About Us:
Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Our content, newsletters, podcasts, and events provide investors with the critical analysis and information they need to make smarter decisions about digital assets.
Who You Are
You consider yourself a crypto enthusiast and a podcast connoisseur. You are a technical storyteller who can break down complex blockchain infrastructure concepts into compelling narratives. You intimately know the evolving landscape of modular blockchain architecture and are a natural connector who can engage with technical founders, researchers, and thought leaders. You're not just comfortable behind the mic and the camera, but you consider it your home. You're a host and pride yourself on your ability to think critically about meaningful content. You provide a balanced voice who can maintain neutrality while driving meaningful technical discussions.
What You’ll Do
As our Podcast Host for Expansion, you'll co-host and help produce one of the most successful shows and brands in the Blockworks podcast network. You'll be the face, voice, and thought leader of the brand, helping to grow the audience and impact of the show.
Every day will look a little different, but in general, you will do things like:
- Host the Expansion Podcast: You'll be directly responsible for planning, scripting, hosting, and recording two episodes of the show per week.
- Develop Podcast Content: You'll work to design and develop the content and themes for each episode of Expansion, using the latest news and events in the crypto and macro industries to help inform topics.
- Identify, Source, and Secure Guests: You'll proactively work to identify podcast guests who have untapped potential for creating exceptional stories relevant to our in-house shows.
- Contribute to Newsletters: You'll partner with our editorial team to write contributions to the newsletter twice per week.
- Drive Social Engagement: You'll regularly leverage personal and professional social channels to help grow the Expansion audience through exceptional content and authentic marketing.
- Partner with Sales: You'll partner and collaborate with our sales team to help build new areas of sponsorship and strengthen the deep relationship with current sponsors.
- Learn, Embrace, and Grow the Blockworks Audience: In conjunction with the rest of the production team, you'll work to understand the core audience segments and proactively uncover insights that will stimulate engagement and content evolution.
- Build the Expansion Brand IRL: In partnership with other Blockworks team members, you'll help grow the Expansion brand by representing the show at in-person events, including listener meet-ups, Hackathons, Blockworks Conferences, and more.
- Balance Technical Depth with Approachability: Maintain the show's position as the definitive technical discussion platform while ensuring content remains accessible to a broader technical audience.
- Shape Technical Discourse: Guide discussions that advance understanding of critical challenges in the modular blockchain space, from proving times to cross-chain communication.
Experimentation is frequent at Blockworks. Comfortability with being uncomfortable is a must.
What You’ve Done Before
First and foremost, you're a crypto native with a deep understanding of blockchain architecture, particularly modular blockchain systems and scaling solutions.
- You've demonstrated success hosting or producing crypto content for podcasts, webinars, blogs, or other reporting, and you're excited to share your best work examples.
- Experience interviewing technical experts and driving substantive discussions.
- You have an uncanny ability to discern compelling stories and are always on the look to find the engaging needle in the haystack of noise.
It’d Be Great If You’ve Done This
An exceptionally deep understanding of the blockchain scaling landscape paired with a creative and compelling approach to discussions will move you to the top of the list.
- Published technical analysis or research in the blockchain space.
- Experience with live broadcasting or real-time technical discussions.
- Built relationships within the blockchain infrastructure community.
- Demonstrated thought leadership in blockchain scaling solutions.
- Prior experience in technical podcast hosting or production.
Having a background in media, especially on camera, may also set you apart from other candidates, but it isn't required. Lastly, we're looking for candidates with an outstanding ability to interview guests and honed instincts of when and how to dig deeper while making guests feel comfortable.
Salary, Benefits, & How We Work
This is a full time exempt position with an expected salary of $110,000/year.
Benefits:
🧑💻 Remote-First: We're a remote-first organization with an office in NYC for you to utilize as you please.
🏥 100% Medical Coverage for You: Close to fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you, and a significant portion covered for your dependents.
🏖️ Flexible PTO: We have a flexible paid time off policy that doesn't limit the number of vacation days you can take.
👶 Parental Leave: At Blockworks, all team members are eligible for 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
💻 Hardware Stipend: Every team member has a stipend to use to purchase the tools and technology that help them be their most productive.
🌱 Learning & Growth Stipend: Every team member has a stipend to us to spend on their skill growth and professional development.
💪 Career Growth: We prioritize skill growth and career development, and we have a clear, documented structure to take the guesswork work out of individual development and career progression
🌐 Global & Diverse Team: We're a global team, and we're committed to creating an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
Come build with us; we're just getting started!
We know that diversity makes for the best problem-solving and creative thinking. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.
Blockworks is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Compensation Range: $110K
