Substack is building a new economic engine for culture, giving the brightest, most interesting, and most creative people on the internet the power of their own publishing platform. Substack empowers independent writers, artists, videographers, podcasters, and creators of all types to create, share, and make a living off their work through subscriptions, while offering them creative freedom, ownership, and a direct connection to their audiences.
About the Role
The UK is Substack’s second largest market, with a fast growing network of publishers and creators spanning culture, food, history, gardening, current affairs, sports, and more. This year, we’ve also hired the first leads for nine new international territories from Australia to Brazil, to accelerate the organic growth of Substack around the world.
As Project Manager you will work closely with Substack’s Head of International Partnerships to coordinate our international operations as well as leading select international projects. You will also work closely with the UK team providing logistical support for our creator and publisher events as well as the day-to-day running of the UK office.
This is a role that will suit someone excited to make their mark and excel in a new role; genuinely passionate about culture and Substack’s mission, and capable of working autonomously to an exceptional standard.
Responsibilities:Coordinate logistics for our UK and international event activity. This includes things like booking dinner reservations, arranging travel for VIPs, and managing diaries
Help set up unique events for our Bestsellers and target publishers
Create online resources and presentations for events and conferences,
Be a central point of contact for our growing international team.
Assist with creator content to promote events or product launches
1-2 years experience working in a creative industries or tech environment
You're ambitious, proactive and highly organised
Excellent interpersonal skills, ideally with experience of working with or for high profile individuals across culture, media or politics
You thrive in a fast-paced environment
Highly skilled at organisation and who can adapt to a constantly changing environment.
A keen interest in writing and culture, with experience of pulling together high quality presentation decks and creating educational resources to support the team and creator network
Understanding of data and budgets
Enthusiasm to work with Substack bestsellers across all verticals, including leading creator masterclasses on occasion.
Exceptional organisation and diary management skills, with a willingness to work across international time zones.
Creatively minded and naturally proactive, with experience of managing upwards effectively.
Substack’s compensation package includes a market-competitive salary, equity for all full-time roles, and exceptional benefits. Our cash compensation salary range for this role is £45,000 - £60,000. Multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, determine final offer amounts and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Substack is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or transgender status), age, national origin, veteran or disability status. We’re seeking people passionate about enabling independent expression and building a better business model for creators. If you want to see what media, communities, and content can become when unmoored from advertising models, and you have the skills and experience to contribute, we’d love to meet you.
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Skills Required
- 1-2 years experience in creative industries or tech
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working with high-profile individuals
- Experience creating high-quality presentation decks and educational resources
- Understanding of data and budgets
- Enthusiasm to work with creators and occasionally lead masterclasses
- Exceptional organisation and diary management, ability to work across international time zones
- Proactive, creative mindset with experience managing upwards effectively
- Ability to work largely remotely with attendance in central London 1-2 days per week
- Willingness to work occasional early mornings/evenings for events and attend four annual offsites (US)
What We Do
Substack lets writers connect with their audience on their own terms and earn money doing it. We make it simple for writers to publish to an email list that they own, get discovered on the web, and charge for subscriptions. More than 500,000 people pay to subscribe to writers across the Substack network, and the top writers make millions of dollars a year. Substack’s model depends on the success of writers using Substack – we only make money when they do. “Substack makes it dead simple to start a newsletter and get paid for it.” – Judd Legum, author of Popular Information "Substack gives me a way to connect with my audience on my own terms.” – Lyz Lenz, author of God Land and Men Yell At Me Make something that matters Great writing is valuable. It respects readers' time, their intelligence, and their trust. It helps us make sense of and change the culture we live in. At Substack, we're building a business model that enables great writing to thrive. Learn more about our opportunity and mission. We are a small but growing team, and there is more to build than we could ever imagine. That’s why we need you. We aim to take pragmatic approaches to problem solving while shipping high-quality products that allow the writing on Substack to take the spotlight. Every person at the company participates in customer support. We do this to build empathy with our users and enable us to build better products. We believe that a diverse team will help us build a product that best serves the needs of a wildly diverse ecosystem of writers. So whatever your background or perspective, we’d welcome your input to help build the best possible version of Substack.
