Job Drop 011

Week of 9/10/23 // Platform & Venture Ops, Weekly Jobs Roundup

INTERNSHIP // 2024 Summer Atenternship Program @ Atento Capital // Tulsa, OK // $18-$31/hr // May-July 2024

Business Development Associate @ Catalyst Investors // 0-2 yrs exp // NYC // $75-$125K

VC Portfolio Services Platform (“CEO Services”) - Analyst @ Alumni Ventures // 2 yrs exp // NYC // $65K

Brand Associate @ Inspired Capital // 2-3 yrs exp // NYC // $70-$80K

Marketing Specialist, Webinar Programs @ Alumni Ventures // 3+ yrs exp // Boston

CONTRACT // Project Manager - Marketing & Investor Relations @ Playground Global // 3-5+ yrs exp // SF // $65-$85/hr

Founding Writer @ Spacecaet Ventures

Community + Member Success Manager @ Operators Guild

Venture Partner @ 3x Capital // 4+ yrs exp // Remote

Business Operations, Venture @ a16z // SF // 5+ yrs exp // $222-$259K

Marketing & Communications Director @ Venture Forward // 5+ yrs exp // Remote or SF

VP of Finance @ 645 Ventures // 5+ yrs exp

Dir. Performance Marketing, Small Business Lending @ Accion Opportunity Fund // 8+ yrs exp // Remote // $95-$139K

PLATFORM-ADJACENT

Content & Community Coordinator @ Dreamers & Doers // Remote // $60-$80K

Senior Manager of Events (Retreats & Experiences) @ Hampton // 5+ yrs exp // Remote

Content Lead @ Hampton

Senior Business Development Manager, Venture Capital @ Carta // 4-7 yrs exp // SF or NYC // $200-$250K

Fintech Partnerships Vice President @ JPMC // 6+ yrs exp // SF // $115-$181K

GLOBAL

INTERNSHIP + EUROPE // Acceleration Program Intern @ Inovexus // Paris

INTERNSHIP + EUROPE // Investor Relations Intern @ Inovexus // Paris

INTERNSHIP + EUROPE // Program Intern | Antler Denmark @ Antler // Copenhagen, Denmark

INTERNSHIP + EUROPE // Startup Program Analyst (Internship) @ Antler // Paris

INTERNSHIP + ASIA // Program Intern @ Antler // Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

EUROPE // Global Product Operations Analyst @ Entrepreneur First // 1-3 yrs exp // London

EUROPE // Marketing Associate - Iberia @ Antler // 3+ yrs exp // Lisbon

EUROPE // Finance and Administration Manager / Financial Controller @ Cherry Ventures // 3+ yrs exp // Berlin

EUROPE // Head of Business Development @ ETFS Capital // 3-4 yrs exp // London

EUROPE // Fund Controller @ Creandum // Stockholm

ASIA // PR/Marketing Manager - Japan @ Antler // Japan

ASIA // Program Manager Korea @ Antler // Korea

ASIA // Program Associate/Manager @ Antler // 3-6 yrs exp // Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Platform Spotlight 🔎✨

⚡ FAST FACTS

# Years in Platform: 5
Size of Platform Team (including you): 3
# Years in VC prior to current Platform role: 0

1 // How do you define Platform?

Everything outside of the investment selection process.

2 // What was your Path to Platform?

Event Management —> Strategist at the world-leading experiential marketing firm, George P Johnson —> Managing Ambassador of North America for nonprofit One Young World —> Co-Creator of Action Accelerator —> Underscore VC

3 // Favorite part of the Platform role?

The unparalleled opportunity to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and learn from them.

4 // What part of the Platform role surprised you?

Venture firms often operate much like startups. Procedures and established roles are hard to come by. The "job description" isn't often a reflection of the job.

5 // Break down your Platform role by function.

• 55% Marketing

• 15% Portfolio Support

• 10% Investor Relations

• 10% Operations

• 10% Community

6 // Pitch a founder on the value of your firm’s Platform in 280 characters or less.

In addition to being a hands-on Seed to Series A partner, Underscore sets aside 10% of our carry to allocate to members of our community of proven business builders who support a portfolio company. In short, valuable advisor shares come at no cost to the founders we back.

7 // What is your advice to Platform job seekers?

The key word is "leverage." Your job will be to make 2 + 2 = 100. The best platform professionals are equal parts strategy, scrappiness, and masters of scale.

Reading & Learning 🗞️

Erica Wenger’s Dear Twentysomething Podcast recently did an episode, Breaking into Venture Capital. I thought she did a great sharing advice to break into both the investment and operations and Platform side of VC.

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