Growth Strategist (Externship)

Growth Strategist (Externship)

Growth Strategist (Externship)

Marketing

Remote

About this role

About this role

This role is fully remote and designed to offer guided support and real-world experience to a student or early-career professional. Perfect for building experience and networking. No resume is required and the role is not compensated.


Curastem is a nonprofit building AI-powered mentorship and career guidance for people navigating education and work with limited support. As a Growth Strategist extern, you’ll help us understand how to reach the right students, mentors, and partner organizations—and turn that understanding into clear, practical action.

You’ll have meaningful autonomy to own scoped GTM projects, run small experiments, and collaborate with product, data, and operations to improve how Curastem grows responsibly.


What You’ll Do

  • Design and run small GTM experiments (hypothesis, execution, and reflection)

  • Help refine messaging and positioning for different audiences (students, mentors, partners)

  • Draft outreach copy for email, partnerships, or landing pages

  • Research potential partners and build targeted outreach lists

  • Track basic funnel metrics (engagement, response, conversion)

  • Collaborate with product and data to connect GTM work to real user behavior

  • Document learnings clearly so others can build on them


Who You Are

  • A student or early-career professional interested in growth, partnerships, or strategy

  • Comfortable wearing both analytical and creative hats

  • Clear written communicator who likes structured thinking

  • Curious about how organizations grow without being spammy

  • Comfortable experimenting, learning quickly, and adjusting course

  • Reliable, thoughtful, and able to work independently with guidance

  • Ability to communicate written and spoken language in English

About Curastem

Curastem is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on expanding access to education and meaningful careers. We support students, low-income individuals, people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated individuals, and career-switchers through a combination of 1:1 human mentorship and AI-powered guidance.


Our team is skilled, collaborative, and intentionally low-ego. We value clear thinking, calm execution, and learning by doing. Externs at Curastem are treated as collaborators and work on real initiatives that directly shape how we operate and who we’re able to serve.