Marketing & Social Intern
Marketing & Social Intern — MHICO (Summer 2026)
Hi, we are Sayf and Julia, co-founders of MHICO.
Americans pay more for healthcare than anyone else in the world and most of us have no clue what we're buying. Insurance companies designed it this way on purpose. Confused people don't fight back, don't switch plans, and quietly pay bills they shouldn't owe. Meanwhile employers spend tens of thousands per employee on benefits their workforce barely uses, because nobody can decode them.
MHICO is what we're building to fix that. We use AI to pull data directly from insurance companies, translate it into something humans can actually read, help people fight bills and denied claims, and recommend plans that fit their lives. We work with individual consumers, and we work with employers — HR teams who want their people to actually understand the benefits they're paying billions for.
We're early. Two co-founders. Nothing here is polished yet.
Where you come in
We need someone to help us get MHICO's name out there on social. Right now we barely exist online and we don't have time to fix that on our own. We're looking for a marketing intern who'll take ownership of our social presence and build it into something real over the summer.
The trickier part of the job: we have three very different audiences. Consumers on Instagram and TikTok — some young, frustrated with the system, who respond to content that's funny or validating or both. People shopping Medicare plans and overwhelmed by the confusion. And HR and benefits managers at small and large companies — they're on LinkedIn, want to look smart in front of their peers, and respond to a completely different voice. You'd help us crack all three.
What the summer would actually look like:
- Running our day-to-day social on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and X
- Experimenting a lot with formats and hooks on each platform (a lot of it will flop, we learn why, we keep going)
- Making short videos, graphics, posts
- Helping us think through how MHICO should sound as a brand
- Writing blog drafts, newsletter copy, and other things we're currently too busy to write
- Tracking what's working and telling us when something we're doing isn't
You'd report to Julia (CEO) directly. We'd meet 1-2 times weekly, probably more in the early weeks. We give honest feedback, not corporate fluff. You'll have a lot of freedom and a lot of responsibility.
What you get out of it
- A month working on something that genuinely matters at an AI-native startup
- Direct mentorship from the founders. CEO has 15 years of healthcare experience.
- Academic credit support if your school will work with us on the requirements
- A pretty rare combo of skills: consumer and B2B marketing in parallel
- An honest reference letter from people who actually know your work
Who we're looking for
- Currently in school (undergrad or grad), studying marketing, comms, business, journalism, or something adjacent
- You don't just consume on social, you make things on it. Show us an account, a project, or a piece of content you're proud of.
- You can write, and more importantly you can shift voices — what works on TikTok does not work on LinkedIn
- Comfortable with ambiguity. We won't always know what we want. Sometimes you'll need to push back.
- Bonus if you know Canva, Figma, or CapCut; have any healthcare experience; or hold strong opinions about AI
The honest details
- We are VERY early stage. There is a stipend at the end of the internship. We will also support academic credit and write you a reference letter.
- Around 15 hours a week
- Flexible around your school schedule
To apply Send your resume and a few lines on why you want to do this. If you've made a TikTok, Reel, or LinkedIn post you're proud of, link it. If you've ever sat on hold with your insurance company and wanted to scream, mention that too.
— Julia & Sayf mhico.ai