Community Manager

Posted 3 Days Ago
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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
90K-100K Annually
Junior
News + Entertainment
Inkitt believes that every author should have an equal chance to succeed.
The Role
Drive engagement and growth across in-app book communities by designing initiatives, campaigns, virtual events, and discussion strategies. Coordinate community moderators, content calendars, messaging, and push notifications while recruiting super users and representing brand voices. Monitor engagement metrics and community feedback to refine strategies, increase participation, and improve retention. Collaborate across CRM, in-app, and social channels to promote community activities and upcoming stories.
Summary Generated by Built In
Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st Century, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures, our recent expansion into CandyJarTV is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse.

What You’ll Do:

    Role Overview

    This role supports community engagement and growth initiatives while coordinating an existing network of community moderators. 

    The focus is on:

  • Designing and executing engagement initiatives

  • Driving participation in in-app book communities

  • Coordinating moderators so campaigns and content are aligned with strategy and executed consistently

  • Acting as a brand presence in select community spaces

  • This positions the role between a Community Coordinator and a Community Growth Manager, with room to grow in scope over time.



    Scope of WorkCommunity Initiatives & Growth
  • Ideate and execute community initiatives that drive engagement and retention

  • Grow in-app communities membership and increase participation in book discussions.

  • Develop and execute strategies that build anticipation and spark conversations around our upcoming stories. 

  • Test organic growth initiatives (e.g. reviews drivers, sharing competitions)

  • Recruit and activate in-app community super users

  • Monitor engagement metrics and community feedback to understand what excites and motivates our users. Use these insights to refine community strategies and initiatives, ensuring continuous growth and engagement

  • Event Co-ordination and Campaign Ownership
  • Organize virtual events such as author interviews, book club meetings, and reading challenges to keep the community engaged and connected with our stories and authors.

  • Coordinate promotion of events and initiatives across CRM, in-app communities, and social channels

  • Align moderators on campaign goals, timelines, and messaging

  • Moderator Coordination
  • Act as the primary point of contact for community moderators

  • Coordinate content calendars, initiatives, and campaign execution with moderators

  • Keep moderators informed, aligned, and engaged

  • Manage weekly community push notification creation and scheduling in collaboration with moderators

  • Brand Presence
  • Represent established brand voices (e.g. “Galatea Sophie,” “CandyJar Leah”) in light-touch engagement contexts. Build trust and familiarity with community members and be part of the conversation.

What You'll Bring:

  • 1+ years of experience with customer service or community, and social media

  • You are a book lover at heart, with an understanding of bookish communities

  • You are an active member of multiple online communities

  • Experience being creative, strategic, and analytical, when crafting compelling initiatives and content and measuring their impact

  • Strong communication skills, empathy, and cultural sensitivity to connect with our diverse audience and to collaborate with cross-functional team

Who We Are Looking For:

  • Autonomous
  • Bring solutions instead of problems
  • Data driven
  • Quick to action
  • A high functioning workaholic
  • Looking for exponential career growth
  • Have lots of fun building a generational AI x Entertainment company

We look forward to hearing from you!
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Skills Required

  • 1+ years of experience with customer service or community management and social media
  • Strong understanding of bookish communities and a genuine interest in books
  • Active participation in multiple online communities
  • Ability to be creative, strategic, and analytical when developing initiatives and content and measuring impact
  • Strong communication skills, empathy, and cultural sensitivity
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Autonomous, data-driven, solution-oriented, and quick to take action
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The Company
HQ: Berlin
85 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Inkitt is a pioneer at the forefront of Data Driven Publishing. Using an analytic and objective approach, we’ve discovered hundreds of talented authors around the world with over 50% of our published authors achieving $100,000+ in sales. We have forever changed the traditional publishing model by inventing an algorithm which analyzes users' reading behavior to identify hits, in turn removing subjectivity from the equation. This gives Inkitt the unique ability to discover hidden talents that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.

Why Work With Us

We are on a mission to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors. At Inkitt, we strive to build a company culture and provide employment opportunities based on diversity and inclusion. We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed, as should our team members.

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