MBA Fellowship, US Growth Strategy

The Guardian • New York, NY

11d • $27 - $33 • Hybrid

About The Position

This MBA Fellowship offers an experience you won’t find anywhere else. Created
in partnership by The New York Times, POLITICO, The Atlantic and The Guardian,
the program gives fellows a front-row seat into how four of the world’s leading
news organizations think, operate, and innovate. Over the summer, fellows work
on meaningful strategic projects while participating in shared workshops,
leadership conversations, and cross-company programming. The experience offers
exceptional access to senior leaders, exposure to different approaches across
the media industry, and a powerful network of peers, all designed to help shape
the next generation of media and business leaders.

The Guardian is looking for an ambitious and creative MBA fellow with strong
research, organizational, and communication skills to shape the future of the
Guardian’s US reader revenue growth. The Growth team focuses on delivering
immediate results while also developing mid-to-long-term strategy, partnering
with teams across the company in both the US office and UK headquarters. You
will work with the Senior VP of Growth and US Reader Revenue team, and
collaborate across the global organization to plan growth strategy ideas and
deliver recommendations to senior Guardian leadership.

Requirements

• Must be a MBA student and enrolled in a US accredited college or university MBA degree program for the full duration the fellowship
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Creative problem solver who can identify business problems, leverage and analyze data, and develop solutions
• Organization skills, and strong work ethic and ability to manage projects with minimal direction
• Knowledge of research and data analysis preferred

Responsibilities

• Create an innovative digital growth strategy proposal, owning the process from ideation to development to a presentation for senior leadership
• Support existing business priorities with market research and turning that research into actionable recommendations
• Identify market segments with significant growth potential and develop hypotheses for serving these markets
• Run financial and predictive modeling to guide strategy and execution 
• Interface with data analytics and audience teams to perform data-drive analyses
• Organize and build executive-level strategy documentation, to include applicable strategic frameworks

Benefits

• Free Headspace subscription for you and your family members(Headspace is a company that offers evidence-based meditation and mindfulness tools, mental health coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and EAP services)
• 401(k) Match
• Subsidized healthcare coverage including medical, vision, and dental
• Medical and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts
• Long Term and Short Term Disability insurance 
• Life insurance 
• Commuter benefits 
• Work/Life balance: Flexible hybrid schedule 

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level