Growth Intern, Proton
Encrypted email, drive, and VPN services
Be an early applicant
Encrypted email, drive, and VPN services
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To fight for a better internet that is secure and private by default.
Role
Who you are
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data
- A self-starter who is proactive, flexible, and resourceful
- Interest in cybersecurity, privacy, or SaaS products
- Creativity and willingness to test unconventional growth ideas
- Solid communication skills and confidence in outreach
- Familiarity with SEO, ASO, or influencer/affiliate marketing is a plus
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a proactive, data-driven Growth Intern to help us expand the reach of our authenticator app and strengthen its position in the market
- You’ll work closely with the Growth Lead and the marketing team, owning the growth strategy of our new Proton Authenticator app and experimenting with tactics to drive adoption, traffic, and visibility
- This is a paid internship opportunity
- You'll take ownership of growth experiments and contribute to the overall growth strategy for the authenticator app
- Collaborate with the marketing team to:
- Drive traffic to the website through SEO, ASO (App Store Optimization), and content initiatives
- Direct tactics on social media, forums, and community platforms to capture feedback, track trends, and spot growth opportunities
- Identify and reach out to influencers, affiliates, and communities to build partnerships and amplify visibility
- Proactively outreach to companies, developers, and communities to encourage adoption and partnerships
- Design and test grassroots growth hacks to enhance product visibility and expand Proton authenticators user base
- Analyze user data and campaign performance to optimize growth efforts
- Support messaging and positioning of the authenticator app to highlight its unique privacy-first value
- Continuously research competitors and the market to identify gaps and opportunities
Our take
Proton is a Geneva-based startup founded by former CERN worker and internet privacy advocate Andy Yen. It provides internet users with encrypted webmail, calendar, drive, and VPN services.
Proton maintains its pro-privacy ethos using a Swiss VPN, protected by strict Swiss privacy laws. In essence, it has established a connection between the personal and the political, smartly utilising the country’s national laws to benefit people and organisations globally. Proton also funds charities and movements such as the World Wide Web Foundation and Netblocks, further cementing it as an influential NGO.
Perhaps Proton’s most important quality is its determination to maintain independence from advertisers and companies. Originally founded on donations, Proton has funded itself via grants rather than venture capital so that all of its customer's data is never at risk of being mined. One effect of this is that to keep up with the increasing competition in the data privacy sector, Proton has expanded its services to allow more cross-selling and simultaneously has more products to offer, such as drive and calendar privacy.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- These vary by location and type of contract but expect support on your vacation, parental leave, refreshment if working from the office, learning and development opportunities, equity for shared success, flexible working hours and remote work, company events, and team-building activities.
Company HQ
Plan-les-Ouates, GE
Leadership
Andy Yen
(CEO)Previously PhD Researcher at CERN
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