Description of Spotivity
The audacious goal of spotivity is empower an entire teen demographic to make better decisions that positively influence their entire life. Founded by Montana Butsch, Spotivity is a double-sided marketplace that not only supports after school programs to increase enrollment and participation rates but also enables kids and their parents to make the best decisions about how to use time outside of school hours by providing a dynamic and interactive search, mapping, and education tool. This revolutionary app addresses the constant pain point that is finding meaningful engagement opportunities for teens outside of school.
To be considered - please fill out this survey if you are 18+ If you are in high school (we do offer an internship to highschoolers) please fill out this survey -
Description of Opportunity
Are you:
- Looking to get involved on the ground level of an innovative and socially impactful start-up with high growth potential?
- Yearn for an opportunity to work with a team of forward thinking professionals in a collaborative, positive, and supportive culture?
- Want your entrepreneurial spirit and vision to be rewarded with your success fueling opportunities for advancement?
- Looking to enter at the ground level of an emerging digital startup and ride the wave of the startup lifecycle? If so, then:
We are looking for an energetic, thoughtful and engaged individual that has an overwhelming passion for helping teens and families via innovative opportunities and operates best when given autonomy and ownership of tasks. The Intern must have a keen interest in marketing, has demonstrated the creation and implementation of organization processes, has an ability to thrive in ambiguity with an entrepreneurial mind-set, and does not require micro-management to address tasks.
Description of role:
This role is to serve as both A) energize and accelerate the growth of the spotivity app and B) engage with, learn, and execute various operational activities. Involvement includes:
1) Marketing Engagement / Customer Acquisition
2) Assist in Brand Strategy
Required Experience
- Demonstrated Skills:
- Some marketing and sales background
- cross- functional team membership skills
- Motivated self-starter who is positive, high-energy, and driven with a proven ability to move things forward efficiently and effectively with minimal direction
- Must be comfortable with the learning curve/constant change that comes with operating in a fast-moving, ever-changing world of a startup
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills
- Comfortable in spreadsheets and doing analysis
- We operate on G-Suite (Gmail, G-Drive, Sheets, Presentations, Calendar, Drawings, etc); experience using G-Suite is a plus. At a minimum, must be adept at Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
What We Do
The story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 isn’t really about the fire. It’s about what happened next: A remarkable moment when the most brilliant engineers, architects and inventors came together to build a new city. Their innovations – born of passion and practical ingenuity – shaped not just Chicago, but the modern world. What started 140 years ago continues to this day. Chicago’s brightest digital designers, engineers and entrepreneurs are shaping new technologies, disrupting old business models, and resetting the boundaries of what’s possible.
1871 is Chicago’s innovation hub and the #1 ranked private business incubator in the world. It exists to inspire, equip, and support early stage, growth stage and corporate innovators in building extraordinary businesses. 1871 is home to ~400 technology startups, ~200 growth stage companies, and ~1,500 members, and is supported by an entire ecosystem focused on accelerating their growth and creating jobs in the Chicagoland area. The member experience includes virtual and in person access to workshops, events, mentorship, and more. The nonprofit organization has 350 mentors available to its members, alongside access to more than 200 partner corporations, universities, education programs, accelerators, venture funds and others. Since its inception in 2012, more than 850 alumni companies are currently still active, have created over 14,500 jobs, and have raised more than $3.5 billion in follow-on capital.
Come to a place where you can share ideas, take initiative, work hard, grow professionally and, with a little luck, change the world. If that sounds like you, come join us.
Welcome to 1871.
**Please note, the jobs on our job page are positions with our startups.
