Growth & Community (Traffic) Intern 25 Hours/Week
About the Role
Growth & Community Intern — Thrifle.com
Type: Internship, Remote (Pakistan/India) Duration: 3–4 months (with potential to convert to full-time Growth & Community Marketing Specialist) Hours: 5 hours/day, 5 days/week — 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PST/IST), Monday – Friday
About Thrifle
Thrifle.com is the most intelligent shopping platform in the United States. We're building the country's largest free database of retailer return policies (150+ retailers graded A+ to D), real-time CPSC and FDA product recall cross-checking, military and student discount verification, live Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data, EIA gas prices, and Federal Reserve borrowing rates — all surfaced inside the shopping flow so consumers can answer "Is this actually a good deal for me?" before they buy.
We are not a coupon aggregator. We are not a price comparison engine. We are an AI-first shopping intelligence platform with proprietary data, a custom multi-phase AI content pipeline (Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 + Haiku 4.5), and live data integrations across federal economic datasets — building the most comprehensive consumer shopping intelligence layer on the internet.
We're a lean, founder-led team shipping fast.
Why This Internship Is Worth Your Time
Real work, real metrics. You won't be making coffee or "managing social media." You'll run real distribution experiments and see the traffic numbers in Search Console the next morning.
Founder-direct mentorship. You'll work directly with Thrifle's founder. No middle layer.
Pathway to a full-time job. If you hit the milestones in 3–4 months, you can be hired fulltime.
AI tools and modern stack. You'll learn to use AI for content, analytics, and outreach the way a 2026 marketer actually should.
Portfolio you can show. By the end, you'll have measurable wins (traffic numbers, channel growth, outreach response rates) that put you ahead of 95% of marketing grads.
What You'll Do
Deal Curation & On-Site Posting (30%)
Curate and publish 5–10 high-quality deals daily on thrifle.com
Write punchy, click-worthy titles and descriptions using AI tools we'll teach you
Help identify the day's "hero deals" worth promoting
Reddit & Community Distribution (40%)
Post 3–5 deals daily across 5–8 target subreddits, with custom titles per sub
Build karma on your own assigned Reddit accounts through genuine participation
Reply to comments on Thrifle's posts to keep engagement and ranking up
Help identify new subreddits and student communities worth testing
Support Telegram channel growth — invite friends, suggest content ideas, manage day-to-day posts
Outreach Support (15%)
Help research and build outreach lists (college Instagram pages, student Discord admins, micro-influencers, frugal bloggers)
Send 5+ daily outreach messages from templates we'll provide
Track responses in our outreach pipeline sheet
Reporting & Learning (15%)
Maintain your own daily tracking sheet — what you posted, what got traction, what flopped
Send a written end-of-day standup (3–5 lines: what you did, what you learned, blockers)
Weekly sync with the founder to review wins, losses, and what to try next
What You'll Own (KPIs)
These are realistic for a 5-hour-a-day intern, not the full role:
Daily deal posts
Reddit posts
Reddit karma growth
Outreach volume
Who You Are
Required
Currently a student or recent graduate Fall 2025 (any field — we care about hustle, not degree)
Active Reddit user — share your most-used Reddit account with us. Doesn't need to have huge karma, but must be a real account you've actually posted/commented on. (We'll check.) +++ HUGE points if you Reddit is you favorite app! We love reddit too!!
Native or near-native English writing. Your Reddit titles and outreach messages need to sound like a real person.
Comfortable spending 5 hours a day online and learning new tools fast
Self-directed — you can fill a 5-hour shift productively without someone telling you what to do every 30 minutes
Comfortable with daily metrics and tracking sheets
Available 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM PKT, Tuesday through Saturday (this is non-negotiable)
Bonus Points
You've grown a Reddit account, Discord server, Instagram page, or Telegram channel of your own (any size — show us anything)
You've used AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) for real work, not just homework
You shop online a lot and genuinely care about deals
You have a personal blog, newsletter, or social presence — even a small one
Basic Canva skills
Not a Fit If
You've never used Reddit
You need step-by-step daily instructions
You're applying to 50 internships at once and won't really commit
You can't do the 7:00 AM PKT start time, Tuesday–Saturday
How We Work
Fully remote, async-first, with one weekly sync call
Daily end-of-day standup (written is fine — Loom is bonus)
Time tracking
Performance reviewed monthly — clear feedback on whether you're on track for a full-time offer
Requirements
How to Apply
Send the following to [email protected] with the subject line "Growth Intern Application — [Your Name] — Subreddit":
Your resume or LinkedIn (1 page is fine — tell us what you've actually done, not what your degree is in)
Link to your most active Reddit account
Link to any community you've grown or contributed to (any platform, any size — even your own Twitter/Instagram counts)
A 3–5 sentence answer to: "Pick one subreddit. Why is Thrifle worth posting there, and what would your first post's title be?"
Confirm you can do the 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM PKT schedule, Tuesday–Saturday
Applications missing any of these — including the word "Subreddit" in the subject line — will not be reviewed.
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