Open Science Community Manager

Content Creators; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Conference budget

Learning budget

Job summary

Valency Systems in Berkeley, CA is seeking a proactive Community Manager to own day-to-day relations with the research community across social channels, Hub, and in-person events. You will identify compelling papers, researchers to spotlight, and questions that repeatedly arise, shaping conversations and product direction.

You will build a welcoming Discord community, recruit researchers to Valency Hub, and organize virtual and in-person meetups across the Bay Area, while tracking engagement to

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of experience; recent graduates welcome.
• You write clearly and quickly, turning a paper abstract into shareable posts.
• You are fluent in social media and understand Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Discord cultures.
• You are curious about science and can follow technical conversations.
• You already use AI tools and can explain their limitations.
• You are organized enough to run events end-to-end and follow through.
• You anticipate gaps and close them without being asked.

Responsibilities

• Run Valency's social channels across Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube with tailored approaches.
• Turn papers, preprints, and Hub discussions into posts that researchers want to share.
• Join and contribute to online conversations around AI in research, open science, and peer review.
• Moderate Discord, welcome newcomers, answer questions, and route feedback to the team.
• Recruit researchers to publish on Valency Hub and help new groups get started.
• Spotlight researchers and their work through profiles and

Skills

Social media fluency

Strong writing

Science curiosity

Event planning

Initiative

AI tool usage

Organization

Tools

Discord

Job description

Valency Systems in Berkeley, CA is seeking a proactive Community Manager to own day-to-day relations with the research community across social channels, Hub, and in-person events. You will identify compelling papers, researchers to spotlight, and questions that repeatedly arise, shaping conversations and product direction.

You will build a welcoming Discord community, recruit researchers to Valency Hub, and organize virtual and in-person meetups across the Bay Area, while tracking engagement to