely with the Product Design team and Content Experience PM conducting end-user and audience research that feeds directly into design decisions, roadmap prioritization, and product strategy. Expect exposure to both internal tooling (Astra, our Sanity-based CMS) and audience-facing product surfaces
- Our summer internship position is a part-time role based in our New York office
- You'll own 1-2 research projects over the course of the internship, with the possibility of a hybrid research and design execution project
- Across projects you'll plan and conduct user research, synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into clear, actionable insights, present findings to cross-functional stakeholders, and collaborate with the Product Design Team on design artifacts where applicable
- Dig into how subscribers read, understand click, and value content across our web portfolio (Morning Brew, Retail Brew, Tech Brew, etc.)
- Identify patterns by segment and surface actionable opportunities for editorial and product teams
- Explore how readers understand and interact with the recommendations section on our site
- Combine analytics review, surveys, and user interviews to understand what drives engagement and propose or prototype design solutions
Our take
The last few years have seen a flurry of newsletters start up and rise to prominence. The pivot away from news outlets towards alternative content production sites like Substack, and the consumer pursuit of more personal brand engagement have all made newsletters a lucrative business proposition. Buoyed up by this trend is Morning Brew, a daily business summary newsletter.
Recently, Morning Brew’s subscriber count has been rising increasingly fast, topping 4 million at the time of writing. The founders put this down to its 2020 acquisition by media behemoth Insider, following which the headcount more than quadrupled, and new channels like a podcast, YouTube, and an education product have been added to the Morning Brew output.
The company is now looking to expand to cover news across more industry verticals, and it has the security, engagement, and means to do so with confidence. In 2023, it acquired the short-form business news video platform Our Future to expand Morning Brew product offerings.
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Insights
-15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2017
$0.8m
SEED
Total funding: $0.8m
Company benefits
- Unlimited sick and vacation time
- Work from home, work from the office, work from the moon — you decide
- 401(k) with employer match
- Premium healthcare plans
- Annual learning credit: Want to learn something new? We'll pay for it
- Generous paid parental leave and fertility coverage for eligible employees
- Short and long-term disability covered 100% by us
- WFH stipend
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Austin Rief
(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Following a finance degree, began his career as an analyst at Moelis & Company - before rapidly pivoting to begin Morning Brew.
Alex Lieberman
(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Previously a trader with Morgan Stanley - now also serves as an advisor and investor at various startups including Something Navy, The PepTalk Co., and MicroAcquire. Also hosts Morning Brew's Founder's Journal podcast.
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