Community Coordinator (Freelance/Part-Time/Internship)

Brightest; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 11,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare reimbursement + Mental健康

Flexible remote hours

Unlimited vacation policy

Fully remote work environment

Impact-focused environment

Job summary

Brightest in New York City is seeking a Community Building Intern/Freelancer to organize and execute roughly one in-person local event per month for ESG professionals.

Based in NYC, you will coordinate invites, venues, speakers, and guests, manage RSVP reminders, and create social-ready content from event photos and videos. This role offers flexible hours, hybrid work, and opportunities to grow with an early-stage social enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience planning gatherings, dinners, or small events, or an interest in event production.
• Able to attend events in person in NYC.
• Comfortable shooting photos/videos with a good eye for social media content.
• Passion for social impact, ESG, and climate action.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple moving pieces.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end logistics for ~1 monthly in-person NYC event (VIP dinners, happy hours, or meetups).
• Host and facilitate seamless experiences for small, curated gatherings.
• Support communications from invitations to RSVPs, reminders, and post-event follow-ups.
• Identify venues, partners, speakers, and guests that fit Brightest's mission and network.
• Be a friendly point of contact for attendees before, during, and after events.
• Capture event content (photos/videos) and turn it into social-ready content.

Skills

Event planning

Networking

Photography

Social media content

Communication

Attention to detail

Learning mindset

Job description

Job details:

• Salary: $1,000–$2,000/month depending on seniority and background
• Location: New York City
• Part-time, Internship or Freelance position (hybrid)
  

Brightest is a Certified B Corp building a company to tackle some of our biggest social problems through a mix of creativity, inclusiveness, and intelligent software. We want to change how people, organizations, supply chains, and governments measure and manage positive social impact, sustainability, environmental social governance (ESG), and meaningful work. If that sounds nice we'd love to have you be a part of it.

We are looking for an organized, resourceful, and personable Community Building Intern/Freelancer based in NYC to help us build and nurture our local network of impact leaders, sustainability executives, and partners.

This is a flexible, part-time or internship role focused on bringing people together in real life. Your core deliverable will be planning, coordinating, and executing roughly one high-quality local event per month, ranging from intimate VIP dinners and executive roundtables to small community gatherings, primarily in NYC but with the possibility for occasional travel or other locations.
This role is ideal for an aspiring event manager, community builder, or marketer who wants to gain hands-on experience in the social impact and ESG space. If it's a great fit for us both, there's real potential for it to grow into something bigger.

What you’ll do

• Lead the end-to-end logistics for ~1 monthly in-person NYC event like small VIP dinners, happy hours, or community meetups for sustainability and ESG professionals
• Host and facilitate seamless experiences for small, curated gatherings, making guests feel welcomed and engaged.
• Support communications from invitations, RSVPs, confirmation reminders, and post-event follow-ups.
• Identify and support outreach to venues, partners, speakers, and guests that fit Brightest's community and mission
• Be a friendly, organized point of contact for attendees before, during, and after events.
• Capture event content (photos/video) and turn it into social-ready content.

Who you are (what we're looking for):

• Based in or around NYC, able to attend events in person.
• Relevant experience planning gatherings, dinners, or small events, or an interest in event production.
• You understand the fundamentals of hosting, knowing what makes a VIP dinner flow well, how to set a warm tone, and how to make attendees feel comfortable.
• Comfortable shooting photos/videos with a good eye for social media content.
• Passion for social impact, environmental sustainability, ESG, and climate action.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple moving pieces.
• You're social, a thoughtful communicator, and a natural networker.
• You love to learn, try new things, and thrive on being challenged.

Perks:

• Support an early-stage, growing, international social enterprise.
• Fully remote work environment.
• Healthcare reimbursement + Mental health benefits offered.
• Flexible remote (U.S.) hours
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Have a real positive impact on the world - we're not just reading the news, we're trying to shape and create good news.

Sound good? Great, let's build something amazing together.

Note: Brightest is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic.