Community Intern - Founders Forum

Location: London, UK

Type: Internship (Fixed term)

Availability: Applicants must be available to intern with us starting between April 20th - April 27th and working with us until Friday 12th June.

Team: Marketing

About Founders Forum Group

Founders Forum Group is a global community and group of businesses supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. Its forums unite the world’s most influential founders, investors, corporate and government leaders to tackle era-defining questions in iconic locations across the globe. 

Fuelled by the connections and ideas forged at the group’s flagship events, FF Group businesses support the needs of today’s founders via services, insights, advocacy, growth programmes, and access to capital. In 2021, the group sold its innovation strategy consulting firm, Founders Intelligence, to global consultancy Accenture.

Since 2019, Founders Forum Group has partnered with Informa Tech to celebrate the strength and diversity of UK tech through London Tech Week.

In 2023, FFG acquired Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups. Founders Forum Group continues the previously government-funded programmes centred around early-stage and diverse founders, as well as data-driven research into the UK's tech ecosystem. Tech Nation is also proudly the official endorsing body for the UK’s Global Talent Visa on behalf of the Home Office.

The Role

• Work alongside dedicated community managers and executives (and the broader marketing and events teams) to research new target prospects for FF events 
• Aggregate and compile lists of suggestions and referrals of potential FF invitees and speakers from our external network and internal teams 
• Responding to guest enquiries through the team inbox in the lead-up to our flagship event and disseminating email communications to confirmed guests 
• Steward our community through their event journey by playing a key role in coordinating invitations, guest registrations and event enquiries via the shared team inbox, our CRM platform, Salesforce, and our event registration system, Swoogo
• Help manage our CRM platform, Salesforce, by ensuring the data is up to date, relevant, and comprehensive
• Collaborate with the FF production team to prepare community-facing assets and event materials for annual forums and subsidiary events (e.g. FAQs, guest books, the Founders Forum event networking app, printed and digital event collateral, slide decks and vital info emails)
• Play a key role in bringing our annual FF Global flagship event – the event FF is known for! – to life. This could mean preparing attendee name badges and helping guests check in at registration or helping proofread final printed materials for our guests onsite – or even helping with VIP handling for some of our celebrity guests!

This is the role for you if…

• You have a passion for technology and its wider context
• You are a highly motivated self-starter with ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines and adapt to last-minute adjustments
• You are highly detail-oriented and organised, performing well under pressure
• You are a highly proficient communicator with excellent writing skills 
• You are capable of working independently and taking ownership of tasks as required
• You are a team player
• You are a recent graduate or someone who is looking for a new challenge

Requirements

• Applicants must be available to intern with us starting between April 20th - April 27th and working with us until Friday 12th June.
• Strong experience with MS Excel and Google Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; well organised and can prepare emails, content and guest research reports, with meticulous attention to detail
• Keen interest in events, tech, VC, accelerators, community
• Strong organisational, administrative and project management skills
• Strong relationship builder and communicator
• Right to work in the UK 

This role requires working 4 days a week in the office. This role will also require some travel around the UK.

Benefits

We offer a range of flexible, discretionary benefits to our team. These currently include:

• London living wage with a 35 hour work week
• 9:30 - 17:30 and include a one hour break
• Lunch 1x/week, office snacks, and regular team drinks
• Access to the Founders Forum Group network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem

Why Join Us

We’re a small team trusted with delivering moments that matter to some of the most influential founders and investors in the world. You should join us if you want to help create the gatherings where tomorrow gets built.