Growth & Strategy Intern, HOLY
Office located in Berlin Prenzlauerberg
Ethical soft drink retailers
Open for applications
Ethical soft drink retailers
101-200 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Berlin Prenzlauerberg
101-200 employees
Company mission
To become Europe's leading healthier soft drink brand.
Role
Who you are
- Structured & Reliable: Works with discipline and clarity, keeps priorities straight, and delivers on time
- High Standards: Produces clean, accurate, and well-thought-out work — every detail counts
- Analytical & Pragmatic: Thinks logically, solves problems fast, and gets things done efficiently
- Communicative Team Player: Shares progress openly, takes feedback well, and collaborates with a low-ego mindset
- Languages: English and German fluency required
- Availability: 4-6 months
- This role is ideal for someone who enjoys structure, problem-solving, and learning in a dynamic environment
What the job involves
- As the Growth & Strategy Intern, you’ll support our Retail team across a mix of strategic and operational topics
- Your work helps to keep projects organised, ensures teams stay aligned, and creates the clarity needed in a fast-moving environment
- In practice, this means preparing presentations and internal documents, analysing data and translating it into simple insights, organising and documenting meetings, coordinating timelines and to-dos, and supporting the overall planning and structure behind key projects
- You’ll also take on administrative and enabling tasks that keep the organisation running smoothly and help teams make decisions based on clean inputs
- Throughout the internship, you’ll gain exposure to topics across Organisational Development, Go-to-Market Strategy, Retail Expansion, and Brand & Trade Marketing
- You’ll work closely with retail leaders and get a realistic, hands-on view into how a high-growth consumer brand operates behind the scenes
- Build and structure strategic decks (e.g. board updates, performance overviews, project summaries) that clearly communicate insights and progress
- Prepare and facilitate meetings — from structuring agendas and gathering inputs to capturing next steps and ensuring follow-through in Notion
- Analyze and visualize data, turning numbers into concise, actionable insights to support decision-making
- Coordinate cross-functional projects e.g. in the retail organization and ensure timelines and priorities stay on track
- Support planning & administration, such as internal kickoffs, team sessions, and light logistics — executed with ownership and attention to detail
- Learn directly from HOLY’s retail leadership and participate in strategic discussions shaping our next phase of growth
Application process
- As we are experiencing rapid growth and have ambitious plans, the optimal start date for the position is today. Nonetheless, we are prepared to patiently await the arrival of the ideal candidate, recognizing that quality ultimately yields the best results
- Getting to know you: We will have a 30 minute screening interview where we will talk to you more about HOLY and the position and see if our expectations match
- Case study & on-site interview: As soon as you have successfully completed the first interviews, you will receive a case study. After a successful case study submission you will be invited to come in our office, the HOLY Temple where the team will discuss your case study with you and answer questions
- Reference calls: At this stage, we’d like to connect with 1–2 former colleagues or managers who have worked closely with you. These conversations help us better understand your working style and strengths from those who know you professionally
- Founder Interview: As a strong cultural fit is important to us, you will have a final meeting with one of our HOLY Founders. This gives both you and us the opportunity for a final check
- Job offer and decision: If everything goes well, you will receive an offer and we are ready to embark you this journey together with you!
- Typically his process should take around 2 weeks
Our take
The soft drinks industry is big business, estimated to reach a value of over $600 billion by 2030. However, many of the biggest brands are full of unhealthy and unethically sourced ingredients that are not in line with the push for more sustainable products. HOLY is a German company that wants to disrupt the soft drink industry with healthier and more ethically sourced alternatives.
HOLY’s two flagship products are its energy drink and iced tea. With sugar and taurine-free ingredients, the products come in powder form, which saves 90% on packaging and significantly decreases the amount of CO2 emissions from manufacture and transport compared to canned drinks.
As with many soft drinks, HOLY’s branding is key. Its vivid designs and online presence increase its appeal for the gaming community, who would typically lean toward large competitors such as Monster Energy. With good funding at its back and a 2026 push into the UK market, HOLY is on the right path to compete with well-established rivals, having sold more than 10 million drinks solely via its online marketplace.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2023
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $12m
Company benefits
- Join a successful and growing company
- Huge impact and career growth
- Awesome team of colleagues who are ambitious, funny, down-to-earth, and authentic
- Startup culture with flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development
- Central office in Berlin Mitte, flexible working hours, and much more
Company HQ
Kollwitzkiez, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Mathias Horsch
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously the Founder and Chairman at the Asian-European Society Munich, Researching and Teaching Assistant at Technical University of Munich, Strategy Consulting at the EAC International Consulting and CX Strategy & Benchmarking at Amazon
Frederick Jost
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously Grwoth Equity at Eurazeo, Strategy Consulting at Boston Consulting Group, Investment Management at Holtzbrinck Digital, Online Marketing and Investment Relations at Tillhub GmbH
Phillipp Nass
(Co-Founder & CMO)Previously Director of Marketing at Crealytics, NY KnowGO Conference, Business Analyst Intern at Crealytics and Marketing Intern at HappyFresh
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