MBA HR Intern, NewsBreak
$35 - $55/hour
5 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Local breaking news app
Posted today
Local breaking news app
201-500 employees
Posted today
$35 - $55/hour
5 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To connect and empower local users, local content creators, and local businesses at scale, with the goal of helping people everywhere live safer, more vibrant, more truly connected lives.
Role
Who you are
- Prior business experience (e.g., investment banking, strategic consulting, HR consulting)
- Currently pursuing an MBA degree at a top-tier program (Graduating in 2026 or 2027)
- Excellent business sense, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Deep interest in analyzing data with the ability to distill trends and provide principled recommendations
- Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills, with strong executive presence and the ability to present thoughtful input to decision-making
- Passion for innovative technologies and artificial intelligence, with a strong pulse on key HR trends, themes, and players
What the job involves
- NewsBreak is hiring an intern for the Human Resources track of our General Management Rotation Program (MRP)
- The goal of our MRP is to attract experienced (minimum 3 years business experience), high potential MBA upcoming graduates and develop them into future HR leaders within NewsBreak
- This internship provides hands-on exposure to core HR functions and executive mentorship, building the depth needed to accelerate individual development and prepare candidates for key HR roles upon program graduation
- Facts about NewsBreak's HR Internship:
- It is a customized experience matching the needs of the individual intern with the business and needs of NewsBreak's HR team
- The internship provides exposure to multiple HR functions over its duration
- All interns are assigned a Sr. HR Executive Sponsor, as well as rotation leaders and mentors
- Minimum of 2 impactful assignments aligned with a key HR objective & personal development plan that drive business results
- Gain professional experience through challenging assignments, exposure across HR functions, and visibility to senior leadership
- May include exposure to various US operations/locations
- Potential Functional Exposure:
- Human Resources: Total Rewards → Human Resources Business Partner → Talent Acquisition → Employee Relations/HR Compliance
Our take
News aggregation apps often focus on big global stories, but local news can easily get buried. NewsBreak exists to change this situation, using an AI-powered aggregator to connect readers with content creators who report on matters a little closer to home.
NewsBreak stands out with its focus on local news, which is beneficial for users who are looking for more relevant content than can be served by national and global publishers, and with smaller scale press companies which have been suffering financially for decades.
This focus seems to have paid off: NewsBreak has over 50 million users across the US, and its app has topped the US Apple App Store and Google Play repeatedly. What's more, it was voted one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators by Fast Company in 2025 and is rumoured to be gearing up for a 2026 or 27 IPo. If uptake and laurels continue, the company stands to grow substantially while helping reinvigorate a struggling and vital industry.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2021
$115m
SERIES C
Sep 2019
$14.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $139.8m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
- Top-tier 401(K) plan with company matching
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- FSA and commuter benefit programs
- Team activity budget
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Jeff Zheng
(Founder & CEO)Having undertaken a PhD at the University at Buffalo, Jeff spent over 7 years at Yahoo!, prior to founding Yidianzixun, where he worked as CEO. He left this role in April 2015 to found NewsBreak, serving as CEO since.
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