Social Content & Community Specialist

Wanderboat AI; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Wanderboat AI is seeking a Community Growth & Local Engagement team member to help build Wanderboat’s early local user network and ambassador ecosystem, starting from the SF Bay Area.

This role focuses on building highly engaged local communities through online engagement, offline activations, ambassador programs, and real-world experiences that strengthen user connection and product affinity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in community growth, community operations, local engagement, ambassador programs, or consumer growth roles.
• Experience building highly engaged user communities, ambassador networks, or power-user ecosystems.
• Experience planning and operating online and offline community experiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow Wanderboat’s early local user community across the SF Bay Area.
• Identify and cultivate highly engaged users, early adopters, contributors, and local ambassadors.
• Foster meaningful interactions around local discovery, food, travel, lifestyle, and city exploration.
• Support ambassador and power-user programs that encourage long‑term engagement, advocacy, and community participation.
• Build strong relationships with highly engaged community members and local tastemakers.

Skills

Community growth

Local engagement

Ambassador programs

Power-user ecosystems

Consumer growth

Tools

Discord

Geneva

Partiful

Luma

Job description

Wanderboat is an AI-powered local discovery platform that helps people explore cities and find great places effortlessly. By combining conversational AI, interactive maps, and community-driven content, Wanderboat enables users to discover restaurants, attractions, and unique local experiences through simple, natural interactions.

We are building the next generation of AI-powered discovery, reimagining how people explore the world around them.

Our mission is to create immersive and personalized AI experiences that seamlessly integrate into users’ real-world activities.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Community Growth & Local Engagement team member to help build Wanderboat’s early local user network and ambassador ecosystem, starting from the SF Bay Area.

This role focuses on building highly engaged local communities through online engagement, offline activations, ambassador programs, and real-world experiences that strengthen user connection and product affinity.

You’ll work closely with early adopters, power users, and local explorers to build strong user relationships, create meaningful local experiences, and develop scalable community growth playbooks that can expand into future cities.

This is not a traditional community moderation role. We’re looking for someone who understands how local consumer products grow through real relationships, strong community identity, and highly engaged user networks.

What You’ll Do

Build and Grow Local User Communities

• Build and grow Wanderboat’s early local user community across the SF Bay Area.
• Identify and cultivate highly engaged users, early adopters, contributors, and local ambassadors.
• Foster meaningful interactions around local discovery, food, travel, lifestyle, and city exploration.
• Support ambassador and power-user programs that encourage long‑term engagement, advocacy, and community participation.
• Build strong relationships with highly engaged community members and local tastemakers.

Online Community Engagement

• Operate and improve online community spaces and engagement channels.
• Design onboarding and engagement experiences for highly engaged users and contributors.
• Create lightweight but high‑quality community participation mechanisms.
• Gather feedback, user sentiment, and product insights from active community members.
• Support feedback loops between users, product, and growth teams.

Offline Activations & Local Experiences

• Plan and execute local community events, meetups, and city‑based activations across the SF Bay Area.
• Create local experiences that strengthen user relationships and product affinity.
• Support local ambassador‑led gatherings, discovery experiences, and community initiatives.
• Stay closely connected to local culture, food scenes, lifestyle trends, and emerging city communities.

Build Scalable Community Growth Systems

• Develop repeatable playbooks for ambassador programs, local activations, onboarding, and community engagement.
• Help establish scalable frameworks that can support future city expansion.
• Document operational learnings, community workflows, and local growth best practices.
• Support onboarding and enablement for future local operators and city‑based community teams.

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of experience in community growth, community operations, local engagement, ambassador programs, or consumer growth roles.
• Experience building highly engaged user communities, ambassador networks, or power‑user ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of how local consumer products grow through community relationships and user participation.
• Experience planning and operating online and offline community experiences.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills with the ability to cultivate authentic user relationships.
• Strong operational mindset with the ability to build repeatable community systems and playbooks.
• Strong interest in local discovery, food, travel, lifestyle experiences, or social consumer products.
• Comfortable working in fast‑moving early‑stage startup environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience working on local discovery, consumer social, marketplace, or lifestyle products.
• Experience building ambassador programs or local community ecosystems.
• Familiarity with Discord, Geneva, Partiful, Luma, or other community/event tools
• Experience driving UGC participation, local engagement, or community‑led growth
• Existing relationships with local communities, creators, tastemakers, or city‑based organizations
• Familiarity with AI-powered consumer products or recommendation/discovery experiences

Why Join Us?

• Backed by top investors, with a team including former builders from Microsoft AI, Meta, and Google
• Opportunity to help shape how people explore cities in the AI era
• High ownership and direct impact on product growth and community strategy
• Work on products that connect digital intelligence with real‑world experiences
• Build the foundation for a scalable local community and ambassador ecosystem from the ground up