The Thirdwork Review | November 2022

gm & happy Wednesday! 👋🏼

Before we jump into another round of the Thirdwork Review, here's a quick TL;DR of what's below:

• 🏆 Nominations are still open for the Best Places to Work in Web3

• 🚀 What does it mean to hire web3-native talent?

• ✍🏻 Discover the key roles you need on your NFT project team

• 👀 Our freelance builders of the month & open opportunities

⚡️November Highlights

The Web3 Awards: Best Places to Work in Web3. We’re pulling back the curtain and celebrating the best places to work in web3. The full report will be released in early January, and nominations are still open. If you want to nominate a company you think deserves to be on the list, click here. (One nominator will win $500).‍

Writers Spotlight. Talented writers are in high demand at crypto startups. We launched our writer's spotlight series, where we give up-and-coming writers a chance to talk about their work in web3. Check out the latest piece on 5 essential roles for your NFT project by Georges Petrequin.

15 new freelancers off the waitlist. Out of 185 applicants in November, we welcomed 15 new design, writing and marketing freelancers into the community (more on that below).

💻 What does it mean to hire web3-native talent?

This is an excerpt from an interview conversation with Gavin (Founder of Thirdwork) on the recruiting, hiring and talent landscape in web3.

"What does crypto-native talent even mean? I'll put it simply: it's people who can deliver results in an industry where there is no playbook yet. Whether you're building in web2 or web3, people matter. If you're a web3 startup trying to grow and win, you want people who believe in your mission and understand your product, your target market, and your users.

This is magnified when you're bringing on freelance and contract talent: you don't want to spend time on training, education, and onboarding. You'll save time and money if you can hire talented people who can hit the ground running from day one.

That's why we're laser-focused on curating the best talent in web3. These are top builders and freelancers that understand the technology, the players in the ecosystem, and the users. They're immersed in the culture, passionate about the space, and know exactly how to break through to your user base and audience, whether it's brand strategy, growth marketing, or resonant product design.

🤠 Featured Freelancers

Victoria - SEO Strategy for Crypto Startups. Victoria is an expert SEO & growth consultant with a deep background and focus on Web3. With over 10 years of experience, she has driven value for some of the biggest names in Web3, including Polkadot, ConsenSys, Near Protocol, Web3 Foundation, and Ethereum Foundation. SEO is a huge area of opportunity for crypto and blockchain companies, and Victoria helps startups develop a framework that unleashes organic growth.

Tom - Web3 Product Design. Tom is a seasoned designer with 12+ years of experience in product and brand design. He has worked in a wide range of sectors, from startups / mid size companies to large corporations to traditional design agencies. In recent years, he has directed his focus towards working with web3 companies, including a number of DAOs, NFT projects, and fashion companies exploring metaverse opportunities. As a designer with an MBA, Tom has a unique ability to understand the business challenges a company is facing while building a product, and finding ways to solve them through design & creativity.

Nick - Journalist Turned Crypto Writer. Nick is a seasoned writer who started his career with bylines at top publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, MSNBC, and others. He has experience conducting extensive research to inform his written work, including interviews with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, members of Congress and Fortune 500 CEOs. More recently, Nick has been focused on helping web3 startups articulate their brand in an understandable way through whitepapers, newsletters, blog posts, and other written content. He has written for Filecoin Foundation, Protocol Labs, Portabl, Parcel, Flipside Crypto and other top projects in the space.

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

🍔 Quick Bites & Resources

The shared rails for everything: This piece captures everything that excites us about web3: "its unique ability to construct protocols around money, identity, social information, essentially creating email-like protocols for everything else."

 Mochary Method Curriculum: The executive coach to the founders of Notion, Rippling, Robinhood, Coinbase, Reddit and many more has open-sourced his entire coaching playbook. A must read for all founders and leaders.

 Web3 Product Case Studies: Attention designers! Explore, reuse and get inspired by design patterns of user-validated prototypes for crypto and blockchain products.

Bounties and Opportunities

💸 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.

💼 Open Roles

• Social Media Manager for VC-backed NFT marketplace. The ideal candidate has proven experience owning content creation and distribution that has led to measurable growth in following of key social channels. [10 hours per week]

• Product Designer to lead redesign of top DeFi platform. The ideal candidate is a full-stack designer, thoughtful about user experience, with a strong visual design sense. [25 hours per week]

• Blog Writer for web3 learning platform. The ideal candidate has experience writing, researching and editing high-quality long form technical content, newsletters, and blog posts in a friendly and irreverent voice. [5-10 hours per week]

Interested in any of these roles, or know someone who is a fit? Reply to this email and let us know!

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.