ANTON, the free learning app for elementary school, was founded in 2016 and is trusted by over 15 million learners and teachers in over 60,000 schools globally. The app offers a complete all-in-one curriculum for all subjects: English, math, science, social studies, languages and music for preschool to grade 8. Our learning content is free: no daily playing limits, no paywalls, and no subscription needed. ANTON is an equitable education company and works to ensure that all kids have access to quality learning resources.
We are a Berlin-based German company working on expanding the app internationally. As of now, we have a German, Spanish, Portuguese, British, French and U.S. version, making for an international and exciting workplace. Our 3-floor office with rooftop terrace is located in the heart of Berlin in the beloved Kreuzberg neighborhood.
We offer an agile, creative and enthusiastic team that supports you in your personal and professional development, and an informal and friendly working atmosphere with a good error culture. It is an exciting time at the company as we find ourselves scaling, growing and expanding. With ANTON, you’ll have versatile, exciting tasks and projects with the ability to contribute your own ideas and help shape the company.
As an international team, we have experience hosting interns and have had students from Oxford and Cambridge University spend their year abroad with us. We employ over 70 students from around the world guaranteeing a built-in social network and the ability to make international friends. In addition, the company has experience with student and working visas and can help with logistics.
We are looking for passionate students that are reliable, have a high degree of self-organization and are not afraid to tackle new tasks and learn new skills on the go. You should have a growth-mindset and see hurdles as learning opportunities in addition to having excellent communication and English oral/writing skills as well as an eye for detail. As an educational company, we do prefer students with experience working with children as tutors, coaches, teachers etc. We are open to students from all disciplines as long as they show an interest for education and for learning more about German culture and language.
Your year at ANTON will bring many opportunities to gain work experience, make international friendships, travel broadly and develop independence, self-sufficiency and all the other wonderful skills that come from being brave, taking a chance, and moving to a foreign country for a year. The internship has a flexible begin and end date. Candidates who can say for one whole year are preferred.
About the position/Tasks include
(We will adapt the weighting of the tasks individually according to skills and interests)
- Creating new educational content for all school subjects (mathematics, English, science and social studies etc.)
- Translating existing educational content
- Supporting the global ANTON community
- Assisting with webinars, meetings and other live events
- Researching and other marketing tasks
Your profile:
- Good communication, self-motivated, highly organized and persistent
- Ability to structure work independently
- Outstanding English oral/writing skills
- Interest and eye for details
- Ability to speak with customers
- Willingness to occasionally work odd hours ( time change for US market)
- Good IT skills and a desire to familiarize yourself with new programs and tools
- Preferably: experience in teaching and tutoring children
Why us?
- An exciting internship with flexible working hours (freely arrangeable, 30 hours/week, 13€/hour)
- A creative and international work environment in our office in Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Environment with a good error culture, flat hierarchies and fast decision-making processes
- A creative and enthusiastic team that supports you in your personal and professional development
- An informal and friendly working atmosphere including company parties and other fun activities – at ANTON it’s the people who count!
- Starting date: flexible