City Connector

Mem Global is where Jewish young adults in their 20s and early 30s come to connect explore and create meaningful Jewish experiences with their peers. As the umbrella brand for our global suite of programs Mem Global supports young adults as they bring Judaism to life through thousands of peer-driven gatherings across 25 countries each year. Were all about creating spaces where Jewish young adults can lead embrace learn and build the kind of community that will build a strong and vibrant Jewish future for all of us.

In partnership with the One8 Foundation Mem Global is launching an exciting new pilot program in two U.S. cities designed to help young unengaged Jewish adults connect with one another through exciting local experiences and curated social events. The idea is to meet young Jews (22-32 years old) where they are using low-pressure fun-first social experiences that provide avenues for Jewish young adults to genuinely connect with peers and make new friends.

The program is informed by deep consumer research conducted with unengaged Jewish young adults across more than a dozen U.S. cities. This research revealed a clear and urgent unmet need: making friends as an adult is hard and existing Jewish institutions are not seen as relevant welcoming or culturally resonant by the majority of this audience. We believe that the challenge of making friends as an adult is real and that Jewish connection can be a powerful often underutilized accelerant for that. This program is a direct response to what we heard. We are on a mission to help young unaffiliated Jewish or Jew-ish adults find community friendship meaning and joy in Jewish spaces.

We are looking for a City Connector to bring the pilot to life on the ground in their city. You will be the face of the program in your city. You will design and run creative social-first events and experiences for unengaged Jewish young adults who may not be actively seeking Jewish friends but are open to it if it feels right. Think intimate group dinners at trendy local restaurants group gatherings built around shared interests and unique social experiences that make connection feel easy and natural. Over time the goal is to build a thriving social club in your city: a diverse recurring roster of events and experiences that young Jew-ish adults genuinely want to be part of.

This role requires equal parts creativity hustle analytical thinking and genuine warmth. If you are energized by building something new love getting out there and meeting people and care deeply about helping young Jews find their people read on.

This role reports to the Associate Director Social Innovation and Strategy.

What Youll Do:

• Community Networking and Relationship Building
  • Be a visible active presence in your citys Jewish young adult ecosystem - and beyond. Attend local events build relationships and become genuinely well-networked among the population you are trying to reach.
  • Identify and cultivate relationships with young community-builders social connectors and local influencers who have broad networks and can help reach unengaged Jewish young adults.
  • Proactively source prospective participants and prospective peer leaders building a pipeline of regulars who can become promoters ambassadors and advocates for the program.
  • Identify and develop partnerships with local venues brands and organizations that can help host sponsor and amplify program experiences.
• Event/Experience Design and Execution
  • Design plan and execute creative engaging local experiences that help Jew-ish young adults meet each other and connect in ways that feel fun natural and judgment-free.
  • Ground design decisions in what we know about our target audience including insights from our consumer research to lower barriers reduce social risk and make first-time participation feel easy and worth it.
  • Launch and run small-group dinner experiences (modeled on the Table for Eight concept which tested strongly in our research) that bring 68 young adults together at trendy local restaurants for a low-pressure social experience.
  • Build out a broader events calendar over time including a rich variety of activity-based gatherings social experiences and community hangouts that serves as a home base social club network for Jew-ish young adults in your city.
  • Ensure that event volume and participant targets meet pilot projections and timelines.
• Program Management and Administration
  • Own all event logistics from start to finish including: venue sourcing and coordination registration and RSVP systems day-of execution and post-event follow-up.
  • Develop and maintain efficient participant-friendly registration and communication systems.
  • Manage your local program budget responsibly tracking costs and flagging issues proactively to ensure the program runs efficiently within allocated resources.
  • Maintain organized accurate records of event data participant information and program activity.
• Marketing and Audience Growth
  • Take responsibility for growing local awareness of and interest in the program among unengaged Jewish young adults in your city.
  • Work in close collaboration with Mem Globals national marketing consultant to monitor social media campaign performance and make real-time adjustments to language content and targeting based on what the data is telling you.
  • Build a local outreach infrastructure that goes beyond social media: cultivating partnerships engaging super-connectors and activating trusted voices in the community to spread the word.
  • Champion word-of-mouth and peer invitation strategies one of the most powerful drivers of engagement among our target audience by equipping participants to invite friends and creating experiences so good that people want to share them.
• Data Collection and Learning
  • Implement data collection and impact evaluation tools including pulse surveys post-event feedback mechanisms and participant tracking in alignment with the national evaluation strategy.
  • Capture and synthesize participant feedback attendance trends and engagement patterns to generate actionable insights that can improve program design over time.
  • Be a reflective practitioner: after each event document what worked what didnt and what youd do differently and bring those lessons into your next iteration.
  • Identify and communicate trends in attendance retention and participant interests to the Associate Director Social Innovation and Strategy to inform the broader learning agenda.

• Natural connector: You genuinely love meeting new people. You are warm socially fluent and able to build trust quickly across a wide range of personalities and backgrounds.
• Entrepreneurial do-er: You are energized by building from scratch. You are self-directed resourceful and able to make good decisions without a perfect roadmap.
• Creative experience designer: You have a knack for designing experiences that feel fresh fun and relevant. You know what brings people in and what makes them come back.
• Data-driven decision maker: You use research and data to guide decisions not just to report on them. You are curious about whats working and what isnt and you design programs to test hypotheses and generate insights that matter.
• Organized operator: You can manage event logistics budgets timelines and communication systems without letting details fall through the cracks.
• Mission-driven: You genuinely care about helping young Jew-ish adults find connection joy and a sense of belonging and understand why it matters.
• Culturally fluent: You get the nuance of where many young culturally Jewish adults sit in relation to Jewish identity. You meet people where they are without judgment or pressure
• Test-and-learn oriented:You are as interested in what doesnt work as what does. You see iteration as a feature not a failure.
• You have a Bachelors degree and a minimum of four years of full-time professional work experience in community building event programming social impact or a related field. Four additional full-time professional work experience may be substituted for the degree.
• You have demonstrated experience designing and executing events or experiences - especially for young adult audiences.
• You have experience working in a start-up entrepreneurial or build-from-scratch environment strongly preferred.
• You have a background in Jewish communal work young adult engagement or mission-driven nonprofits is a plus.
• You are comfortable with basic data collection analysis and reporting.
• You are eligible to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
• You embrace and demonstrate the Mem Mindset: Be the Difference Connect & Listen Invest Wisely Embrace the Unknown Own It! Value People and Work Well Live Well and Have Fun!

The City Connector is a full-time exempt year-round position and requires weekday work hours to complete job requirements plus occasional evenings and weekends as needed to support programs and events. This role works either in our hub office in Washington D.C. or remotely out of Austin Texas or San Francisco California and reports directly to the Associate Director Social Innovation and Strategy.

In our U.S. Hub Offices our team works a hybrid schedule where employees can choose to work remotely 2 days per week and collaborate in-person with coworkers the rest of the week with Wednesdaydesignatedas a shared in-office day for connection and collaboration. Specific schedules may vary by location and role.

• Healthcare: Health vision dental and mental health benefits
• Time off: 15 days paid time off (PTO) per year that increases with continued employment (additional benefits for former Hillel and BBYO employees through the Talent Alliance) PLUS 5 Personal WellBeing Days office closures and up to 7 floating holidays for Jewish and US holidays
• 401(k): 100% match on the first 3% plus anadditional50% matching on the 4th% matching availableimmediatelywithout a wait period
• Flexible Spending Account options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Quarterly paid day of service to give back to your community!
• Highly qualified creative and go-getter teammates and a dedicated supervisor

The starting salary range for this full-time exempt position is:

• Remote in Austin TX: $70000 - $80000
• Hub Office in Washington D.C.: $75000 - $90000
• Remote in San Francisco CA: $85000 - $100000
• Your specific salary within these ranges will take into consideration education experience and location.

• $750 USD annual professional development fund
• Jewish Learning Collaborative: One-on-one Jewish learning with an approved educator of your choice
• Local and in-house professional learning opportunities
• Opportunities for advancement through career pathing planning

All voices are needed at Mem Global (please see our identity statements for more details). Every new member of the Mem Global team is an opportunity for us to introduce fresh perspectives talent and skills into both our professional team and our communities. We look for employees from diverse backgrounds faiths and life experiences to join our global team.

Mem Global is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic protected under federal state or local law (including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act). We consider all qualified applicants based on skills experience and alignment with our mission. Mem Global is committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive hiring process. If you need an accommodation at any point in the application or interview process please email Careers via (). We will provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and engage in a timely goodfaith interactive process to identify effective solutions.

Possible Steps in Our Hiring Process:
Step 1: Apply with your resume and cover letter at the bottom of the job posting here and youll hear back from us!
Step 2: Video interview using a web-based platform
Step 3: Skills assessment and interview(s) with the hiring manager(s)
Step 4: Well check your references to hear about your past experience
Step 5: Get an offer letter sign it start your Mem Global journey!