Small Understaffed Sector
Running a project is no easy task. Several crucial roles determine a project’s success. The most crucial role is having a Community Manager. They are the face of the project, their tone, fluency skills and the amount of time they put into the community reflects the projects overall morale. They work a lot, are underpaid and have to be charismatic during this bear market.
There is an incredible amount of people who are willing to work for free. A lot of projects promise to pay their workers post-mint (after they release). They can arrange a percentage of mint funds or a salary.
Roles & Duties
- Moderator: Hosts discord games like Stumble, Smashkarts, Guess the number, and so forth. Takes care of support tickets, when community members need help with their roles or have questions about the project’s plans, they take care of closing them. Assigns whitelist roles. Most jobs do not pay, and projects hire trial mods, they get tested for a week or two and then the team decides to keep them or not. Gets free mints usually.
- Community Manager (CM): Same roles as a mod. A CM can earn anywhere from USD 50-150+ a week. May require data entry on excel sheets and hosting live streams.
- Collab Manager/Alpha Hunter: They set up giveaways with other projects. They open up support tickets and ask them to give their community “X” number whitelist (wl) spots. They usually do not get paid. However, they can get themselves whitelisted for a lot of hyped projects- which is free money.
- Social Manager (Core Team): Hosts Twitter AMAs (ask me anything) with other projects. Grows discord community. Core team members get a percentage of funds acquired through mint and usually have more duties. Rates are between the founder and them. But they can get anywhere from 1-10% of mint funds. And can earn 100+ USD post-mint weekly.
- Advisor (Core Team): Helps with the direction of the project. Usually talks to launchpads if they want to launch with them, helps decide mint price and size. Networks with other project founders and sets up collaborations with them. Reaches out to organizations to help with acquiring funding. Helps decide royalties and much more. Can earn a full-time salary.
- Developer (dev): They will always be in demand. Every project needs one or more. The code for Solana is called Rust. Devs are in charge of creating minting websites, creating games, gambling sites, and whatever else the project is trying to build. They get paid a lot! Most of a project’s funding usually goes to the devs.
- Artist (Core Team): You can freelance gigs and create a small collection for projects. You can get paid a couple of hundred dollars or work full-time. My old boss had a full-time artist working on his collection for 4 months and he supported their entire family. Rates are up to the founder and artist. And can earn royalties from secondary sales.
- Alpha Caller: Usually an unpaid position, you are allowed to ping community members about what you are buying into and why. You help people make money by calling out projects before they pump up in price.
- Founder: Pays everyone and oversees every position above. Acts as a treasurer and CEO of a company.
Getting hired
Check Indeed! I have seen several IRL gaming companies seeking discord mods! A lot of new companies IRL are expanding, you can reach out to companies on like Disney on LinkedIn. They are hiring for the Web3 space but require a lot of experience!
People can look on Web3 “bullet boards”. There are projects that are specifically made for helping people acquire a job. Solful Creature and Galaxie are both examples.
You can go into a projects discord and open up a ticket. Pitch yourself to them and be specific of what position you want. Include your time zone and remember that first impressions matter. Research them before you reach out!
Some projects have specific channels designed for people looking for work. You can ask around who is hiring.
And lastly, you can reach out to projects on Twitter sending them messages is a great way to look for jobs.
Keep in mind that a lot of roles overlap and may have more duties. You can set your hours for any job, however, some positions require a lot more hours than others. Discord mods/ CMs can spend anywhere from 1-20+ hours a week helping with the community. Devs are usually full-time or on a gig basis. Core team members spend a lot more time building the company.
