Associate

Company Ventures•New York, NY

90d•$120,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Company Ventures is hiring an Associate to run its Founder Residency and help deliver a high-quality, hands-on experience for founders and other members of its community. The role owns the residency’s day-to-day operations, including admissions coordination, onboarding, and the annual rhythm for approximately 30 teams. The Associate serves as the primary contact for resident founders and continually improves the program. The Associate will design and host a recurring calendar of useful community events, from workshops and founder lunches to idea sessions and expert conversations. They will work closely with the investment and talent teams to quickly connect exceptional researchers, engineers, and future founders with the firm through relevant events, residency conversations, and introductions. The role also involves creating lightweight systems—using AI tools where useful—to track people, automate follow-ups, and prioritize outreach. Social media and content are core responsibilities. The Associate will build and manage Company Ventures’ content presence by turning activity across the firm, its events, and its residency into engaging posts and other content. This includes writing, photography, video, and editing, as well as applying knowledge of current platform practices and AI tools. The role is highly visible and involves working with founders, internal teams, and outside partners. The position is based in person at the firm’s offices at 22 Vanderbilt.

Requirements

Be skilled at bringing people together, reading a room, maintaining energy, and including people in conversations.
Have sound judgment about what makes an event worthwhile and be able to explain programming choices.
Have demonstrated experience creating brand-building social media or content, such as growing a following, running a content series, or developing a distinctive voice.
Be comfortable using AI tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to build lightweight trackers, automate outreach, or create simple workflows.
Be organized enough to manage a full events calendar and a year-long residency cohort without losing track of details.
Be comfortable working across investment and talent teams, with founders, and with external partners.
Be excited to work in person every day at the offices at 22 Vanderbilt.

Nice To Haves

Experience running a community, residency, fellowship, membership program, coworking space, accelerator, or professional community.
A demonstrated personal or professional social media following or a body of content work.
Experience building lightweight internal tools or automations, including personal projects or workflows created for a previous role.
Experience in talent, recruiting, or another people-facing function.
Photography, video, or design skills, including the ability to shoot and edit content.

Responsibilities

Design and run a recurring calendar of valuable community events, including workshops, company-idea brainstorms, founder lunches, innovation days, and expert conversations.
Host events, guide conversations, read the room, and help attendees make useful connections.
Work with the talent and investment teams to connect promising researchers, engineers, and potential founders with Company Ventures through timely invites, residency conversations, and introductions.
Build lightweight tools and workflows, potentially using AI coding agents, to track prospects, automate follow-ups, and prioritize outreach.
Help make the Company Ventures community a compelling reason for talented people to engage with the firm.
Manage the day-to-day operations of the Founder Residency, including admissions coordination, onboarding, and the annual program rhythm for approximately 30 teams.
Serve as the primary point of contact for resident founders and connect them with relevant people and resources.
Assess and improve the residency program over time.
Build and manage Company Ventures’ social media and content presence.
Create content from the firm’s community and residency, such as recaps, founder spotlights, and event highlights.
Produce content across writing, photography, video, and editing, and use AI tools to work efficiently while preserving an authentic voice.