Journey of Brand Community Builder till 2021
5% of Indian Community Builders describe their role as Community Consultant… as mentioned in State of Indian Community Management Report 2021 & I am one of them.
Community Management, Community Building & Community Strategy occurred by chance, and never looked back professionally since then.
13+ yrs of professional experience of working with multiple companies in various industries and since the last 6+ yrs been a part of the start-up ecosystem as a Community Builder.
When you are hopping from one role to another almost every 6 months to 2 yrs, there is a skepticism in the minds of the interviewer that why should we give this person a chance and the path to proving your worth even before starting the job is a herculean task. It eases out a bit if the founder reaches out to you.
In April 2015, Varun Chawla, then co-founder of 91springboard reached out to me stating they need a person with strong operations background to join the team & would I be interested. My interview started for a very different role, and ultimately it ended up landing the job of community manager responsible to set up operations for 91springboard in Hyderabad. First role as a community professional.
Post this job, it was handling Partnerships & Community at MTW Labs, a software services…
