Community and Events Specialist at Igodo

About Igodo

Igodo is a London app for curated in-person gatherings we call connects: a reading morning in a café, a gallery walk, a jazz night, a wander round a market. The curator sets the size. We launched this year, connects run most weeks and we measure success by whether people meet again.

This is a volunteer role, not a salaried one, with no set hours and no minimum commitment. We cover pre-agreed expenses.

The role

Community and Events Specialists run Igodo's connects and help Igodo reach new people. You pick something you'd love to do anyway and set it up in the app. Igodo puts it in front of the right people, handles the seats and the waitlist and gives each group its own chat. You share each connect with the communities you're part of and online, so people who've never heard of Igodo find their way in. On the day you're the host: you welcome people, get the conversation going and make sure nobody's left on the edge. You'll never be on your own while you're getting started.

You'll also help shape how connects work while Igodo is early. You'll have a direct line to the founder, and your ideas get a straight answer, usually the same day.

What you might do

• Come up with connects around things you love, from supper clubs and book chats to walks, gigs and exhibitions
• Find good places to hold them
• Share your connects in your own voice, with the communities you're part of and online, so new people find Igodo
• Host each one on the day and keep the group's chat going before and after
• Tell us what works and what doesn't, so connects get better for everyone

What you get

• Real experience of planning, promoting and hosting events and building a community, with results you can talk about in interviews
• A community of your own, built around what you love
• A reference once you've curated with us
• Pre-agreed expenses for the connects you curate, reimbursed
• Early access to new features and a say in what gets built
• If it goes well, there may be future opportunities as Igodo grows

Who it's for

• People who are always the one suggesting the plan
• Anyone who already runs something, like a book club, a run club or a regular dinner, or wants to start something new
• Students and graduates who want events or community experience
• People between jobs who want something real to show for this stretch
• People with full-time jobs who want something of their own outside work
• People new to London who'd like to build a circle while they're at it

You choose what you curate and when, and you can step back at any time. You'll need to be in London, since connects happen in person, and 18 or over.

Some connects so far

The Sunday Chapter, a reading morning at a Hackney café. Jazz It Up, live jazz on a Wednesday in London Fields. Gallery walks and London side quests.

How to apply

Email hello@igodo.app. Tell us in a line or two one connect you'd love to curate, and add your Instagram or other social handle if you have one. Most people start by coming to a connect as our guest.

hello@igodo.app