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Founder Associate
Location
United Kingdom + 1 moreAll locations: United Kingdom | Poland
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
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Job Description
Founder Associate
C&D Talent Advisory
Role Description As a Founder Associate, you'll work directly alongside the founders, helping turn ideas into execution across operations, finance, content, events, partnerships, and strategic initiatives. This isn't a traditional graduate role or an administrative position. It's designed for builders who enjoy solving problems, taking ownership, and making things happen. Every week will be different, whether improving operational processes, launching initiatives, supporting financial reporting, growing partnerships, or driving content experiments. If you've built projects, led communities, organized events, started something of your own, or simply have a track record of getting things done, we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Do - Support business operations and improve internal processes - Coordinate payment operations and assist with financial reporting - Track KPIs and provide insights to leadership - Create and coordinate content across social media channels - Launch and analyze growth experiments and special projects - Organize events, initiatives, and internal programs from planning through execution - Build repeatable operational playbooks and scalable processes - Strengthen relationships with community and ecosystem partners - Measure partnership performance and identify growth opportunities - Collaborate directly with founders on high-priority strategic initiatives Qualifications - Proven ability to build, launch, or execute projects with measurable outcomes - Startup, entrepreneurial, or multi-disciplinary experience is highly valued - Experience organizing events, managing communities, creating content, or leading initiatives - Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills - Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment - High ownership, initiative, and bias toward execution - Strong written and verbal communication skills - Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn - Recruitment experience is not required Nice to Have - Experience working in startups - Experience running a newsletter, blog, or social media channel - Basic understanding of finance, reporting, or operations - Experience managing partnerships or community initiatives Benefits - Direct mentorship from experienced founders - Exceptional exposure across strategy, operations, growth, and product - Rapid career progression based on performance - High-impact work from day one - Collaborative, ambitious, and entrepreneurial culture - Opportunity to shape the future of a fast-growing company
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