Communications Intern, Jerry
Spring Semester, Part Time
AI car insurance comparison
Job no longer available
AI car insurance comparison
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To save customers time and money on car expenses.
Role
Who you are
- If you thrive in fast-paced remote work environments and desire to experience working at a start-up, this may be the role for you
- You’re obsessed with news and following pop culture, societal conversation, and trends (you’re a news junkie!)
- You are a journalism major or minor, or have previous media relations or communications internship experience or similar
- You have superior writing and editing skills with the ability to – you can take complex, nuanced topics and develop creative, compelling, clear, concise and crisp pitches, stories and headlines
- You’re a multitasker who can juggle multiple projects and deadlines, manage competing projects and urgent deliverables without missing a beat, and a pillar of composure under pressure
- You thrive in fast-paced environments and are interested in gaining in-house, start-up experience
- You are scrappy, resourceful and proactively uncover solutions to keep moving projects forward
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a part-time spring semester Communications Intern to join our team! This is a part-time, paid, remote internship, starting in January 2024 or earliest available.
- You’ll work closely with our Communications team to build awareness and reputation for the Jerry brand, primarily through media relations and data journalism
- Supporting day-to-day media relations outreach efforts across consumer, tech, business and trade media
- Monitoring, tracking and reporting results
- Daily trendspotting societal and cultural news
- Brainstorming and developing targeted media pitches
- Conducting media research, developing media audits and targeted media lists
- Monitoring for general news and competitor news, flagging opportunities/threats
- Assisting in social media research and video script writing
- Potential to assist in social media video content creation for TikTok, Instagram and Threads
- Supporting with internal communications
- Research ideas for data journalism studies
- Developing data journalism study content with mentorship and support from our data journalist
Our take
Most drivers in America don’t shop around before renewing their car insurance due to the complexity of comparison sites. Jerry simplifies this process with an AI-powered service requiring minimal personal details to search and secure insurance contracts. Initially focused on insurance comparison, Jerry has expanded into auto refinancing.
Jerry stands out by offering a fully automated experience and comprehensive services for car ownership, including repairs and maintenance, unlike its competitors. These features have made Jerry the most downloaded and top-rated app in its category.
In 2023, Jerry raised $110 million in Series C2 financing, led by Park West Asset Management and others. The funding will expand the app’s services, including GarageGuard, which provides maintenance cost estimates and partner discounts, and DriveShield, which tracks driving scores and offers rewards. Serving 4 million Americans, Jerry has become the top broker for several major insurance carriers and is well-positioned for further growth in the $250 billion US auto insurance industry.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$88m
SERIES C
Aug 2021
$75m
SERIES C
Total funding: $229m
Company benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- 401K & Stock Options
- PTO (with up to 20 days rollover)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Full training, leadership development and growth opportunities
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Art Agrawal
(CEO)After working as a Knowledge Management Analyst at SAP America, they founded Care Workforce, an online marketplace for nursing shifts and co-founded YourMechanic, a nationwide on-demand car repair service. They have incubated both Jerry and YourMechanic at Y Combinator.
Musawir Shah
(CTO)After finishing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, They worked as the Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA, an AI computing company, before becoming the Vice President of YourMechanic (founded by Art). Before co-founding Jerry with Art, they worked as the Principal Engineer at BrightEdge, an AI engine for digital content.
Lina Zhang
(Vice President of Operations)After a Ph.D. at Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctor degree at Berkeley School of law, they were an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. They then became the VP of Operations at YourMechanic before co-founding Jerry.
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