Join the team
Help build Scaffold
Four volunteer roles for students. They are unpaid, remote, and sized to fit around school. Apply for as many as you like.
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Blog Writer
Get published, build a writing portfolio, and help students who are stuck figure out how to start.
About 2 to 3 hours a week
What you’ll do
- Write 2 or more posts a month for the Scaffold blog
- Topics like starting an assignment you’ve been avoiding, planning a test week, building study habits without burning out
- Pitch your own ideas each month
- Work with the Social Media Manager to turn posts into captions or carousels
What you’ll walk away with
- Published articles with your byline
- A writing portfolio that shows you can write for a specific audience
- Experience in editorial work and content marketing
You might be a fit if you
- Like writing and journaling
- Understand the struggle of being a student
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School Ambassador
Get startup experience in high school and lead Scaffold at your school.
About 1 to 2 hours a week
What you’ll do
- Be the face of Scaffold at your school
- Get friends, classmates, and clubs to try the app
- Share Scaffold in group chats, club meetings, and study groups
- Check in with the students you bring on and collect their feedback: what they like, what’s confusing, what’s missing
- Run short feedback surveys or quick chats and report what you hear to the team
- Help shape new features based on what your classmates need
- Join a monthly ambassador check-in
What you’ll walk away with
- A leadership title at an early-stage student startup
- Numbers you can list on applications
- Experience in marketing, user research, and product
For example: “Brought 40 students to Scaffold and collected 25 pieces of user feedback.”
You might be a fit if you
- Know a lot of people and like talking to them
- Care about how students plan, study, and get work done
- Want something on your activities list that shows initiative, not just membership
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Outreach Lead
Pitch a startup to clubs, creators, and programs, and lead a team of ambassadors while you’re still in high school.
About 2 to 3 hours a week
What you’ll do
- Find and contact groups that could share Scaffold: student clubs, tutoring programs, study creators, school newsletters
- Write and send outreach emails and DMs
- Keep a simple tracker of who you contacted and what happened
- Recruit, onboard, and support School Ambassadors
What you’ll walk away with
- A leadership title managing partnerships and a team
- Results you can list on applications
- Experience in sales, networking, and business development
- Professional email and pitching skills
For example: “Secured 8 partnerships and recruited 12 ambassadors across 6 schools.”
You might be a fit if you
- Aren’t scared to cold email or DM
- Are organized and follow up
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Social Media Manager
Run the Instagram for a growing student startup and build a content portfolio.
About 3 to 4 hours a week
What you’ll do
What you’ll walk away with
For example: “Grew the account from 200 to 1,000 followers.”
You might be a fit if you