Card Strategy & Partnerships Summer Internship, Avant
Part Time
The base salary range for this job is USD $30 - USD $34/ hour
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Personal credit FinTech
Open for applications
Personal credit FinTech
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
The base salary range for this job is USD $30 - USD $34/ hour
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To move financial lives forward.
Role
Who you are
- You’re an undergraduate or graduate student in Business, Statistics, Engineering, Math, or a related field
- You’re able to work onsite in Chicago, IL at least 3 days per week
- You enjoy solving problems and don’t give up easily when something is unclear
- You’re curious and like figuring out how systems work
- You’re comfortable working with data and numbers (even if you’re still learning tools)
- You can communicate clearly and aren’t afraid to ask questions
- You can operate with some autonomy and adapt when priorities shift
- You want exposure to how real business decisions get made
- We invite you to apply to our positions even if you do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed in the description. If you’re passionate about our mission and aligned to our values, we hope you’ll come contribute to our awesome culture
What the job involves
- Ready to disrupt the status quo of financial services? Join Avant from June 1 to August 21 for an immersive summer experience designed to challenge your thinking and sharpen your skills
- We’re looking for a Card Strategy & Partnerships Intern to join the team for the summer. In this role, you’ll work directly with the team responsible for growing Avant’s credit card program across partner marketplaces and product strategy initiatives. This is a hands-on role where you’ll help analyze performance, launch tests, build tools, and uncover opportunities that directly influence how the business grows
- Analyze performance across acquisition channels and partner marketplaces
- Help monitor and improve key funnel metrics to drive performance and optimize conversion
- Support the design, launch, and evaluation of growth experiments
- Build dashboards, models, or lightweight tools and work closely with the Data team on partner reporting to help the team make faster, better decisions
- Leverage internal competitive intelligence to identify advantages across channels, products, promotions, and application flows to inform portfolio strategy and drive growth
- Conduct data analysis to identify customer behavior patterns and growth opportunities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, Compliance, and external partners
- This role is based on our downtown Chicago Office, located in the Merchandise Mart
Our take
Many Americans with below average credit scores are caught in a bind: they're unable to improve their score, and simultaneously cannot access traditional loans. Avant's alternative is to offer credit options that are powered by machine learning and based upon a large database that helps to manage risk.
For its users, the company offers a quick credit decision and speedy access to any allotted funds. It has issued over $8 billion in loans to date, and has also expanded its business through the acquisitions of ReadyForZero in 2015 and Zero Financial in 2021.
This expansion has enabled Avant to reach towards its goal of offering a whole suite of products in a single platform, such as loans, credit cards, and deposits. Although there are many FinTechs looking at ways to remove the barriers that people with low credit scores face when trying to take out loans, this expansion to banking products should help Avant to stand out.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2022
$125m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2015
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $779m
Company benefits
- Choice of great medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- 401(k) Match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Generous paid parental leave
- Lunch allowance (Fooda) and in-office snacks
- WFH stipends for our remote employees
- Access to LinkedIn Learning for professional development
- No meeting wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)
- Summer fridays
- Fun in-office and virtual social events
- (And who doesn’t love the swag)
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Al Goldstein
(Co-Founder, Chair & CEO)They worked for a year at Deutsche Bank before founding Pangea Properties in 2008, and Avant in 2013. They have been Chair since, alongside founding Amount, Spring Labs, and StoicLane.
Paul Zhang
(Co-Founder & CIO)Having studied at the University of Illinois, they spent a year as a Software Engineer at CashNetUSA and Enova Financial. They founded Debteye in 2011, before starting Avant in 2013, serving first as CTO then Chief Architect, CTO again and finally CIO.
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