VC Growth & Community Lead

WhyBrilliant GmbH; Berlin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-autonomy culture

Deep ecosystem access via Merantix AI

Direct daily exposure to AI founders

Berlin-based lifestyle with travel

Continuous intellectual challenge

Job summary

Merantix Capital, based in Berlin, seeks an entrepreneurial Brand & Growth lead to shape the AI narrative across our public channels. You will own brand positioning, create compelling English and German content, and build an active ecosystem around our AI venture capital activities.

This Berlin-based, high-autonomy role requires strong writing, event programming, and community-building skills, offering direct access to leading founders, operators, and investors.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to craft brand narratives for AI/tech ecosystems.
• Experience growing a community or audience from scratch.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and German (C1+).

Responsibilities

• Own perception, brand positioning, and ecosystem engagement strategy for Merantix Capital across public channels.
• Define and execute brand positioning and narrative design in the European AI landscape.
• Produce and publish highly opinionated, sharp written content in English and German.

Skills

Brand positioning

Narrative design

Content production

Community building

Event management

PR & external communications

Bilingual German & English

AI/Tech ecosystem

Founder or operator experience

Job description

In the crowded European venture landscape, Merantix Capital needs to stand out as the absolute premier partner for AI founders. Based full-time in Berlin, this role is a highly entrepreneurial mandate to capture the attention of the ecosystem, translate complex AI narratives into compelling content, and establish our brand as the default choice for early-stage AI builders.

Responsibilities

What you'll do

You will own the complete perception, brand positioning, and ecosystem engagement strategy for Merantix Capital across all public channels.

• Define and execute the overall brand positioning and narrative design to sharpen our voice in the European AI landscape.
• Produce and publish highly opinionated, sharp written content in both English and German to establish thought leadership.
• Build and nurture our community and ecosystem engagement strategy, turning passive followers into active advocates.
• Design and run end-to-end event management and specialized event programs that gather top-tier AI founders, operators, and investors.
• Manage PR, external communications, and marketing channels with high autonomy and rapid feedback loops.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

• Berlin-based ecosystem builder with a proven track record of growing a community, audience, or brand from scratch.
• Former founder, early operator, or content creator who has successfully scaled distribution or audience.
• Bilingual communicator who writes and speaks German (minimum C1-level) and English with exceptional speed and precision.
• AI and tech native with a genuine passion for emerging technologies and European startup ecosystems.
• Execution-focused operator who thrives under a partner-led, high-autonomy, and low-ego culture.

Culture

What it's like to work here

Operates under a partner-led, high-autonomy culture with asynchronous, document-based collaboration and regular travel to Berlin. Values ownership, intellectual honesty, low ego, and high ambition, encouraging employees to bring their own ideas, test them quickly, and refine them through close collaboration with founders, operators, investors, and external experts. Supported by the broader Merantix AI Campus ecosystem.

What you get

The offer

• High-autonomy culture driven by partner-led, asynchronous, and document-based collaboration.
• Deep ecosystem access via the broader, resource-rich Merantix AI Campus in Berlin.
• Direct daily exposure to leading AI founders, top-tier operators, investors, and external experts.
• Continuous intellectual challenge working at the absolute cutting edge of the generative AI revolution.
• Berlin-based lifestyle with regular travel and ecosystem engagement across other key European hubs.

Skills

Brand positioning & narrative design · Written content production (English & German) · Community building & ecosystem engagement · Event management & execution (end-to-end) · PR & external communications · Fluency in AI/tech ecosystems · Founder or co-founder experience · Event programs management

This probably isn't for you if:

• You need a pre-existing playbook or corporate marketing structure to guide your daily tasks.
• You struggle with rapid context-switching between writing deep-dive technical content and executing physical events.
• You do not speak or write German at a fluent, professional C1 minimum level.

Ready?

Let's talk

If you are ready to shape the narrative of European AI, we want to hear from you.

Location

Berlin, Germany · On-site

Company

Merantix Capital