Responsibilities

• Recruit and grow the community. Bring in creators, influencers, and brand ambassadors across travel, premium lifestyle, and rewards.
• Cultivate and manage relationships over time. Keep members engaged, valued, and active.
• Build and run the ambassador and affiliate program. Structure partnerships that create value for both the creator and Taekus.
• Create programming and experiences. From dinners and meetups to AMAs, member spotlights, and Taekus-branded events, online and offline.
• Stay close to the ecosystem. Track trends, creators, and conversations across travel and rewards, and bring insights back to Marketing, Product, and Leadership.
• Help shape our voice in the community. Keep it authentic, credible, and true to an understated, access-first brand.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years building and managing engaged online communities.
• A social and digital background, with real instinct for how communities grow and stay active. This is cultivation, not content calendars.
• Understanding of social affiliate and creator marketing: how partnerships get structured, tracked, and turned into growth.
• Fluent in all things social and travel with deep understanding of points bookings.
• Entrepreneurial, and comfortable building something from the ground up.

Preferred

• An existing network of creators, influencers, or community leaders across travel, lifestyle, finance, or rewards.
• Experience creating content for social media, podcasts, newsletters, YouTube, or other community-driven channels.
• Experience organizing meetups, dinners, events, or conferences.
• A personal following or reputation in the travel, points, or creator space.
• Experience with financial services, fintech, travel, loyalty, or hospitality brands.

Benefits

• Remote-first; hubs in Chicago and the Bay Area.
• A team of travelers who actually use the product.
• Company offsites twice a year.
• Competitive compensation + benefits.