MBA Fellowship, US Growth Strategy

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.

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
   

Knowledge & experience:

• 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

Position Details:
 

• Position: MBA Fellowship, US Growth Strategy
• Level: Early-Career
• Terms: 10-weeks, full-time fellowship, 40hrs/week
• Location: New York, New York (Hybrid, 3 days in-office)

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $27-$33 USD Hourly

• 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 

Culture & Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. You will also have the opportunity to hear unique insight from our journalists in our morning conference, a live discussion on the news story of the day. 

We offer great tools to help you prioritize your wellbeing including a free Headspace subscription and access to Employee Assistance Programs. 

Learning & Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.

Sustainability

Our goal is to become an environmentally regenerative company and we have signed up to a sustainability vision and strategy to reach it. Find more information about sustainability at GNM here.

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The Guardian is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, national origin, ethnic origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law in its employment policies. In addition, the Guardian will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people at the Guardian. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future.