[Thread] How to hire for #Community Roles?

This is a good time to bring people together and build communities.

You can hire for roles like

- Community Manager
- Community Architect
- Director-Community
- Chief Community Officer.
If community is one of your key business strategy then make sure you hire someone at a senior leadership level.

Like a Director or CCO.

✅ Look for people who have built & scaled communities in the past.

✅ Aligns with the motives of the members & business as a whole.
If you aren't sure how to build community as a business strategy then start by hiring a community manager role.

✅ Community Manager reports to the CEO's office & not the CMO.

✅ CM should spend time with members & often try bringing them together

✅ Promote CM to director
Few key skillsets to look for in a #community builder

- Business Strategy
- Media
- Ability to use tech products
- People skills
- Engagement
- Networker
- Servant Leadership
- High Empathy
- Non-transactional
- Who doesn't follow the herd
- Member Success
Single biggest check for a community builder

Is this person extremely passionate about the success of the members and the business in general?

What is the proxy for the passion? How do you know that without asking directly?

Degrees don't build communities.
Task while you hire for this role

a) Talk to potential members & CEO and make a 5-year community strategy. (Check if he/she kept members first or business first)

b) Was it inclined towards marketing or success of members

c) How does he/she measure the success
Common Mistakes while hiring for community roles

❌ Assuming community & marketing are the same

❌ Assuming community & event management are the same

❌ Hiring for marketing goals & not business goals

❌ Hiring people with no portfolio of community building in the past
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