--- title: 'Community Manager at Inkitt' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/community-manager-inkitt-san-francisco-mj9evtxxz3m9' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Community Manager at Inkitt - **Company:** Inkitt - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $90k–$100k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-25 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/inkitt/67076e61-8e61-428c-b40a-4f5b4a75618b ## Job description Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st Century, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures, our recent expansion into CandyJarTV is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse. What You’ll Do: ## Role Overview This role supports community engagement and growth initiatives while coordinating an existing network of community moderators. The focus is on: - Designing and executing engagement initiatives - Driving participation in in-app book communities - Coordinating moderators so campaigns and content are aligned with strategy and executed consistently - Acting as a brand presence in select community spaces This positions the role between a Community Coordinator and a Community Growth Manager, with room to grow in scope over time. Scope of Work Community Initiatives & Growth - Ideate and execute community initiatives that drive engagement and retention - Grow in-app communities membership and increase participation in book discussions. - Develop and execute strategies that build anticipation and spark conversations around our upcoming stories. - Test organic growth initiatives (e.g. reviews drivers, sharing competitions) - Recruit and activate in-app community super users - Monitor engagement metrics and community feedback to understand what excites and motivates our users. Use these insights to refine community strategies and initiatives, ensuring continuous growth and engagement Event Co-ordination and Campaign Ownership - Organize virtual events such as author interviews, book club meetings, and reading challenges to keep the community engaged and connected with our stories and authors. - Coordinate promotion of events and initiatives across CRM, in-app communities, and social channels - Align moderators on campaign goals, timelines, and messaging Moderator Coordination - Act as the primary point of contact for community moderators - Coordinate content calendars, initiatives, and campaign execution with moderators - Keep moderators informed, aligned, and engaged - Manage weekly community push notification creation and scheduling in collaboration with moderators Brand Presence - - Represent established brand voices (e.g. “Galatea Sophie,” “CandyJar Leah”) in light-touch engagement contexts. Build trust and familiarity with community members and be part of the conversation. What You'll Bring: - 1+ years of experience with customer service or community, and social media - You are a book lover at heart, with an understanding of bookish communities - You are an active member of multiple online communities - Experience being creative, strategic, and analytical, when crafting compelling initiatives and content and measuring their impact - Strong communication skills, empathy, and cultural sensitivity to connect with our diverse audience and to collaborate with cross-functional team Who We Are Looking For: - Autonomous - Bring solutions instead of problems - Data driven - Quick to action - A high functioning workaholic - Looking for exponential career growth - Have lots of fun building a generational AI x Entertainment company ## About Inkitt ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Inkitt is a data-driven, AI-powered entertainment company that discovers unknown authors, turns their stories into blockbuster ebooks through its Galatea app, and adapts them into TV series via its CandyJar TV platform. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C backed; $117M total funding) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (additional offices in Berlin, Germany and Krakow, Poland) - **Founded**: 2014 (conflicting reports cite 2013) - **Founders**: Ali Albazaz (CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Entertainment / Digital Publishing / Streaming Media - **Target customers**: B2C readers and viewers (direct-to-consumer via Galatea and CandyJar TV); B2B author acquisition through the Inkitt writing platform - **Mission**: "We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed. Our mission is to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors." — Inkitt describes itself as building "the Disney of the 21st century" as the most data-driven, most AI-driven company in entertainment. ## Products & Services - **Galatea (App)**: A mobile reading app delivering serialized, interactive ebooks optimized through AI and predictive algorithms. Inkitt produces a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and sells directly to consumers through this channel. - **CandyJar TV**: A short-form streaming platform that adapts Inkitt's million-dollar ebook hits into TV series, sold episode by episode directly to consumers. - **Inkitt (Author Platform)**: A free writing and publishing platform where authors upload stories; Inkitt's algorithm analyzes reader behavior to identify potential hits, removing subjectivity from the traditional publishing gatekeeping process. Over 50% of published authors achieve $100,000+ in sales. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately $40M; total funding of $117M across 5+ rounds - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Kleiner Perkins (led Series A), New Enterprise Associates / NEA Ventures (led Series B), Khosla Ventures, redalpine (led early seed), and Henry Kravis (venture round) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 26.1% YoY (+66 people) to 207 employees, distributed across 34 countries - Ranked the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world - Claims a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers - Launched CandyJar TV, expanding from publishing into original streaming content - LinkedIn following grew 83.3% year-over-year to 21,440 followers - Actively hiring across engineering, product, marketing, finance, and creative roles ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary AI hit-prediction engine**: Uses reader behavior analytics to identify breakout stories before publication, achieving a 40x higher success rate than traditional publishers. - **Vertical integration**: Controls the full content lifecycle — discovery (Inkitt platform), publishing (ebooks/audiobooks), and distribution (Galatea app), plus monetization of IP through TV adaptation (CandyJar TV). - **Direct-to-consumer model**: Bypasses traditional publishing and streaming middlemen, selling content directly to end users. - **Global, remote-first talent base**: A workforce spanning 34 countries enables round-the-clock content operations and diverse market insight. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling CandyJar TV**: Turning proven ebook hits into original TV series is the company's stated next growth frontier. - **AI-native content production**: Inkitt is hiring for "AI Narrative Film" producer roles, signaling investment in AI-generated or AI-assisted film production. - **International expansion**: With teams in San Francisco, Berlin, and Krakow, and a distributed workforce across 34 countries, Inkitt is building global content production and distribution capabilities. - **Talent acquisition**: Active hiring for senior engineering, growth/product leadership, and creative strategy roles indicates continued scaling. ## Why Work Here - **Hybrid & flexible work**: Employees work in a combination of remote and on-site; flexible schedules with the option to work from Berlin or San Francisco offices depending on location. - **Compensation**: Competitive salaries — recent postings include Senior Software Engineer, Mobile at $175k–$215k; Senior CRM Lifecycle Marketing at $147k–$190k; People and Office Coordinator at $80k–$110k. - **Benefits**: Generous parental leave, mental health benefits, 401(K), generous PTO, paid holidays and sick days, pet-friendly offices, and employee discounts. - **Culture signals**: Employer rating of 3.7/5.0 across 143 reviews (culture 3.4, career 3.5, compensation 3.3, work-life 3.2); Indeed reviews are more mixed (3.2 work-life, 3.0 compensation, 2.6 job security). - **Mission-driven environment**: Employees work directly on disrupting the traditional publishing industry with a data-driven approach — a rare blend of creative storytelling and AI engineering. - **Growth trajectory**: 26% YoY headcount growth and a newly launched streaming platform mean employees can have outsized impact in a fast-scaling organization. ## Sources 1. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/inkitt) 2. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/inkitt) 3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/inkitt) 4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/inkitt) 5. 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