Founders Associate

OneMedical Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A cultural-tech startup seeks a Founder's Associate to work closely with the founder across various startup functions. This dynamic role covers product, research, operations, and partnerships, providing a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial individual interested in art and culture. You'll conduct market research, manage early partnerships, and support product development, resulting in high-impact contributions as the company grows. This position offers exposure to the art world and potential leadership growth within a creative environment.

Benefits

Equity opportunity

Exposure to the art world

Creative and ambitious work environment

Qualifications

• Strong ownership and initiative to drive projects.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and adapt to fast-changing environments.
• Experience in startups, consulting, product, or business development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the founder on strategic projects and priorities.
• Conduct market research to identify opportunities and insights.
• Support product development by gathering user feedback and coordinating tasks.
• Manage partnerships and outreach efforts for the brand.
• Analyze user behavior and provide actionable insights.
• Prepare materials for fundraising and represent the company at events.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Excellent communication

Analytical thinking

Strong execution skills

Detail-oriented

Job description

About Us

We are building a new cultural‑tech platform that helps art lovers and emerging collectors discover exhibitions, fairs, and cultural events across major cities. On the other side, we provide galleries, art advisors, fairs, and event organisers with tools to manage events, audiences, analytics, ticketing, and sales attribution. Our mission is to make the global art world more accessible, more connected, and more data‑driven.

The Role

As Founder's Associate, you'll be the founder's right hand. You'll work across the full spectrum of building a startup: product, research, operations, partnerships, fundraising, and special projects. Every week will look different. You'll be involved in high‑impact decisions and act as a force‑multiplier for the founder. This role is ideal for someone entrepreneurial, resourceful, and excited by the art and cultural ecosystem. You'll help turn ideas into action, unblock challenges, and move the company forward at speed.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with the founder on daily priorities, strategic projects, and company roadmap.
• Conduct market research across the art, culture, and events industries to identify opportunities and competitive insights.
• Support product development: collect user feedback, prioritise features, write product briefs, and coordinate with designers/engineers.
• Manage early partnerships with galleries, fairs, curators, art advisors, and event organisers.
• Build outreach lists, draft partnership pitches, and support sales conversations.
• Oversee early operations: onboarding partners, running community channels, managing event listings, supporting ticketing operations.
• Analyse user behaviour and performance metrics; produce actionable insights.
• Support content creation for the brand: emails, campaigns, event announcements.
• Manage special projects such as grants, collaborations, and city launches.
• Help prepare materials for fundraising: pitch deck, metrics, narrative.
• Represent the company at events, openings, fairs, and cultural meetups.

About You

• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership and initiative.
• Creative, curious, and genuinely interested in art, culture, design, or events.
• Comfortable in fast‑changing environments and ambiguous situations.
• Excellent communicator, written, verbal, presentation.
• Organised, detail‑oriented, and capable of managing multiple workflows.
• Analytical thinker: able to process data, research, and insights into decisions.
• Strong execution skills, you get things done.
• Highly adaptable, one day you're doing outreach, another day product, another operations.
• Experience in startups, consulting, product, operations, or business development is a plus, but not essential.

What We Offer

• A front‑row seat in building a new cultural‑tech company from scratch.
• Full exposure to founder decision‑making, execution, and strategy.
• Opportunity to grow rapidly into leadership roles as the company scales.
• Access to the art world through fairs, exhibitions, openings, and cultural partners.
• Creative, ambitious, high‑ownership environment.
• Equity (depending on candidate seniority).