Community Manager

Overview

About The Dispatch

The Dispatch is a digital media company providing fact-based reporting and commentary on politics, policy, and culture—informed by conservative principles. Founded in 2019, we’ve built a community of 45,000 paying members who value intellectual honesty, reasoned debate, and commitment to first principles over partisan tribalism. We’re looking to grow to 100,000 members and beyond, and looking for someone to help us deepen engagement and build real-world community among our subscribers.

About This Role

We’re launching Dispatch Juntos
—a member-led initiative that transforms our subscriber base into a network of local communities meeting regularly across the country. This is our most ambitious community-building effort to date, and we need someone to own it from pilot through scale.

As our Community Manager, you’ll coordinate the launch and growth of Dispatch Juntos nationwide, support member-led organizing efforts, plan official Dispatch events in partnership with our editorial team, and build the infrastructure for sustainable community engagement. You’ll be the primary relationship owner with our most engaged members and the voice of our community internally.

The schedule for this role is approximately 15-20 hours per week at the onset. Part-time initially, we expect it will scale into a full-time position. This role reports to the Editorial Partnerships Manager and works closely with our editorial, business, and multimedia teams. You’ll have significant autonomy to shape how The Dispatch shows up in members’ lives beyond our newsletters and podcasts.

What You’ll Do

• Launch and Scale Dispatch Clubs (60% of role)
• Organizer Recruitment & Vetting:
  Review applications from members interested in leading local clubs, conduct screening conversations, and select organizers who align with our mission and demonstrate capability to build and sustain community.
• Ongoing Organizer Support:
  Serve as primary point of contact for 20-50+ club organizers nationwide, providing guidance on meeting formats, troubleshooting challenges, celebrating wins, and helping clubs get to the next level.
• Platform Management:
  Oversee the Dispatch Juntos platform on our website (member discovery, event logging, photo uploads, RSVPs), ensure it’s functioning properly, and gather feedback for improvements.
• Club Health Monitoring:
  Track key metrics for each club (attendance, frequency, longevity, engagement), identify clubs at risk of fizzling, and proactively provide enhanced support to clubs showing momentum.
• Content Creation:
  Produce monthly “Junto Spotlight” features for newsletters, curate photos and testimonials from meetups, create discussion guides tied to recent Dispatch content, and develop promotional materials.
• Moderation & Community Standards:
  Handle “report a concern” submissions, address issues directly with organizers when needed, and make judgment calls on revoking club status in rare cases (in consultation with leadership).
• National Promotion:
  Coordinate geo-targeted email campaigns to members in hub markets, manage Dispatch Juntos presence in Discord and on Reddit, and maintain drumbeat of engagement through newsletters and social channels.
• Official Event Planning & Execution (25% of role)
• Event Strategy:
  Identify clubs that have reached threshold for official Dispatch events (30-50+ consistent attendees over 3-6 months) and develop event plans with editorial, business, and multimedia teams.
• Logistics & Coordination:
  Handle venue sourcing, ticketing setup, sponsorship coordination, VIP meet-and-greet arrangements, travel logistics for Dispatch talent, and day-of event management.
• Revenue Optimization:
  Work with business team to price events appropriately, secure sponsor ships, and maximize ticket sales while maintaining accessibility for members.
• Content Capture:
  Coordinate recording of live podcasts, capture photos and video for promotional use, and gather testimonials and learnings from each event.
• Post-Event Follow-Up:
  Thank attendees, collect feedback, analyze what worked, and apply learnings to future events.
• Broader Community Initiatives (15% of role)
• Discord Management:
  Active presence in Dispatch…