Summer 2026 – Growth Operator | DRIP
Now Accepting Applications

Summer 2026
Growth & Revenue Operator

This is not a shadow opportunity. This is 8–10 weeks inside an early-stage startup that's counting on you to contribute — finding prospects, running outreach, booking meetings, and owning the top of the sales funnel alongside the founder.

Duration:  8–10 Weeks Start:  Early June 2026 Model:  Hybrid / Remote-Primary
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In partnership with
Miami University Farmer School of Business
John W. Altman Institute
for Entrepreneurship
"Most internships let you watch. This one lets you work.
You'll leave the summer saying 'I worked at DRIP' — not 'I interned there.'"

— Mack Duffin, Founder / Miami '19

What is DRIP?

DRIP is a drone-powered exterior cleaning service for commercial and industrial buildings — warehouses, distribution centers, grain elevators, manufacturing facilities, and bourbon distilleries. We clean structures that are difficult, dangerous, or disruptive to maintain with traditional methods. No scaffolding, no shutdowns, no workers at height.

DRIP operates as a division of VizionAir, an established commercial drone company. While VizionAir focuses on aerial data capture and inspection services, DRIP applies drone technology to physical service delivery — turning drones into tools that do work, not just collect information. Both companies share operational infrastructure and FAA-certified flight expertise, but serve fundamentally different markets with different business models.

What You'll Own

Drive awareness, engagement, and early revenue by owning front-end growth efforts. This role blends sales execution, marketing distribution, and growth experimentation into one outcome-driven position.

You'll co-own the top and middle of the sales funnel alongside the founder — turning attention into conversations, and conversations into qualified opportunities. This is not an observational role. You are responsible for results.

Day-to-Day Work

Fully embedded with the founder. Daily communication, shared priorities, high autonomy with clear weekly goals and measurable outputs. Real customers, real outreach, real feedback loops.

01

Outbound Sales & Prospecting

  • Identify and prioritize target accounts and decision-makers
  • Execute outbound across LinkedIn, email, and light cold outreach
  • Personalize messaging based on customer pain points and use cases
02

Growth Marketing & Awareness

  • Support distribution of content across LinkedIn and owned channels
  • Test messaging, positioning, and creative angles tied to buyer intent
  • Capture and feed real-world feedback into sales and marketing efforts
03

Pipeline & Conversation Management

  • Track conversations and opportunity progression
  • Maintain clean notes on objections, interest signals, and deal blockers
  • Coordinate follow-ups and next steps with speed and consistency
04

Experimentation & Learning

  • Run weekly growth experiments — new messages, formats, channels
  • Report what worked, what didn't, and why
  • Continuously refine outreach and positioning based on results

Measured Weekly

💬

New qualified conversations initiated

📅

Meetings booked with ICP-fit accounts

📊

Response & engagement rates across channels

📝

Documentation of insights that improve conversion

Is This You?

Self-starter who's ambitious and comfortable with ambiguity

Clear interest in eventually becoming a founder or working behind one

Drawn to tech-enabled services, trade industries, drone technology, or robotics

What You'll Get

Direct exposure to founder-led growth and decision-making

Ownership over real revenue-driving work

A fast-moving environment where effort directly translates to impact

Experience inside an early-stage business with a product you can actually see work

Ready to work — not just intern?

Submit your resume and a brief note on why you're drawn to this opportunity.

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Questions? Reach out directly —
mack@dripclean.us  ·  317.522.6226