BoldVoice is a communication coaching app that helps ESL professionals find their clearest and most confident voice so they can succeed in the global workplace. Combining bite-sized videos from Hollywood accent coaches with real-time AI feedback on pronunciation, BoldVoice delivers an engaging and personalized learning experience at a fraction of the price of traditional coaching.

💪🗣 About BoldVoice

BoldVoice (YC S21) is an accent training app that empowers non-native English speakers to speak clearly and confidently. Users watch video lessons on pronunciation from Hollywood accent coaches, and improve their fluency by practicing and getting instant feedback from the app's speech artificial intelligence.

So far, the app has been downloaded by over 3 million users and has been featured on Forbes, TechCrunch, and LinkedIn Learning.

We are a small, nimble team, with a big mission to help 1 billion people improve their English skills and advance their careers.

👩‍💻👨‍💻 Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for a Product Manager intern to support our product efforts. If you are detail-oriented, obsessed with high-quality product experiences, and passionate about AI-powered products, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct quality assurance (QA) testing to identify and document bugs and usability issues in the app
• Thoroughly test our pronunciation feedback model to find issues and report unexpected results
• Manage end-to-end data collection and labelling processes
• Collaborate with product and engineering to ensure resolution of bugs
• Support user research initiatives, including conducting interviews and analyzing findings
• Maintain and improve internal documentation and workflows for product development

Qualifications:

• You are a student pursuing your BA, BS or MBA, or recent graduate
• You have some prior experience or demonstrated interest in product and UX
• Big plus if you are familiar with linguistics and IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
• You have an eye for detail, strong analytical skills, and are passionate about delivering high-quality user experiences
• You are motivated, creative, scrappy, and enjoy self-directed work
• Must be a US-based candidate, based in NYC, and able to work in person. Non-US and non-NYC based candidates will not be considered.
• Must be able to dedicate at least 20 hours a week (ideally closer to full time).

Compensation & Perks

• Paid internship: You will be paid an hourly rate
• AI experience: You will be part of a product team training cutting-edge voice models
• In-person immersion: You will work from our office in the Manhattan (Noho), and see firsthand how a fast-growing startup operates.

How to Apply

• Share your resume
• Share your availability (start date, end date, and number of hours per week)
• Download the app, go through the onboarding, assessment, and first practice session, and offer 2-3 actionable suggestions for how it can be improved.

Our tech stack is:

• React Native, for iOS and Android mobile apps
• React, for web CMS
• Node/Express/PostgreSQL, for backend
• Heroku, for hosting
• Bugsnag, Mixpanel, NewRelic, Mailgun, as other services we use