Paid Internships

Are you a Software Developer looking for the fast-paced environment of a funded startup in the Iowa City / Cedar Rapids area?

College Raptor is a higher education technology company that's working to simplify the college search and application process. We help families match students with schools based on their interests, fit and affordability, which ensures the best education for the money!

We are currently looking for an experienced Full Stack .NET Developer to join our team. You'll be a key member of our Technology team, building front-ends, web development, SQL server and C#.

We're moving fast and need engineers who, given a clear goal, can prioritize projects and tasks, and meet deliverables in a self-directed fashion.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Education, College, University, Developer, Engineer, Consulting, Technology, Engineering

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

College Raptor, a leading provider of services that utilize data to bring transparency and intelligence to the higher education enrollment process, is seeking qualified individuals to serve as Director of College Partnerships.

The Director of College Partnerships will work to communicate the effectiveness and value of College Raptor’s suite of enrollment services to prospective campus clients. These services include a next generation net price calculator, InsightFA^®, FinanceFirst^®, predictive modeling, financial aid leveraging, and student lead generation services.

The Director of College Partnerships will work a designated list of prospective clients. The professional activities include lead generation, online demonstrations, conference exhibiting, on-campus presentations, and formal proposals. The position will require up to 50% travel.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Sales, Business Development, Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Recruitment

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

Do you want to work for the kind of company that's working to make the world a better place? Want to help make higher education more affordable and more accessible for students from all over the world? College Raptor is a technology company based in Iowa looking to hire a full-time staff designer with experience in mobile/desktop UI and print design.

This position will have the opportunity to work remotely or from our office in Iowa City.

As a Web Designer at College Raptor, you'll bring your excellent design abilities to a cross-functional team to design and help build both desktop and mobile products. We'll be working on complex interfaces that require strategic thinking and planning. You'll have the opportunity to design applications and products that will eventually be used by millions of students, parents and high school counselors.

You'll also create print designs for brochures, mailers and other collateral as necessary.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Product, Design, Marketing, UI, UX, Mobile

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

Are you looking for a paid internship with a startup? Want to gain internship experience in data analysis, sales management, market research, and administration?

College Raptor seeks a summer intern to assist with data analysis, sales management, market research, and administration. This role will work collaboratively with College Raptor’s leadership team to gain hands-on experience at in a small technology company focused on ensuring students find quality, affordable college options while also helping colleges maximize their enrollments. By working at College Raptor, you’ll learn the business side of higher education while being part of a team seeking to bring cutting edge technology to solve complex challenges.

College Raptor is a technology services company that works with colleges and universities through predictive modeling, advanced analytics, and lead generation services to maximize enrollment outcomes. College Raptor works with institutions across the country, finding ways to remedy inefficiencies in the enrollment cycle for both students and colleges. The College Raptor team includes innovative thinkers, techies, and experienced enrollment professionals.

We're moving fast and need people who, given a clear goal, can prioritize projects and tasks, and meet deliverables in a self-directed fashion.

College Raptor is looking to fill multiple internships.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Content Marketing, Design, Graphics, Writing and Editing, Social Media

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and employee benefits.

We have a career opportunity the "public face" and of College Raptor, responsible for educating and evangelizing students, parents, high school counselors and admissions consultants on the benefits of our online and mobile admissions tools.

You'll travel to events, career fairs, and trade shows to build relationships with high school counselors, teachers and administrators, while developing online workshops and webinars to scale your knowledge. You'll work with the Marketing teams, developing online content and guidelines for using the College Raptor site. In addition, you'll work closely with Product teams providing insights into the process and politics of college admissions and financial aid, so we can better serve students and campuses.

The ideal candidate will have worked in a director-level position on a college campus and have a strong understanding of the politics and policies surrounding higher education admissions and financial aid, as well as national trends. We're about to launch a suite of products for students and families as well as campus admissions and financial aid professionals.

This is a great opportunity for the right person to help us improve higher education as part of a small, nimble team that's using technology to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the industry.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

College Planning, Product Management, Product Marketing, Marketing, Business Development

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

We have a career opportunity for a Content Manager passionate about engaging students, parents and high school counselors with high quality information about post-secondary education.

We're about to launch new products and an experienced hire who can conduct market research to understand key customers (including online surveys, live and online focus groups) then develop various content strategies to effectively drive consumer traffic. You will be writing original content and working with third-party producers to effectively scale content operations. In coordination with Product and Marketing Managers, you'll be an integral part of College Raptor's early success.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

College Planning, Content Marketing, Writing, Editing, Content Management, Content Strategy

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

We have a career opportunity for an Internet Marketing Manager looking for a funded start-up. We're about to launch new web and mobile products and need a self-starter who can drive traffic and users by delivering promotional marketing messages to consumers and high school counselors.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Digital Marketing, SEM, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Advertising

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

We're looking for Winter, Spring and Summer Engineering Interns to help a funded start-up in Iowa City while learning from a team of experienced technology experts and entrepreneurs.

You'll become assimilated into our team of onsite and offshore engineers and work under the guidance of our engineering leadership. As an Intern you will benefit from on the job experience and mentoring while contributing to the design, development, test, deployment and maintenance of production-ready code. Interns will also interact with Product and Design teams. Your participation will provide you with real software engineering experience and directly impact our business value.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Computer Engineering, Software Development, Mobile Engineering, Product Development

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and employee benefits.

We have a career opportunity for a Data Scientist who will focuses on the design, analysis, implementation and optimization of computer algorithms.

You will bridge the gap between algorithm theory and application engineering by writing code usable in the College Raptor applications. We're about to launch new products and need a self-starter who can architect machine learning models and design platforms that give College Raptor competitive advantages in the marketplace. You'll need to develop a data processing pipeline that will provide Product and Marketing teams real-time visibility into College Raptor member usage as they interact with the services.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Computer Engineering, Software Development, Mobile Engineering, Product Development

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.

College Raptor is looking for a savvy marketing writer to bring their skills to our team of entrepreneurial thinkers and doers.

In this role, you'll be working with our tech, marketing, and product teams to help brainstorm, research, and execute content marketing strategies to drive and grow traffic to our higher education website.

We're moving fast and need people who, given a clear goal, can prioritize projects and tasks, and meet deliverables in a self-directed fashion.

This position can be either full or part time and will report to our Director of Marketing.

Please send a resume and a cover letter explaining why you are a great match for this role to [email protected]. Please include URLs to relevant writing, design or video samples.

Content Marketing, Marketing, Blogging, Writing, Journalism

College Raptor is a technology company working to make higher education more affordable and accessible for every student. We're building next-generation college search and planning tools that help students and families make smarter decisions, save money and be more successful in their college careers.

We also partner with colleges and universities to provide data and tools that help them be more strategic, effective and efficient in their recruitment and financial aid.

We offer a fast-paced environment working alongside a cross-functional team of product, technology and marketing minds to solve complex problems and simplify the experience for users and clients. We offer competitive salaries based on experience and a full suite of employee benefits including health insurance, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.