Event and Community Manager Working Student Role

About Venture Builder Network

Venture Builder Network is scaling its operations and event programming. We run 3–4 main events per month (typically ~20 participants) featuring speakers and partners, plus expert roundtables. We are reaching our internal capacity and are hiring a mission-driven working student to help us deliver consistently high-quality events and grow the network.

Role summary

You will coordinate our event operations end-to-end, manage speaker and partner communication, and support community relationship management. This is a remote, virtual-first role with hands-on responsibility and direct collaboration with the founding team.

Tasks & responsibilities

• Run 6–10 monthly flagship eventsOwn timelines, agendas, run-of-show, and post-event follow-ups

• Coordinate tools, invites, reminders, and attendee experience

• Run 3–4 monthly expert roundtablesSupport curation, confirmations, and facilitation logistics

• Ensure high-quality discussion flow and follow-up outcomes

• Speaker & partner managementOutreach, briefing, scheduling, confirmations, and day-of coordination

• Clear, reliable communication and relationship upkeep

• Community relationship managementMaintain warm engagement with participants and experts

• Track key contacts and strengthen long-term relationships

• Event creation on LumaCreate and manage event pages, registration, updates, and reminders

• Distribution & network growthPromote events across the network and partner channels

• Expand outreach lists and help grow the community intentionally

Requirements

• Strong understanding of community building and virtual event execution

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt across different founder types, experts, and partners

• Highly organized and dependable, with strong follow-through and attention to detail

• Proactive, comfortable in a startup environment, and motivated by mission-driven work

• Availability for 20 hours per week, with flexibility around event times

Benefits & compensation

• Working student agreement (20 hours/week) with financial compensation

• Access to a high-quality network of founders, experts, and partners

• Fast learning curve in partnerships, operations, and community growth

About working with us

You'll work directly with the founding team in a fast-moving, mission-driven environment. We value initiative, clear communication, and ownership — if you bring those, you'll have real responsibility from day one.