Reddit

Strategic Community Specialist (contract)

Germany

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Internet, Social Media, Online CommunitiesIndustries

Position Overview

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Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The front page of the internet, Reddit brings over 430 million people together each month through their common interests, inviting them to share, vote, comment, and create across thousands of communities. Come for the cats, stay for the empathy.

We are searching for a strategic community management and operations expert to join the International Community team and help grow Reddit outside of the US. As an integral part of the International Community team, this role plays a key role in helping Reddit realize its mission: bringing community and belonging to everyone in the world.

As the Community Manager, you will be at the forefront of jumpstarting and fostering local communities. You will be an expert of the German market, proficient in English, and focused on proactive initiatives to build bridges with local volunteer moderators and innovate, iterate, refine, and scale our international consumer playbook. The insights derived from your relationships and experiments will help accelerate our growth in the Germany.

This is a rare opportunity to join a new team at one of the most influential consumer products on the internet. If developing and proving out a community relations and growth playbook in close tandem with Product that unlocks the next hundreds of millions of global Redditors excites you, then you’ve found the right place!

Responsibilities

  • Gain a deep understanding of the market to identify user and local moderator challenges, and market opportunities.
  • Iterate, innovate, and scale the consumer growth playbook by recognizing new opportunities, suggesting bold ideas and programs, and persuading internal teams to align on new plans.
  • Build strategic plans to cultivate, recruit, educate, and grow a local community of moderators (i.e., volunteers who develop, maintain, and shape the culture of local communities).
  • Implement a conversion funnel designed to onboard power users and external creators, transforming them into active moderators.
  • Communicate quantitative and qualitative insights to optimize and improve the international consumer growth playbook.
  • Be obsessive about achieving aggressive goals and outcomes.
  • Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, set KPls, and execute impactful community initiatives: leverage data to uncover community and moderator insights that will influence the direction of the local team in the market.
  • Work cross-functionally with Product, Community, Engineering, Marketing, Safety, and BD.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of community development, project management, growth, operations, or product consulting experience with a track record of community-led projects that have driven business impact.
  • Deep knowledge and understanding of German culture, including current events, politics, customs, traditions, language, topics of interest, and taboos.
  • Nuanced comprehension of the digital landscape and the cultural intricacies inherent within it, including awareness of internet culture specific to Germany and other DACH countries and an appreciation for the diverse cultural facets shaping contemporary society.
  • Succinct and persuasive communicator: able to collaborate effectively across internal teams, local users, moderators, partners, content creators, influencers, etc.
  • Results-obsessed: demonstrates outstanding execution and high attention to detail.
  • Deep interest in developing and driving projects, framing issues and seeking solutions, testing hypotheses, and iterating.

Company Information

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The front page of the internet, Reddit brings over 430 million people together each month through their common interests, inviting them to share, vote, comment, and create across thousands of communities. Come for the cats, stay for the empathy.

Skills

Community Management
International Community
Market Analysis
Moderator Relations
Proactive Initiatives
Growth Strategy
Cross-cultural Communication
Product Collaboration

Reddit

Online platform for community discussions and content

About Reddit

Reddit is an online platform that allows users to post, vote, and comment on content within various communities based on shared interests. Users can engage in discussions on a wide range of topics, from news and sports to entertainment and hobbies. The platform features a unique voting system where content can receive upvotes or downvotes, helping the most popular posts gain visibility. Reddit generates revenue primarily through advertising, premium memberships, and the sale of virtual goods like Reddit Coins. Unlike many other social media platforms, Reddit emphasizes community-driven content and discussions, creating a space for authentic interactions among users. The goal of Reddit is to foster engagement and connection among its diverse user base.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2005Year Founded
$1,177.1MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, EntertainmentIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible unlimited vacation days & monthly global wellness days
Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
Personal & professional development funds
Paid volunteer time off
Workspace & home office benefits

Risks

Reliance on advertising revenue faces competition from platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
AI tools like 'Reddit Answers' may raise privacy and data usage concerns.
NFT market expansion exposes Reddit to volatility and regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

Reddit's unique voting system promotes engaging and authentic content discovery.
The platform's diverse communities cater to a wide range of interests and discussions.
Reddit's AI-powered tools enhance user experience and content moderation.

Upsides

Reddit's confidential IPO plans signal potential growth and market expansion.
AI-driven content moderation can improve user safety and platform reliability.
Expansion into blockchain and NFTs opens new revenue streams and user engagement.

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