ABOUT LIGHTER CAPITAL

Lighter Capital is the pioneering leader in founder-friendly, non-dilutive startup capital. Since 2010, we’ve provided hundreds of millions of dollars to over 500 U.S., Canadian, and Australian tech companies without requiring equity, board seats, or pitch decks. Our flexible funding, partner connections, product discounts, and CEO community empower founders to achieve success on their terms.

We are a remote-first US and Australian company with prominent capital providers, including Silicon Valley Bank, National Australia Bank, and Voyager Capital. Our passion for helping tech startups, entrepreneurs, and founders in their journey toward growth and success guides our values and decision-making. We believe it’s a privilege to be integral to their success.

If you enjoy working in a fun environment with people passionate about startups, venture capital, and fintech, join our team and be part of something incredible!

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for a part-time (~20 hrs/week) Marketing & Community Associate who has a passion for startups, founders, and early-stage companies. This position will own, coordinate, and support all things related to our organic social media activities on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, our Community Slack channel, and other up-and-coming social platforms. This role will report directly to the Head of Growth Marketing but work closely with content planning, our community manager, and partner program manager to help craft and execute a strategy for how we grow awareness of Lighter Capital’s offerings.

An ideal candidate will have a startup funding interest, a knack for storytelling, and experience using creative imaging in social channels. Activities will include developing a social media strategy, planning and posting calendar, growing followers, engaging with thought-leaders, and keeping followers updated on our brand’s and executive activities, which are essential (stay engaged with partners and portfolio companies). Additionally, you will work closely with existing Lighter Capital portfolio companies in our Community, developing a strategy to build engagement amongst our portfolio members across various Community activities and build rapport with clients in order to tell their funding stories to others on social channels.

The salary for this position will be an hourly rate (negotiated at hire), and hours per week may fluctuate.

We are a small but fun team looking for individuals who can work independently and collaborate on ideas. We like humor, hard work, honesty, accountability, and the desire to improve.

Please apply if you like those things and want to join a fun working environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute an end-to-end social media strategy across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Slack
• Grow followers and channels by engaging with potential prospects, partners, and client portfolio companies
• Create branded content and campaigns and manage the scheduling and posting of all social content to relevant social media channels
• Monitor hashtags, trends, and industry/client news. Respond to social media comments and direct messages in a professional and timely manner
• Design graphics to support content and postings
• Develop and sustain content calendars, engagement and event calendars, and the flow of communications out to the Lighter Capital client Community.
• Assist with managing our partner database, new perk partners, and partner engagement.
• Assist with collecting and developing customer evidence from our portfolio companies
• Report on analytics via metrics dashboard to marketing and executive teams
• Maintain ownership, accuracy, and accountability on every project. Work on internal process documentation with other team members.
• Embrace and exemplify company values and culture
• Stay up-to-date with current technologies and trends in social media, design tools, and applications

Qualifications:

• A passion for storytelling, fintech, startups, founders, and entrepreneurs. Interest in funding tech companies.
• Working knowledge of social media platforms. Proven success in building social media audiences is a plus.
• Strong spelling, grammar, proofreading, and editing skills
• Experience with social media management and willing to work with a variety of social media scheduling/tracking tools
• Experience developing creative assets and video assets
• Self-starter, problem-solver, and desire to learn. Ability to work strategically and autonomously to meet deadlines
• Resilience and willingness to do the less glamorous tasks as well as the fun ones
• 20 hours/week. Ability to work remotely with a flexible schedule. Minimal Travel.
• Experience working within a team environment, ability to work remotely with a stable internet connection.

TOOLS USED

• Salesforce
• Google Suite
• Later
• LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Slack
• Adobe
• Canva

We offer a competitive salary and an attractive option package.

Just as each customer is unique to us, so is each person who works for us. We’re an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and creating an environment where everyone can belong and thrive. We encourage all qualified persons to apply.