Founder's office Intern

About the Role

Hooklink is a creator-focused SaaS product that helps content creators, influencers, personal brands, and Instagram marketers automate their Instagram conversations. We are building a product for the creator economy and are looking for a proactive, curious, and ambitious Founder's Office Intern to work directly with the founding team and help scale the business.

Location: Work from Office — Bhubaneswar

Job Type: Internship

Key Responsibilities

• Growth & User Acquisition

• Research and identify potential users, creators, influencers, and agencies for Hooklink.

• Execute user acquisition campaigns across Instagram, LinkedIn, and other relevant channels.

• Experiment with different growth strategies to drive sign-ups, activations, and paid conversions.

• Reach out to creators and potential partners to introduce Hooklink and build relationships.

• Track campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve growth.

• Founder’s Office & Business Operations

• Work directly with the founders on strategic initiatives, research, and day-to-day priorities.

• Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and customer research.

• Prepare reports, presentations, and actionable insights to support business decisions.

• Help streamline internal processes and coordinate cross-functional initiatives.

• Take ownership of projects from ideation to execution.

• Customer Success & Product Feedback

• Interact with users to understand their challenges, needs, and expectations.

• Help onboard new users and improve their first experience with Hooklink.

• Collect feedback, identify recurring problems, and share insights with the product team.

• Explore ways to improve user activation, retention, and subscription conversions.

• Content & Marketing Execution

• Brainstorm campaign ideas, creator collaborations, and product-led growth initiatives.

• Support the execution of social media campaigns, product launches, and promotional activities.

• Identify trends in the creator economy and Instagram marketing ecosystem.

• Collaborate with the marketing team to turn ideas into measurable experiments.

• Partnerships & New Opportunities

• Research potential partnerships with creators, influencer agencies, and marketing communities.

• Explore new acquisition channels, distribution opportunities, and revenue opportunities.

• Help build outreach pipelines and maintain relationships with potential partners.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proactive, curious, and ambitious.
• Takes initiative instead of waiting for instructions.
• Strong communication, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Interest in startups, SaaS, creator economy, digital marketing, or entrepreneurship.
• Comfortable speaking with users, reaching out to strangers, and building relationships.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results.
• Comfortable using tools such as Google Sheets, Notion, AI tools, and productivity platforms.
• A bias toward action, experimentation, and learning.

Bonus Points

• Previously built a side project, ran a social media page, or worked with a startup.
• Understand Instagram creators, influencers, and digital marketing.
• Experience with sales, growth marketing, community building, or business development.
• Enjoy working with numbers, analyzing metrics, and finding practical solutions.

Qualifications

• Students, recent graduates, aspiring entrepreneurs, and early-career professionals.
• Curiosity, ownership, and execution are valued over fancy degrees or years of experience.

What You'll Gain

• Work directly with the founding team and understand how a SaaS startup grows.
• Hands-on experience in growth, business strategy, customer success, and partnerships.
• Ownership of real projects with measurable business outcomes.
• Exposure to product development, startup operations, and revenue generation.
• Opportunity to build skills across multiple business functions.
• A fast-paced environment where your ideas can turn into real initiatives.