This is the second post in a three-part series that provides an in-depth look at Grammarly’s internship program. In this post, we will spotlight our business interns.
Ask questions. Say yes to everything. Lean into the unknown. These are just a few of the lessons that Grammarly’s business interns learned this summer. For the first time, we welcomed interns across our business teams, in addition to our existing engineering internship program. By working on projects that contributed to Grammarly’s mission, these interns have developed invaluable skills and lessons that will benefit them throughout their careers.
We caught up with four of our business interns—spread across our Sales, Legal, Growth Marketing, and Social Media teams—to hear about their internship projects, biggest lessons learned, and advice for future interns. In this post, we’ll share the highlights from each of those conversations.
Rameen Rauf
University: University of California–Berkeley
Team: Growth marketing
Watch Rameen introduce herself and share more about her internship project and a day in her life as a marketing intern.
To kick us off, tell us what made you decide to become a growth marketer.
When I was young, I loved creating physical art and paintings to express myself. Over time, that passion evolved into digital storytelling, and I naturally found myself drawn to marketing. In college, I’ve immersed myself in marketing coursework and joined clubs that let me explore everything from branding to user behavior. This internship felt like the natural next step.
Tell us about your internship project at Grammarly.
I led a conversion rate optimization (CRO) project, where I examined Grammarly’s key acquisition pages (like our home page or feature page) to identify areas of improvement. After developing an initial hypothesis, I worked with the organic acquisition team to launch a lightweight home page experiment using Contentful and Statsig. It’s been gratifying to take an idea from concept to execution and get feedback quickly!
What was your proudest moment when working on this project?
Presenting my proposal to the organic acquisition team, including my manager and mentor. I received encouraging and constructive feedback from the group (which consisted of highly experienced team members), and it made me feel that my work was impactful. It also helped me understand how my proposals could impact future web experiments, even beyond my internship.
Was there any advice that you’ve received from a mentor that helped you navigate the internship?
I was recently reminded that not knowing something isn’t a weakness—it’s an opportunity. When I adopted that mindset, everything started changing for me: I dove into the unknown, soaking up every conversation, document, and Slack message I could, and asked questions when I didn’t understand something. All of this helped me grow more in this internship than I ever thought possible.
Zooming out, how has this internship changed how you’re thinking about your career?
While I’ve always been drawn to the creative and strategic sides of marketing, this experience has shown me how powerful data can be in shaping decisions, forming hypotheses, and measuring impact. It’s made me excited to explore roles where I can bring together both my analytical and creative thinking skills and find opportunities at the intersection of those skill sets.
Fun question: If your personality were a font, which one would it be?
Modern Prestige. It’s elegant, bold, and refined.
Quinn Goldberg
University: Indiana University–Bloomington
Team: Sales enablement
Watch Quinn introduce himself and share more about his path to sales and his time at Grammarly.
What made you decide to pursue a career in sales?
My dad spent his entire career in sales, and I grew up hearing stories about his job, whether it was the fun travel or the fascinating relationship stories. I became really inspired by his journey, and combined with the focus on people skills and team building, decided to pursue a similar career path.
Tell us more about your internship project at Grammarly.
I worked on adding new content and updating existing content in the channel partner portal, which our sales partners use to access enablement content about our services and offerings. Given the recent acquisition of Coda and the development of new products, we’ve created a lot of new assets to help partners understand our updated offerings and how to sell them. I collaborated with other teams, including partner managers, customer success, and product marketing, to align on the key assets.
What’s your proudest moment of the internship?
Giving my midway update presentation on my project. I addressed the channel sales team and provided details about my progress and the improvements needed for the portal. I received terrific feedback and questions from many peers, which made me realize the work I am doing is making an impact.
How has this internship experience shaped your career goals, and what advice from your teammates helped you along the way?
I started this internship unsure about my future direction in sales. From day one, full-time employees encouraged me to ask questions about anything and everything. I’m a naturally curious person, but their encouragement empowered me to talk to as many people as possible and to ask the question (no matter how simple). Through countless conversations with teammates, I discovered exciting new roles in sales and marketing that align with my skills and interests. I’m looking forward to exploring these opportunities during my final year of college.
Fun question: If punctuation marks had personalities, which one would you want to be friends with?
I would want to be friends with the exclamation point. The exclamation point would always be enthusiastic and up for anything!
Lelosa Aimufa
University: Columbia Law School
Team: Legal
What made you decide to pursue a career in law?
The law is foundational to nearly everything we do. I’m fascinated by how laws need to remain flexible and responsive to the changing world. I wanted to enter the legal field to help shape these systems in a way that adequately addresses the challenges of our evolving society.
Tell us about your internship project and what you’ve accomplished so far.
My internship is slightly unconventional, as I don’t have a single project. Instead, I’ve had the opportunity to work across the entire legal team. This has exposed me to different types of law, whether it’s a product litigation issue or an employment law project. One of my proudest moments was working on a proposal for senior executives regarding our equity, stock, and benefits policies. This was a fascinating yet complex project at the intersection of employment, human resources, and business operations. I felt really proud of my proposal and presenting it to the executive team, especially when I could properly address their questions.
How has this internship experience changed how you’re thinking about your career?
This internship has deepened my interest in employment law. Engaging with litigation strategy and employment compliance at Grammarly has helped me understand that I want to be at the intersection of law and workplace dynamics, shaping these environments to help businesses and employees thrive.
Looking back, what advice do you have for future Grammarly legal interns?
Say yes to everything, because unexpected assignments can sometimes be the most enlightening. For instance, when I worked on the stock, equity, and benefits proposal, I wasn’t super familiar with that area. However, I overcame this gap by asking questions to others on my team, which helped me learn the domain and discover my passion for employment law.
Fun question: If you could invite any writer/author over for dinner, who would it be, and why?
Rick Riordan. The Percy Jackson series was my absolute favorite growing up, and I would love to pick his brain on world-building and how he writes stories that appeal to middle schoolers and young adults alike!
Miriam Borgan
University: San José State University
Team: Social media
Watch Miriam introduce herself and share more about her interest in social media and her life at Grammarly.
What made you decide to pursue a career in social media marketing?
I’ve always loved telling stories. During high school, I started writing and taking pictures for a local magazine. When I was 18, I took over their social media channels and built an online audience. Since then, I’ve been fascinated by the reach that Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn provide to everyone, from big organizations to everyday people, allowing them to tell their stories. Now, I get to be creative and post fun stuff for a well-known company? I’d say I landed the jackpot!
Tell us about what you’re working on at Grammarly.
This question is hard to answer because I’m doing a little bit of everything: writing copy for LinkedIn and X, creating GIFs, filming TikToks, and organizing video shoots. Besides these tasks, I’m also working on strategic projects, such as developing a social media strategy for our YouTube and X channels, and collaborating with the acquisition marketing team to promote our creator content. And apparently, I’m also a model? I was part of our back-to-school campaign photo shoot, which was a lot of fun!
A video from Miriam showcasing what life is like as an intern at Grammarly.
What was your proudest accomplishment during your internship?
After my third week, my manager announced he would be on PTO for three weeks and that I would take over managing Coda’s social media accounts. At first, I was concerned about how I’d manage the accounts independently. Thankfully, with the support of my team and the product marketing managers, I created several high-performing posts. When my manager returned, the Coda accounts were still alive and thriving—and I learned a great deal in the process!
How has this experience changed the way you’re thinking about your career?
I’ve realized how important it is for me to work at a company whose values align with mine. Grammarly doesn’t move fast and break things—we treat our customers’ data with care and listen to what our users need. The product itself is designed to help people communicate with clarity and confidence, which really resonates with me as someone whose primary language isn’t English. Especially as a marketer, I really value advocating for products that I use myself—it makes it feel more authentic.
What advice would you give to future social media interns?
Keep your to-do list close—and your creative instincts even closer. There’s always a lot to do, but you need to carve out time to strategize and come up with interesting content ideas. Make time in your busy schedule to brainstorm ideas and share them with the team.
Fun question: If you could invent a word (or claim to have invented a word), what word would it be, and why?
As a native Swiss German speaker, so many words come to my mind that need to be invented in English, but the one I’d want the most is mou, which means “yes, for sure!” but in a more fun way.
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That’s a wrap from our business interns. We wish them all the best as they start the next year of their studies. If you’re interested in following in their footsteps, stay tuned for updates on our career page about applications for next year’s internship program.
