Growth & Operations Associate

The Role

We’re hiring a Partnerships & Growth Associate to support sponsor outreach, pipeline momentum, and growth operations as we scale our events and partnerships in Q1 and beyond. This is intentionally a versatile, hands-on execution role with sales outreach as the primary priority. In the early stages, you will productively support adjacent content, coordination, and marketing-related tasks as needed.

You will not be responsible for closing deals or defining partnership strategy. Your role is to increase leverage, speed, and follow-through for the Head of Events & Partnerships, who owns partner fit, strategy, and closing.

Day-to-Day

Sponsorship Outreach & Pipeline (Primary Focus)

• Execute targeted outreach to qualified sponsor prospects.
• Work warm leads from past event attendees, referrals, and inbound interest.
• Support selective outbound (not mass outreach).
• Book first meetings for the Head of Events & Partnerships.
• Maintain a clean, up-to-date sponsor pipeline and track outreach, responses, notes, and next steps in Airtable.

Coordination & Follow-Through

• Support follow-up after sponsor meetings.
• Ensure no sponsor conversations stall due to missed follow-ups.
• Assist with event logistics, including vendor communication and material coordination.

Growth, Content & Marketing Support (Secondary)

• Assist with outreach copy (email + LinkedIn).
• Help with other growth or marketing-related tasks as needed to keep momentum across events.
• Assist with general communications needs for the Gild team.

Requirements

• 1–4 years of experience in sales development, partnerships support, business development, or growth.
• Comfortable with warm + selective outbound outreach.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Clear, professional written communicator.
• Versatile and proactive — able to help where needed without losing focus.
• Comfortable interacting with founders, executives, and senior operators.
• Startup, agency, or community-driven experience is a plus.

Tools You’ll Use (Must Be Fluent or Comfortable Learning Quickly)

You’ll work inside a modern, lean stack:

• Airtable – CRM, sponsor pipeline, event tracking (source of truth).
• Instantly – outreach sequencing and follow-ups.
• Luma – event RSVPs and attendee communications.
• Discord – internal communication.

What This Role Is Not

• Not a senior partnership or sales leadership role.
• Not a pure marketing or community manager role.
• Not a mass outbound SDR position.

This is a relationship-first, quality-over-volume business, and the role reflects that.

Monthly salary: $1,000 USD

First 90 Days Success

• Clean, reliable sponsor pipeline in Airtable.
• Consistent flow of booked sponsor meetings.
• Strong follow-through with zero dropped balls.
• Meaningful support across Q1 events without adding execution drag.