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Founding Navigators · Internship program

Help us build Navi from the inside.

For city obsessives and community builders who want a hands-on role. You’ll help us understand how people plan, test the product every week, and give the honest feedback that decides what we build next.

Apply now What you’ll do
Commitment
~3–5 hrs / week
Mostly async, flexible
Term
Sept – Dec 2026
Through the fall minimum
Location
NYC preferred
Open to remote for right fit

The role.

We’re a pre-seed startup in alpha, focused on group planning in New York. Founding Navigators sit with the founding team — close enough that your feedback changes the roadmap.

Founding Navigator Interns are embedded with our founding team to help shape Navi’s group planning experience — and the broader question of how people discover, plan, and move through their cities.

Most of the work is async and flexible. You plan things you were going to plan anyway, then write down what worked and what broke.

NYC-based preferred, but open to remote for the right people.

What you’ll do.

01

Product testing & feedback

Keep a rolling planning diary: how you plan today, what tools you stitch together, what’s broken, what you wish existed
Test our group planning web app weekly — create real plans with real friends and document what worked and what broke
Use Navi several times a week and share specific, actionable feedback
Submit one structured feedback note per week tied to the Discover → Plan → Go loop (template provided)
02

Research & insight

Join monthly discovery sessions with the founding team (30 minutes, async or live)
Run a monthly “5-app stitch”: try to plan something using only existing tools and document the friction
Bring us the queries you’d want to ask Navi but can’t yet — edge cases, weird situations, the things you wish a planning tool understood
Capture “day-in-motion” moments: when a plan collides with reality and how you handled it
03

Community & seeding

Seed Navi in NYC Reddit, Discord and community groups where it genuinely helps — we’ll give you a playbook
Post one or two organic social posts a week featuring Navi, on any relevant channel
Help us identify and recruit other Navigators from your network
Attend IRL activations and team meetups once those are up and running
Program KPIs · per Navigator

Clear targets, so nobody is guessing.

Weekly Target
Structured feedback notes Submitted via the template shared in Slack
1 / week
Active Navi sessions Real use, not a check-in
3+ / week
Plans created and shared Real plans with real friends or family
1+ / week
Organic social posts IG, TikTok, LinkedIn — or help capture for Navi’s channels
1–2 / week
Community seeding Relevant local subreddits, Discord and similar
2 / week
Monthly Target
Discovery session With the founding team, async or live
1 / month
“5-app stitch” exercise Documented friction from planning the old way
1 / month
“Day-in-motion” moments When the plan meets reality
3+ / month
Edge-case & dream-feature queries Logged for the team
5+ / month
New Navigator referrals People from your own network
1–3+ / month

What you’ll gain.

A note on compensation

This is an unpaid role at this stage — we’re pre-seed and small. What we can offer is access, real impact, and meaningful startup experience for your resume. We’d rather say that plainly up front than dress it up.

Firsthand startup experience Learn how a product gets to market from the ground up, plus community leadership and real resume experience.
Executive mentorship Meaningful insight and a direct line to the Navi leadership team.
Real product impact A seat at the table on product decisions. Your feedback directly shapes what we ship.
Navi swag kit Plus a custom Founding Navigator badge.
Applications open

Ready to build with us?

Apply below, or head to navi.app/community and select “Founding Navigator Intern.” We read every application personally and will be in touch within a few days.

1 Send the form, or apply at navi.app/community.
2 We read it personally and reply within a few days.
3 A short call, then you start with the founding team.

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FAQ

Before you apply.

No. This is an unpaid role at this stage — we’re pre-seed and small. What we can offer is access, real impact, and meaningful startup experience for your resume.