Lead Psychologist CoFounder for Inner Child Mobile App Startup

InnerChild; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity with dividends

Opportunity for future salary

4-year vesting schedule

Job summary

Inner Child, based in New York, is seeking passionate individuals to help develop a gamified mental well-being application. The role involves creating psychological content, managing social media, and engaging in app development.

Ideal candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of private practice experience and the desire to contribute at least 20 hours a week. This is an equity-only position initially, with potential salary after 3–6 months of efforts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of private practice experience.
• Proven ability to contribute at least 20 hours per week.
• Strong desire to improve mental well-being.

Responsibilities

• Create psychological content for the app.
• Suggest ideas for social media posts.
• Conduct psychological research for the application.
• Participate in app development.
• Determine focus areas for app based on psychological problems.

Skills

Psychological content creation

Understanding of US culture

Social media management

Research skills

Education

PhD (preferred)

Job description

About the project:

Inner Child is a startup developing a gamified mobile mental well‑being application designed to help people who did not experience enough love and care in childhood and therefore developed self‑perception challenges such as lack of self‑love and self‑worth. These issues often underlie other mental difficulties, including self‑criticism, low self‑esteem, stress/anxiety, emotional overwhelm, feelings of loneliness, and lack of support.

We aim to help users address these root causes through the concept of the Inner Child. To make the journey of self‑improvement less heavy and more engaging, the application will be gamified.

Responsibilities

• Creating psychological content for the application
• Helping create posts for our social media: suggesting ideas and advising on topics
• Conducting or sourcing psychological research for the app
• Participating in app development, offering features and ideas that benefit both users and the business
• Determining which psychological problems the app will focus on and creating solutions for them

Requirements

• Ability to contribute at least 20 hours per week (must have)
• Strong desire to make the world a better place while also earning money
• You have lived in the US for at least 25 years (to ensure you deeply understand the culture of this region)
• 10+ years of private practice

Will be a plus

• Proficiency in transactional analysis
• PhD
• Previous entrepreneurial experience

Offer

The project is in a very early stage and does not yet have external funding. Therefore, co‑founders will need to work for future profit only during the next 3–6 months, without any salary, investing their time and possibly money. This 3–6 month period is a realistic timeframe to bring the project to an “Investment‑Ready State,” secure the first funding, begin receiving salary, and hire initial teammates to reduce the load on the founding team.

Inner Child offers its co‑founders:

• Salary in 3–6 months
• Equity that you will be able to:
  • receive dividends from once the business becomes profitable (2–4 year perspective)
  • sell at a high valuation (4–8 year perspective)
• Equity is on a 4‑year vesting schedule with a 1‑year cliff

How to apply

• You need to contact the founder (Ruslan) at:
  • Telegram https://t.me/ruslan_kalinovych
  • LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslan-kalinovych/
  • WhatsApp https://wa.me/48509497776
• Send your resume and tell a bit about yourself
• Receive a document with more detailed description about the project and prototype of the app
• Be invited to an interview