The Thirdwork Review | January 2023

How is January already over? It's been busy, here's the TL;DR as we kick off 2023:

• 🏆 We dropped our Web3 awards, featuring the 19 best places to work in web3!

• 🚀 We're teaming up with thirdwork SEO expert Victoria Olsina to host a web3 SEO masterclass.

• 🪜 An amazing startup at intersection of the creator economy and web3 is hiring a tech lead and more open roles!

🏆 The web3 Awards are out!

We launched the web3 awards, where we recognized 19 of the best places to work in web3 and what makes them unique. From NFT projects to crypto compliance to white-label marketplaces, the awards showcased the best places to work in the ever-evolving and complex world of Web3.

💻 Register for an exclusive web3 & SEO masterclass 

Thirdwork member Victoria Olsina is hosting a masterclass on SEO strategy for web3 startups. Victoria is an experienced SEO consultant specializing in helping web3 startups grow traffic organically through SEO. She's been working in the space for over 5 years, for clients like Near Protocol, Consensys, and Polkadot. The masterclass will be held on February 6 at 1:00pm ET. There are a handful of spots available for thirdwork members, reserve your spot here!

🤠 Featured Freelancers

Mrig - Writer for Blockchain Startups - Mrig is an experienced and versatile web3 writer with a wide range of experience across companies like Moonpay, Ledger, Alchemy, and many more. She cut her teeth writing for a London-based marketing agency and web2 enterprise companies before finding her core passion in web3. In addition to being a talented writer who can distill technical topics for a large variety of audiences, she brings extensive knowledge about content strategy and execution that is an asset to any client. 

Brady - Web3 Marketer - Brady is a versatile social media marketer with deep expertise in web3 audiences and ad strategy. He brought a background and passion for graphic design and photography to web3 as a marketing strategist. He has created and implemented the ad strategy for companies in all facets of web3 including NFT projects, exchanges, infrastructure, media, etc. He is currently working with A-list influencers as well on large-budget token launches (Snoop Dogg, Whoopie Goldberg, Alicia Keys, and others).

Jordan - Brand Designer - Jordan is a designer who loves anything to do with brand strategy, art direction, interactive experiences, and avocados. She has worked for big ad agencies, small brand studios, and fast-paced startups, bring the intersection of great strategy and smart design. She is particularly excited by working with challenger brands that are trying to make a positive change in the world by tackling issues like sustainability, diversity, sexism, and social reform. 

See a profile that you like? Are you looking to hire part-time or full-time talent? Let's chat!

🍔 Quick Bites & Resources

The DAO Handbook: From incredible stories of record-breaking crowdfunds for charities to the and the juicy details of hacks and regulations, this handbook serves as your guide to building a DAO, filled with tips and tricks on how to use principles to create communities, fair organizations and lower the barrier to ownership.

Is AI the New Crypto?: The nuclear winter techpocalypse arrived, sparing only artificial intelligence. Peak AI indicators are everywhere. Can it maintain the faith that crypto lost? John Luttig from Founders Fund explores the four critical flaws from crypto’s bubble-bursting fate. 

More than semantics: "crypto" vs. "web3" is about what will be decentralized: Jesse Walden from Variant Fund shares how even if users don’t own the product interface for the next major web3 social product, users will, for the first time, have the chance to own a piece of the internet: their content, their identity, and their on-chain data.

Other Bounties and Opportunities

💼 Open Roles 

 Tech Lead for Series A Creator Tooling Startup. This startup builds community and creator tools which enable creators to connect and monetize their biggest fans - in real life and online. They've put on the largest token-gated music festival, and worked with The Chainsmokers, Lauv, and more). They're seeking an experienced Technical Lead who is comfortable working in fast-paced, flexible environments, and comfortable leading teams of engineers. [Full-Time]

Senior Marketing Specialist for a Cryptographic Proofs Startup.  This hand-on role will develop key messaging and value propositions for products and features, launch marketing campaigns to effectively reach prospects and customers and work with content writers from the marketing team as well as external agencies to create content that positions the company as the premier Layer 2 SaaS solution. [Full-Time]

Social Media Manager for a Smart Contracts Platform. This role will drive the day-to-day publishing and management of their social media accounts. They will be a key contributor to how marketing efforts make their way onto social, where a large portion of their campaigns live. [Full-Time]

Interested in this role, or know someone who is a fit? Reply to this email and let us know!

💸 Refer & Earn 

We’re growing the network, and rewarding the early supporters who help. If you make an introduction to a startup looking to hire talent, you’ll earn up to $1000 for a successful referral. Reply to this email to learn more. 

 👀 Seeking Talented Builders 

If you refer any talented freelancers with a track record on web3 projects (particularly UI/UX designers + content writers), you’ll earn $500 for any projects they start through thirdwork.

Want to learn more about how thirdwork helps the best web3, cryto and blockchain startups hire vetted product, design and marketing freelance talent? Let's chat.