Senior Outreach Lead, Comics

Kickstarter is seeking a Senior Outreach Lead, Comics to join our Outreach team. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Outreach.

The salary for this role in the United States is $95,000 - $110,000.

In this role, you will:

• Build and strengthen relationships with comics creators in Kickstarter’s community and connect with promising creators who could use Kickstarter to bring exemplary projects to life.
• Track creator conversations using Kickstarter’s CRM and maintain service-level agreement (SLAs) around considering priority creators for curation and outreach support.
• Help creators craft strong campaigns, advise on launch strategy, and connect them to relevant community resources.
• Develop and refine comics community–specific educational resources and surface to appropriate creators in collaboration with other teams at Kickstarter.
• Establish and strengthen relationships with institutions and partners in the Comics ecosystem to build Kickstarter’s referral pipeline.
• Contribute to Kickstarter’s strategy for events within the comics community,  attending as a representative of Kickstarter, communicating with creators and industry audiences both one-on-one and through public speaking opportunities.
• Make the case for Kickstarter in a competitive funding landscape and gather intelligence about alternate paths to funding that comics creators are pursuing.
• Serve as an internal champion for the needs of comics creators, surfacing feedback around product, policy, and experience to internal stakeholders and collaborating on cross-team initiatives that aim to improve creators’ experiences.
• Use Kickstarter’s comics curation channels to celebrate creators’ work and coordinate marketing features on brand channels for priority creators.

About You

• You have at least 5 years of deep, professional experience working in the comics community, including a network of connections in comics, and industry knowledge about how creative work is funded.
• You have a demonstrated ability to align with strategic objectives and get data-driven results. This includes tracking goals and budgets that level up to company and team strategies.
• You have exceptional communication skills and are adept at presenting to small and large groups, speaking to the press, and have the ability to represent Kickstarter in a positive light at industry events.
• You have a demonstrated presence within the comics community through playing a central role at key events, developing a compelling online presence, writing thought pieces, or making other meaningful contributions to helping independent creators and institutions succeed.
• You have a strong sense of what makes crowdfunding projects succeed  and the ability to assess quality, innovation, creativity, and clarity of presentation when reviewing a campaign.
• Bonus points if you have experience bringing projects to life on Kickstarter as a creator, campaign consultant, or backer.