Ecosystem Engagement Lead

Your opportunity:

The Cardano Foundation is searching for a passionate and driven Ecosystem Engagement Lead to play a crucial role in fostering a thriving and collaborative Cardano community. In this role, you will be the driving force behind community building, engagement, and support initiatives, empowering individuals to actively participate in shaping the future of the Cardano ecosystem. You will be having the following responsibilities:

Community Building and Engagement:

1. Facilitate collaborative discussions through roundtable discussions, workshops, and open forums focused on governance, operator challenges, and community-driven initiatives.
2. Empower diverse community members to contribute ideas and lead projects aligned with ecosystem goals.
3. Create knowledge-sharing platforms for operators and stakeholders to exchange best practices and strategies.
4. Foster a shared vision and sense of purpose within the community.

Support for Community Event Leaders:

1. Actively engage with current and prospective meetup organizers to understand their needs.
2. Provide resources and offer guidance beyond the Ambassador Program, including overseeing the ‘Community-Led Events’ workstream for the Cardano Summit.
3. Establish communication channels for organizers to collaborate and share best practices.
4. Promote community events through Cardano channels to increase visibility and attendance.
5. Provide organizers with materials such as presentation templates, branding guidelines, and educational content.
6. Recognize and reward the contributions of event organizers.

Your story:

1. A minimum of two years of active participation in the Cardano community.
2. Comprehensive knowledge of the Cardano platform, its technology, objectives, and community dynamics.
3. Experience in Cardano meetups, smaller and bigger Community events.
4. Proven experience in community management, ideally in technology or cryptocurrency-related fields.
5. Excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships within a diverse and global community.
6. Innovative thinking with the ability to develop new concepts that advance the Cardano ecosystem.
7. Proficient in Google Sheets, including the use of Google Apps Script for automation and integrating various data sources, with the ability to efficiently manage, analyze, and visualize data to support community management tasks and decision-making.
8. Strong data management, analysis, and visualization skills.
9. Ability to create and execute comprehensive community engagement plans.
10. Willingness to travel as needed and interact with team members across different time zones.
11. Fluent in English (written and spoken). Additional language skills are a plus.

Your impact:

You will play a vital role in strengthening the Cardano community and driving ecosystem growth. Your efforts will directly contribute to:

1. Increased community engagement and participation.
2. Successful community-led events and initiatives.
3. Enhanced collaboration and knowledge sharing among stakeholders.
4. A stronger and more vibrant Cardano ecosystem.

How to apply:

Please submit a resume along with a cover letter explaining your experiences within the Cardano community and your vision for the Ambassador Program. Include examples of projects or initiatives you have led or been significantly involved in within the community and please add your X account.

The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based not-for-profit organization. The Foundation is tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano and works to anchor it as a utility for financial and social systems, thus empowering the digital architects of the future.

The Foundation facilitates the worldwide advancement of Cardano in enterprise applications. It develops infrastructure tooling—including where there may not be an immediate commercial use case—plus strengthens operational resilience, and drives diversity of on-infrastructure use cases as well as the development of sound and representative governance.

Another significant part of the Cardano Foundation’s mission is to engage with and support the Cardano community. The Foundation assists the development of tools the community can use to leverage Cardano to solve problems in new ways.

The Cardano Foundation has incredible employees from over 24 nationalities, across 3 continents, working together to grow the Foundation.

Here at the Cardano Foundation we are transparent, inclusive, passionate and innovative. We aim to have a positive impact on global change and breed a harmonious working environment for our employees to flourish.

You will have the flexibility and freedom to work from home with flexible working hours. We work remote, but also have the chance to meet together for team off sites and different events and conferences. We encourage a culture of collaboration in a remote work environment.

You will have access to an annual learning budget dedicated to professional and personal development. Moreover, we encourage and create a deep learning environment where you also learn from the passionate people from your team and during various trainings, workshops and AMA sessions.

A day a year is dedicated to a departmental team activity fun day out.

You will have the opportunity to dedicate a volunteering day to help the greater community or to serve as an expert in your field of work within the blockchain community.

You are given an additional day off on your birthday and additional days off as per established work anniversary milestones.

Equal opportunities employer:

The Cardano Foundation strives to provide a diverse, inclusive and welcoming working environment. We are committed to being a discrimination-free organization – including discrimination-free space with regards to age, religion, race, nationality/ethnic origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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