Event Marketing & Community Associate (Intern)

About Hightable

Hightable is a global, invite-only community of founders, CXOs, and industry experts focused on helping startups with money, mentor, and market support. The community engages in activities such as mixers, investor connects, and startup showcases.

About the Role

This role involves working directly with the Founder’s Office to execute events and the community engine. It offers hands-on experience with real ownership, proximity to decision-making, and a learning opportunity in startup ecosystems and VC-led communities.

What You’ll Do

Event Marketing and Execution

• Support planning and on-ground execution of mixers, meetups, and ecosystem events, including logistics, vendors, venues, run-of-show, and guest management.
• Manage event pages, RSVPs, and registrations using platforms like Luma and Google Forms, as well as attendee follow-ups and reminders.
• Create and run promotion plans across LinkedIn, Instagram, X, WhatsApp, and email.
• Coordinate with sponsors, partners, and speakers.

Community Building

• Onboard new members, maintain the member database, and keep WhatsApp or other community groups active.
• Run outreach to founders, investors, mentors, and ecosystem partners to grow the network.
• Make warm introductions and track member needs for team follow-up.
• Capture feedback and ideas to improve member experience.

Content and Brand

• Create event recaps, speaker and member spotlights, reels, posters, and social posts.
• Collect photos and videos at events and maintain the gallery.
• Draft invites, newsletters, and outreach copy.

Founder’s Office Support

• Prepare trackers, reports, and event post-mortems (attendance, leads, conversions).
• Handle ad-hoc strategic and operational tasks for the founder.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Who You Are

• Final-year student, recent graduate, or early-career professional, in any discipline.
• Strong written and spoken English, comfortable approaching people.
• Organized, proactive, and able to handle multiple deadlines.
• Active on LinkedIn, Instagram, and X, with a good sense of social content effectiveness.
• Comfortable with Canva, Google Workspace, and basic video editing tools like CapCut.
• Curious about startups, venture capital, and the founder ecosystem.

Good to have

• Prior experience running college fests, club events, or communities.
• Basic photography or videography skills.
• Experience with Luma, Notion, or CRM tools.
• A network within startup, student, or creator communities.

What You’ll Gain

• Direct mentorship from the founder and exposure to investors, CXOs, and startup founders.
• Hands-on experience running events end-to-end.
• A strong network within the Bengaluru startup ecosystem.
• Potential for internship extension or full-time conversion based on performance.
• Internship certificate and letter of recommendation.

Details

• Duration: 6 months
• Working days: Monday to Saturday
• Mode: In office, BTM Layout, Bengaluru
• Stipend: ₹8,000/month
• Note: Some evening and weekend work will be required around events.