Who Wants to be Our Community Manager? (Patreon)

Hey Patrons,

Happy June - we've got a bust month coming up with our doc on E3, interviews from games at the show (don't worry, we got a Cyberpunk interview) and loads more goodies from our GDC trip. 

But first of all...

For the past few months I've been trying to figure out how to get the most out of Noclip. How to super-charge our growing fan-base and add some fuel to our patron community. The fact is that I am totally wiped-out with the amount of work in front of me. When I'm not editing I'm emailing people, running the Patreon, doing our social media stuff, creating budgets, paying our contractors, booking flights, moderating YouTube and occasionally, sometimes, squeezing in a game (Outer Wilds is really good!).  We have so much potential with Noclip, and while I get the impression you think I'm doing a good job, from my perspective it feels like I'm swimming against the current a lot of the time. 

This isn't sustainable. So I'm asking for help!

There are some changes coming to Noclip in the coming months. New tiers, a new home, exciting new ventures and more of the retrospective docs you love. But before any of that can comes, I want to supercharge the most important element of Noclip; our community.

Without our community on Patreon, none of this would be possible. Without our community of viewers on YouTube, we couldn't grow. And without the community of developers out there willing to talk to us, well, Jeremy would have nobody to point a camera at it. It would be weird.

Noclip has become a voice within the world of gaming - and quite frankly - I need help in harnessing the power of that voice. I need somebody to take a bunch of work off my plate, and help organize and realize my dreams for this community because right now the extra 25% of work that I can't handle is also slowing down the 100% that I need to get done every month. 

So, what's the gig?

Well, first of all of course it is paid but remote, contract work. The scope of the job is pretty malleable so exact pay will depend on your skills and what the position ends up being. What I can say is that we always pay fairly, and on time.

Essentially I am looking for somebody who can help with by doing things like...

Help Develop & Implement Community Strategies for Patreon & YouTube 

Help  Develop & Produce Community Content for Patreon & YouTube

Run Community Game Nights (that I could attend please)

Run the Discord & Keeping it Fresh & Active

Curate Feedback from our Patrons for Shows / Posts

Introduce fresh ideas to make Noclip a fun and vibrant community to be a part of.

Give me the space to focus on hosting more videos & podcasts xxx

It would be a huge bonus if that person could also do things like;

Help with social media strategy.

Edit social videos 

Edit / host other stuff from time to time.

Have other creative / technical skills we could utilize.

Help grow r/noclip 

In an ideal world this person would have some proven experience growing a community, be passionate about our mission, and be super hungry to apply themselves to the role. I have a preference for North American candidates as it would make it much easier to get that person involved in stuff in real-life, but it's not essential. 

Noclip has always been about quality, not quantity. And while growth is really important for many channels and businesses, I also want to focus on enriching this community and making it a one-of-a-kind hub for people who care about this type of work. I also want to focus on the stuff that our community cares about, and the ideal person would be able to help me better attune myself to the needs of the community. The right candidate will wear multiple hats, be passionate, focused and in time force me to give them more hours and pay because we couldn't possibly run this thing without them.

I may eventually open this up to the public, and I'm also reaching out to friends of mine across the industry for guidance - but if that person could be somebody from within our Patron community - that would be amazing.  If you have a friend you'd like to suggest this role to, feel free to copy and past this post and send it to them. 

I'm also not against splitting this role into two or more if we get a broad range of people who are interested in helping in different ways. So if you think you can do one of these jobs really well, let us know.

Where do I apply?

Introduce yourself in the comments below, and shoot me an email via:https://www.noclip.video/contact/ 

Let me know... 

who you are, and what you do

what you'd bring to the role

ideas you have to enrich our community

examples of your experience 

the type of stuff (work / hobbies) that get you excited.

A warning in advance, I'll do my best to respond to people, but I cannot guarantee I'll get back to everyone. I get dozens of emails about work every month and just can't spend the time responding. But rest assured I'll be considered and thoughtful with every submission.

Cool. That's it for now! Let's see what happens!

Running Noclip continues to be the greatest privilege of my life, but I do need help. If you like what we do, would enjoy helping out, and have ideas about how to supercharge our community - please get in touch.

And don't worry, I'll keep the rest of you all updated on our progress. I doubt it'll be a full on "America's Got Talent" reality show situation, but who knows, hah!

I'm excited to hear from you. Let's grow this thing!

Danny