Community & Partnerships Lead

The Role

Build and lead August's presence across the tech and AI ecosystem. You'll design and host events (dinners, conferences, panels) that bring together lawyers interested in technology, engineers, product leaders, and AI enthusiasts who care about the future of professional services.

What You'll Do

• Events & Community: Design and execute multi-format events:
  • Intimate dinners (10-15): Managing partners, CIOs, tech leaders
  • Conference presence: ABA TECHSHOW, ILTACON, Legalweek, ReInvent Law
  • Roundtables (15-30): practice-area specific
  • Customer Advisory Panels: quarterly product roadmap sessions
  • Virtual sessions: webinars, fireside chats, AMAs
  • Workshops: AI training for legal professionals
• Build a network across the tech and AI ecosystem:
  • Lawyers interested in technology and automation
  • Managing partners and CIOs at professional services firms
  • Tech founders, product leaders, and engineers
  • Innovation directors and COOs exploring AI
• Execute proactive outbound: LinkedIn, email campaigns, warm intros, conference targeting
• Revenue & Partnerships: Treat events as a revenue channel: track in HubSpot, measure pipeline influence, calculate ROICo-host events with AI companies, tech platforms, bar associations, law schools, research groups
• Convert attendees into customers, design partners, and advocates
• Track industry recognition: award submissions, rankings, customer review platforms
• Media & Thought Leadership: Build relationships with tech and business press: TechCrunch, The Verge, Wired, Forbes, Protocol, and legal/professional services mediaPosition August leadership as go-to sources for AI commentary
• Coordinate podcast appearances, speaking opportunities, written contributions
• Turn events into content: blog posts, LinkedIn, podcasts, case studies
• Operations: Manage budgets, vendors, and logistics
• Build scalable systems: CRM workflows, post-event surveys, attendee scoring
• Track metrics: attendance, NPS, pipeline sourced, social reach, repeat rate

Requirements

• 3-5+ years in tech, AI, or B2B SaaS
• Strong network
• Event execution experience
• Outbound and sales mentality
• Natural connector
• Highly organized
• Self-starter
• Media savvy

Bonus Qualities

• Community management at a B2B SaaS or tech company
• Sales, business development, or partnerships background
• Experience with GTM tools: HubSpot, Amplemarket, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Eventbrite, Luma
• Speaking or moderating at tech/AI conferences
• Relationships with tech press (TechCrunch, The Verge, Forbes, Protocol, Wired)
• Understanding how AI transforms knowledge work
• Located in a major tech hub: NYC, NYC, Seattle, Austin, Chicago