About the role
Your hostel is your network. Start getting paid for it.
From day one, you'll be part of campaigns backed by the world's largest payments network and India's largest private sector bank, Goibibo and work on campaigns for smartphone, skincare, beauty, fashion and entertainment brands.
You live away from home, you know everyone on your floor, and most internships and brand opportunities never reach you. Beyond 18 is changing that. We're picking one student from 500 hostels across India to become its Hostel Champ: the person who brings paid brand campaigns, events and India's smartest first credit card to their hostel.
No experience needed. No joining fee. Just you, your hostel, and 4 to 6 hours a week.
The team behind Beyond 18 Beyond 18 is built by Clustera & Genzdealz, the youth marketing agency & the student deal discovery platform behind campus and creator campaigns for some of India's biggest brands:
- India's Got Nova with Samay Raina for the Ai+ Nova smartphone
- Maybelline New York and L'Oréal Paris
- UNICEF
- Nothing
- ONLY
- Aditya Birla Group
- Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV and MX Player
- …and many more
As a Hostel Champ, you get to work on campaigns like these, right from your hostel.
About Beyond 18
Beyond 18 makes Gen Z credit-ready. We help students get their first credit card, a secured card from India's largest private sector bank that works on the world's largest payments network, and build a credit score that opens doors to loans and better cards later.
What you'll do
- Be Beyond 18's go-to person in your hostel, and help residents get their first credit card through your personal link
- Run paid brand campaigns: sampling drops, match screenings, movie nights, surveys and reels
- Keep your hostel's Beyond 18 group active with money tips and offers
- Send photos and a quick report after every task
What you earn
- Stipends for a sampling drop and for hosting a hostel event
- Stipend for every card approved through your link
- Free goodies from brand campaign
- A growth path to Campus Captain (₹2,000 a month) and City Lead (₹5,000 a month)
What you take to your CV Stipends end; your CV stays. Every Hostel Champ builds a record that recruiters notice:
- Internship Certificate from Beyond 18 (Clustera & Genzdealz)
- Campaign Experience Certificate listing every brand campaign you ran and the residents you reached
- Credit-Ready Certificate for completing our personal finance and credit score training
- Letter of Recommendation from the founders after 6 active months
- LinkedIn recommendation for top performers
- Fast track to Beyond 18 ambassador roles and internship interviews at Clustera & Genzdealz
This is how it could read on your CV:
Hostel Champ, Beyond 18 (Clustera & Genzdealz) · Ran 5 brand activations for consumer tech and beauty brands, reaching 800+ residents. Led the hostel's 200-member community and helped 30 students get their first credit card.
That's real marketing, sales and community experience, the kind marketing, sales, consulting and startup recruiters ask about in interviews.
Who should apply
- You're 18 or older and currently live in a college or recognised hostel in India with at least 50 residents
- You'll stay in that hostel for at least 3 more months
- People in your hostel know you, and you show up when you say you will
Selection process (fast-track, 7 days)
- Application form (2 minutes)
- 10-minute online quiz
- Shortlist and offer within 24 hours