🔍 At a Glance
Us: We're revolutionizing the way startups scale and businesses perform. We're new, and still figuring some stuff out. Come shape our future from the ground up.
You: An experienced Generalist/Founders Associate with a wide array of primary and secondary skills.
💼 The Role
You'll be deployed to early-stage startups to support founders in mapping and realising their vision. You’ll take ownership of key tasks and projects, and design the necessary processes to ensure that our clients can breathe a little easier. No task or responsibility is off-limits when it comes to bringing their ideas to fruition. You'll do the big and the boring; everything from creating grand growth strategies to collating documents.
You'll work across:
Growth & Business Development, People & Culture, Operations & Finance, Marketing & Brand, Investor relations & board management + anywhere else they need you.
Your number 1 job is to enable them to do more, and get there faster. Once you've done the job, you'll be deployed to your next startup.
💻 What you could be doing
The very nature of this job means we can't say for sure what you'll be doing, as that will depend on the needs of our specific clients. You'll need to be able to cover all the bases. Anything that needs doing, you'll get stuck into. Here are some examples based on the work we've done in the past:
- Developing business plans and defining the company's mission, vision, and values
- Conducting market research to identify target customers, competitors, and market trends
- Building a minimum viable product (MVP) to test product-market fit
- Conducting growth experiments to identify viable growth channels
- Creating a brand identity, including a logo, website, and marketing materials
- Developing a sales strategy and building a sales pipeline
- Creating financial projections and helping to manage cash flow
- Help with legal stuff like registering the company
- Building a team, including hiring employees, contractors, and freelancers
- Developing and implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for various functions within the company, such as accounting, marketing, and customer service
- Managing vendor relationships and negotiating contracts
- Developing partnerships and collaborations with other businesses
- Raising capital through crowdfunding, angel investors, or venture capital firms
- Scaling the business by expanding product lines, entering new markets, and developing new revenue streams
- Managing growth by tracking and analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) and adjusting strategies as needed
- Building a strong company culture that fosters collaboration, innovation, and creativity.
😊 What you’ll bring
- You’re an all-rounder with a wide, diverse set of competencies, with at least 5 core skills & 5 secondary skills
- Working in a fast-paced, sometimes unstructured, environment excites you!
- You're a serial builder - you love organizing and managing things for the sake of it!
- You communicate in a clear, compelling and friendly way
- You view problem-solving as a fun, creative process
- You have a keen eye for detail and the ability to keep track of them all
- You take full ownership of whatever you're given, and you try to innovate beyond the given brief
- You make decisions based on data, and your instinct rarely leads you wrong
- You’re able to move fluidly between collaborative and independent work styles.
- You prefer to gather information first before coming to conclusions or offering your thoughts
- You’re adept at making assessments quickly and identifying the best course of action.
- You don’t mind asking questions, and providing critical analysis when it’s needed
- You’ll have a proven aptitude to manage many competing projects and priorities.
- You have at least 1 year of experience in operations or as a project manager/founders associate at a high-growth startup
🚀 Even better if you have
- Experience founding a startup
- Experience in growth hacking / growth marketing
- A background in marketing / creative industries
- A healthy track record of starting and scaling projects
- At least 2 years experience
📚 What you’ll get
Flexible Working - No set hours. Accept or reject work from clients as you wish. Work full-time, part-time and from wherever.
Join the cutting edge on the ground floor - We're changing the way startups scale. Come join the revolution!
Competitive salary - You'll be able to set your own day rate.
Culture - We have an open culture centred around exploration, adventure and enterprise.
💬 Our Interview Process
- First Interview: We'll ask you questions about your experiences and ways of working. You can ask us questions about the company and the role.
- Assignment Stage + Final Interview: This interview evaluates the skills required for the role. You'll meet with more of our team, and you'll be asked to complete a presentation or task. We'll also do a deep dive into your experiences, goals, motivations, and skills.
💌 How to Apply
- Email your cover letter & CV to hello@generalist.company
