Helium

Self Improving Software

Social Media & Growth Intern

$30 - $50 / hourlySan Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Internship
Role
Marketing
School year
Sophomore and above
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Zach Witzel
Zach Witzel
CEO

About the role

Helium is building Self-Improving Software: AI that automatically generates & tests new software experiences to lift revenue. We’re…

  • Talent-dense (8 people, 6 engineers, 75% ex-founders)
  • Well-funded ($6M from Google & Leaders from OpenAI)
  • Fast-growing (Serving tens of millions of AI experiences per day for top consumer companies).

Learn more at careers.tryhelium.com

What You’ll Do

You’ll work from our SF Penthouse office and own Helium’s social media and growth strategy.

  • Regularly posting from the company and founder accounts
  • Writing articles and producing videos highlighting customers, new features, and industry news
  • Creating ‘viral moments’, including by launching sidekick products and making them go viral
  • Setting up and running events in the US and internationally (Includes travel)
  • Wearing a lot more hats than listed above 👷.

What We’re Looking For

  • Perpetually Online: You know online Twitter/Tiktok/Insta (even LinkedIn) culture. You have a finger on the pulse, and hopefully have gone viral before
  • Amazing Storyteller: You’re an excellent writer and storyteller. You’ve written beautiful articles or essays, and/or produced stunning videos.
  • Creative & Scrappy: You’re willing to do whatever it takes to knock your goals out of the park. You propose ideas and quickly validate them. You work extremely fast.

Nice to have’s

  • You’re already an influencer or have gone viral multiple times
  • You’ve built mobile apps
  • You know how to code (or are learning)
  • You’ve worked at a startup before

About the interview

  1. Application: In your application, please answer the following questions
    1. Quick Q’s
      1. SAT/ACT Score
      2. Link to 2 writing samples — These can be tweets, articles, essays. (Bonus points if any have gone viral)
      3. Have you ever built / marketed a mobile app or software product before? Please link to it
      4. Have you produced videos? Please send some
    2. Please tell us about the time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage. [<250 words]
    3. Look at our CEO’s Twitter account (https://x.com/zzwitz) — Propose 3 articles we could write that would interest our audience, and write the title and first line of each one.
  2. Interview: You’ll interview with our CEO about your background and ideas
  3. Project: You’ll do an asynchronous project
  4. Work Trial: If we want to make an offer, we’ll bring you on remotely for 1-2 weeks part-time to launch 2-3 projects together (paid).
    1. If it’s a good fit we’ll fly you out to SF and it’s off to the races

About Helium

  • Helium is building Self-Improving Software:
    • Our vision is AI that automatically generates & tests new experiences to lift revenue.
    • To start, we’re automating onboarding flows for mobile apps & quickly expanding to new surfaces.
  • We're an extremely talent-dense team
    • 3/4 of the team previously founded companies
    • All 3 cofounders have ML degrees
    • Generated $Xb in revenue growth for our previous companies.
  • We're scaling quickly
    • Servers have been on fire since launch this Summer
    • We power tens of millions of AI experience for top consumer companies
    • Backed by >$5M from Y Combinator, Google’s AI fund, and leaders from OpenAI
  • Benefits
    • Build on the newest AI models, even before they're released publicly
    • Work with a stellar hard-working team at a prime office in SF
    • All meals (Breakfast, lunch, dinner) while working and gym/transport covered.
Helium
Founded:2024
Batch:S24
Team Size:7
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Shishir Jakati
Shishir Jakati
CTO
Zach Witzel
Zach Witzel
CEO